Meet the Mantra Surf Club Family!
Core Mantra Family
Kiran Kumar
One among the first generation of surfers in India and earliest member of Mantra Surf Club. Kiran manages the club with a lot of dedication and care towards the guests.
Shamanth Kumar
One of India's finest surf instructors and surf judge. He is India's only level 2 performance coach and ISA course presenter. He has been instructing for over a decade and judges national surf events.
Ravishankar Paranjape
Ravi heads all the creatives, social media and online presence of Mantra Surf Club. He is also a head instructor and passionate about surfing, cycling, photography and visual storytelling.
Rammohan Paranjape
Ram is passionate about surf photography and is India's only surf photographer. He is one of the earliest members of Mantra Surf Club and also heads Surfing Federation of India as Vice President.
Kishore Kumar
One of the first generation surfers and earliest members of Mantra Surf Club and founding member of Surfing Federation of India. Kishore has few surf related businesses along with Ram.
Gaura Nataraj
Gaura is our yoga instructor. He manages kitchen department and online guest communication.
Instructors
M. Selvam
Selva who is 17 years old started surfing around 4 years ago. Now he is the local champion and continues to carry the surf stoke among the community.
Pratham
Pratham loves to surf and help out our guests in the water. Although, many say he doesn't talk much.
Assistant Instructors
Ashok
Ashok is a local kid who is being trained under the Foundation to be a surfer and a trainer. He is already turning out to be a very good instructor.
In-house Doctors
Dr. Arjun Achar
Dr. Arjun is an in-house naturopathy doctor who received his Bachelors degree in Naturopathy and yoga from Rajiv Gandhi University. He has been in and around surf community for over a decade now and understands the issues and threats involved with the sport.
Dr. Meghashree
Dr. Meghashree has also been a dedicated naturopath by heart, obtained her degree from Rajiv Gandhi University. She has been part of Mantra Surf Club for a very long time and specializes in treating musculoskeletal conditions. She also does chakra healing,distant healing and many more after being professionally certified as a Pranic Healer.
Friends and Team Members
Gaurav Hegde
Gaurav Hegde has been constantly supporting and guiding us over the years with many things including Surfing Swami Foundation work. He is also a fan of SUP and his daughters are addicted to surfing.
Madhukar Kudva
Madhukar is our good local friend who is a SUP enthusiast. He is very well connected to the business community in the region and has been a constant help in all our activities and programs.
Shreyas Anchan
Shreyas is a local friend and member of the Mantra Surf Club. He is always ready to support us in any possible way including surf lessons. He is always up for new adventures and aspitring to be a creative photographer.