Nurturing Positive Minds &Resilient Lives
Jnanakoota Foundation is dedicated to strengthening emotional resilience, self-awareness, and value-guided living across schools, colleges, and communities.
Jnana (Knowledge) + Koota (Collective)
Jnanakoota represents a collective community built around knowledge, values, positive psychology, and constructive learning. We believe that true education must address not only academic knowledge but also the emotional and inner strength of individuals.
Jnanakoota Foundation is dedicated to strengthening emotional resilience, self-awareness, and value-guided living across schools, colleges, and communities. We believe that a healthy mind is the foundation of a happy and meaningful life, and our mission is to help students, teachers, parents, and communities develop mentally healthy lifestyles through mental hygiene, positive mind programming, and evidence-based practices rooted in Positive Psychology and Indian Psychology.
Our Purpose
To make positive mental well-being accessible, practical, and culturally resonant for every learner.
Guiding Vision & Empowering Mission
Creating a sustainable ecosystem of preventative mental well-being, self-awareness, and value-guided living.
Our Vision
To create a world where every individual trains the mind, practices mental hygiene, and lives a happy, meaningful, and value-centered life through the integration of Positive Psychology and Indian Psychology—building a flourishing, compassionate, and resilient society.
Our Mission
To empower individuals to build healthy minds, develop positive values, and live happy, meaningful lives through education and mind-training programs based on Positive Psychology and Indian Psychology.
The Whole-Mind Development Framework
Our interventions nurture nine interconnected dimensions of psychological growth and emotional strength.
Self-awareness
Understanding one's thoughts, emotions, strengths and areas for growth.
Emotional Regulation
Managing emotions in healthy and constructive ways.
Positive Thinking
Developing an optimistic and solution-focused mindset.
Resilience
Building the capacity to recover from setbacks and challenges.
Confidence
Strengthening self-belief and the ability to take positive action.
Character and Values
Cultivating integrity, honesty and strong moral values.
Stress Management
Learning practical tools to manage stress effectively.
Purposeful Living
Finding meaning, direction and purpose in life.
Social Responsibility
Developing a sense of care, empathy and contribution toward society.
Self-awareness
Understanding one's thoughts, emotions, strengths and areas for growth.
Emotional Regulation
Managing emotions in healthy and constructive ways.
Positive Thinking
Developing an optimistic and solution-focused mindset.
Resilience
Building the capacity to recover from setbacks and challenges.
Confidence
Strengthening self-belief and the ability to take positive action.
Character and Values
Cultivating integrity, honesty and strong moral values.
Stress Management
Learning practical tools to manage stress effectively.
Purposeful Living
Finding meaning, direction and purpose in life.
Social Responsibility
Developing a sense of care, empathy and contribution toward society.
How We Deliver Transformation
A thoughtful, people-centered approach that turns insights into lasting impact.
Listen
Understand the institution, community and participant needs deeply.
Design
Select or customise the most appropriate positive psychology programme.
Engage
Deliver interactive sessions, activities and guided reflections.
Practise
Help participants apply emotional hygiene skills in daily life.
Evaluate
Collect feedback, assess growth and document impact outcomes.
Trustees of Jnanakoota Foundation
Dr. Naveen Ellangala
Trustee & President guiding the core vision, community programs and institutional development of Jnanakoota Foundation.
Prathibha Shenoy
Trustee & Vice President overseeing educational outreach, positive psychology curriculum, and student engagement.
Ramya Harish
Trustee & Treasurer managing financial transparency, statutory compliance, audit, and institutional resource governance.
Vishwas Negiloni
Trustee & Secretary directing organizational administration, statutory filings, legal compliance, and community partnerships.
Committed to Open Governance & Ethical Impact
Jnanakoota Foundation is committed to statutory non-profit standards, public transparency, and institutional accountability across all field operations.