About

Pondicherry Aikikai currently operates in collaboration with AuroYajna - Sri Aurobindo Society (since Dec. 3rd 2022).

Technical Director

Technical guidance and mentorship is provided by Davinder Bath sensei, 6th Dan Shihan Aikikai So Hombu. He is the Chief Instructor at London Aikikai and a member of British Aikikai. Davinder Bath sensei is a long-term student of TK Chiba Shihan, 8th Dan Aikikai, who was an uchideshi, or live-in student, of the founder O Sensei.

Instructor

Aurobrata Ghosh, 3rd Dan (black-belt) Aikikai, has been training in Aikido since 2006 and has had the opportunity to practice under various Aikido teachers over the years:

• Paritosh Kar sensei, 6th Dan Aikikai, chief instructor of Aikikai India, Delhi

• Daniel Jean Pierre sensei, 7th Dan Shihan Aikikai, founder and chief instructor of Shoyukan Aikikai France, Nice

• Davinder Bath sensei, 6th Dan Shihan Aikikai, chief instructor of London Aikikai, London, UK

He has also had the good fortune to regularly attend seminars conducted by senior Aikikai sensei's, including:

• Tada Hiroshi, 9th Dan Shihan, Aikikai

• Seki Shoji, 8th Dan Shihan, Aikikai

Besides Aikido, Aurobrata Ghosh is a scientist in Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Computational Modelling and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerannée, France. He is also an alumnus of the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (SAICE), Pondicherry.