Philanthropist and humanitarian Meera Gandhi, CEO and Founder, The Giving Back Foundation, with husband Vikram Gandhi, an investment banker, joined a group of students and faculty of Harvard University to attend the Maha Khumb Mela in Varanasi, India. The Gandhis now divide their time between New York City, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
Meera Gandhi has produced and directed a musical CD entitled Giving Back, featuring a host of international artists including Marco Figueira, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Juliet Hanlon, David Harilela and Grammy Award winner Chandrika Tandon. She also authored a coffee table book, and produced a documentary film, both of which are also entitled Giving Back.
The Gandhis, who formerly lived in the townhouse owned by Eleanor Roosevelt on Park Avenue in New York City, also witnessed the Makar Sankranti, the first royal bathing day of the Kumbh, and one of the most auspicious Hindu festivals, and stayed in a tent, at Varanasi.