Our Team
Ayurooms was founded by Alykhan Alidina and Anusha Sachdeva out of a shared love for India, a passion for travel, and an abiding respect for Ayurveda which helped them to overcome back pain and transform their approach to self-care and well-being.
CORE TEAM
Alykhan AlidinaAlykhan Alidina was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He holds an Honours Bachelor’s degree from the Ivey Business School in Canada and a MBA from the Vlerick Business School in Belgium. Over an illustrious 20-year career, he has developed expertise in a wide range of fields related to human quality of life, including community development, education, healthcare, real estate and housing, dispute resolution (mediation and conciliation), and alternative and complimentary medicine. He is based in Vancouver, Canada, although spends much time in India. He founded in Ayurooms in 2016, along with his partner, Anusha Sachdeva.
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Anusha SachdevaAnusha Sachdeva was born and raised in Mumbai. She is a certified yoga instructor, pranic healer, marma therapist, access bars therapist, and Ayurvedic chef & nutritionist. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Business and Marketing from De Montfort University, UK and an Event Management Diploma from the EDMI Institute, Mumbai. Anusha formerly worked as Zumba International's Community Representative for South Asia. She also freelanced as a wellness consultant to corporates in Mumbai, including Colgate Palmolive, Cadbury, Morgan Stanley, Accenture, Disney, Network 18 and Courtyard Marriott Pune. Anusha travels extensively throughout India to critically review health & wellness resorts.
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Tarundeep KaurAs the Engagement Manager for Ayurooms, Tarundeep works on growing the Ayurooms community online and building relationships through social media. Fondly known as Daisy, she enjoys working with ventures that support sustainable and healthy living. She is passionate about helping startups to achieve their goals by building a suitable marketing strategy, an engaging online presence, a growing community, and mutually beneficial collaborations.
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Arijit DattaArijit Datta is a financial advisor to Ayurooms. He is an investment banking professional with 15+ years' experience across the Middle East, India, Singapore and offshore jurisdictions. He is a Chartered Accountant by training with expertise in internal control, audits, financial accounting, reporting, performance dashboards, raising capital, transaction management, legal entity governance, offshore structures, financial operations, and risk management. He also runs Fincap Consulting, a private corporate finance advisory firm for startups and early stage companies.
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Country Managers
Graham BruceGraham represents Ayurooms in Spain, and is responsible for building relationships between Ayurooms and channel partners across the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. After a long career in industry, including time spent living in various parts of the world, he has turned his commercial and managerial skills to hospitality and wellness tourism.
Graham has travelled extensively through India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, for both work and leisure. In 2020, he set up his own freelance consulting firm, Capta Consulting. Together with Ayurooms, Capta Consulting works to offer wellness packages and Ayurvedic vacations for the Spanish speaking market. A graduate in French and Drama from the University of Exeter, UK, Graham is fluent in four languages: English, French, German and Spanish. |
Rozina NawazLife Coach, Enterprise Transformation Consultant, Dispute Resolution Mediator Rozina, started her journey as a professional coach, for young airline cabin crew, in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic environment, more than twenty years ago. Her success in enabling a positive difference in the personal and professional lives of people, started her coaching journey. It was the rich experience of working with people that made her realize that all of us have an inner hidden potential deep within us awaiting to be optimized. This was her awakening to her own personal quest to uncover the vigour in others. Being equipped with a MBA from Bradford UK, was not enough. Rozina set out to study and acquire several coaching, mediation and mentoring qualifications, including the acclaimed ICF badge. Her thirst to learn took her on an off beat path, working with a mix of corporate, social, and other professional bodies, giving her a holistic understanding of human competence and compassion. From working as a mediator in alternate dispute resolutions for commercial and domestic matters to an enterprise coach in global financial companies, she was able to practise coaching to transform people and process. Rozina has evolved a set of interventions that almost everyone needs in today's high stress digital world. Whether you feel overwhelmed with work and relationships, or frustrated at not being your best, or simply feel the desire to be more, to be happier, this can be achieved through a structured approach of self-realization, that you are ultimately the master of your own destiny. She works patiently and empathetically to meet your goals and needs to suit you.
