Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD, MPH, is a professor of anesthesiology, pain and critical care medicine at Harvard Medical School. Balachundhar serves as the director of Sadhguru Center for a conscious planet, enhancing consciousness, cognition, and compassion. His research focuses on exploring consciousness using anesthesia as a probing tool and using yoga and meditation for improving cognition and compassion. Balachundhar was the founding director of the Center for Anesthesia Research Excellence until December 2020.