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International Video Team
Kieran ShannonKieran was born and raised in the small coastal town of Girvan, Scotland. Trained as a contemporary dancer, he toured all over the world, performing with several companies including Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company and 2Faced Dance Company. In 2018, he met Silke Muys whilst working as a dancer in Spain and together, in May of 2019, they decided to step back from their dance careers and travel the world. Along the way, they played music and worked as photographers and videographers to help fund their travels. They discovered Ayurooms while travelling India and looking for panchakarma treatment in Kerala. That's when they met Aly, the founder of Ayurooms, who arranged their panchakarma at an affordable rate. After experiencing the magic of Ayurveda, Silke and Kieran joined hands with Ayurooms to film several Ayurveda resorts in Kerala.
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Silke MuysOriginally from Ghent, Belgium, Silke left home at the age of 19 and moved to Mexico to study dance, an experience that ignited a spark to travel and discover new cultures. Alongside dance, she has a huge passion for photography, videography, yoga and music. Until age 28, she worked as a contemporary dancer. Then, in 2019, she dropped everything and decided to travel the world with her partner, Kieran Shannon. Along the way, they played music and made photos and videos to fund their travels. After undergoing a rigorous 21-day panchakarma arranged by Ayurooms, Silke and Kieran went on to tour and film several Ayurooms resorts in Kerala. While the pandemic has placed a temporary hold on their travel plans, Silke and Kieran plan to return to India in late 2021 to continue filming India's best wellness resorts, under the aegis of Ayurooms.
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Advisors
Kush Kumar
Kush Kumar is the Founder of ThinkTree Hub, an international professional association for therapists and practitioners in the domains of wellness, alternative and complimentary medicine, and other forms of healthcare. It also offer Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and other such opportunities for its members.
Based in the United Kingdom, Mr. Kumar he is widely recognized as an expert on holistic health, alternative therapies, education, training, accreditation and other fields of specialized knowledge.
He advises Ayurooms on establishing international best practice and standards for the provision of massage therapy and other treatments at health resorts in India. In addition, he advises Ayurooms on structures and processes through which wellness resorts in India can gain UK recognition and accreditation.
Based in the United Kingdom, Mr. Kumar he is widely recognized as an expert on holistic health, alternative therapies, education, training, accreditation and other fields of specialized knowledge.
He advises Ayurooms on establishing international best practice and standards for the provision of massage therapy and other treatments at health resorts in India. In addition, he advises Ayurooms on structures and processes through which wellness resorts in India can gain UK recognition and accreditation.
More about Ayurooms
Our MissionOur mission is to transform lives. We strive to achieve this mission by helping people in two ways: (1) accessing the best health resorts in India and (2) adopting an Ayurveda lifestyle and mindset. Learn more
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Why Ayurooms?Finding the right health resort for your unique needs is hard work. It can be time-consuming, frustrating and costly, especially if you choose the wrong resort. Ayurooms exists to save you time, money and inconvenience. Learn more
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What is Ayurooms?Ayurooms is a curated collection of the best resorts for health and wellness. We help you to find and book the right resort for your needs, goals and budget. We also help you plan your journey from start to finish. Learn more
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About AyuroomsAyurooms is your gateway to India's best health resorts. We are a handpicked collection of unique resorts for Ayurveda, yoga and holistic health. We help you to discover and book the the right resort for your particular health needs, time availability and budget. Whether you are coming to Ayurooms from within India or outside, we will work with you on a one-to-one basis to plan your wellness holiday and help you achieve your health goals. Whatever your requirements, Ayurooms is there to help and make sure you receive the very best care and service at your chosen resort.
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