ShriViral Manek
ShriViral Manek is the founder of the Institute of NLP India (IONI) and the author of the Dasa Mahavidya Encyclopedia — a five-book series documenting the ten Wisdom Mothers of the Śākta tantric tradition. His work bridges traditional Indic knowledge systems with modern frameworks of psychology and communication.
Institute of NLP India
IONI offers programs in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), integrating it with traditional Indian wisdom. The institute’s flagship programme is the Spirit of NLP — a three-level training that covers modeling, therapeutic change patterns, and coaching.
Dasa Mahavidya Encyclopedia
The five-book encyclopedia covers:
- Book One: Foundations — the architecture of the tradition
- Book Two: Keys of Decoding — story, iconology, and the Siddhas
- Book Three: Subtle Architecture — the subtle body and energy systems
- Book Four: Correspondences — mappings across texts and traditions
- Book Five: Shakta Field — the Sri Vidya system and final mapping
Approach
Viral’s work is documented as a documentary archive: claims are labeled as practitioner-reported and independently verified where sources exist. The encyclopedia maintains a strict verification system with citations to primary texts.
Verification notes
- This person page is built from publicly documented material: the IONI website, the encyclopedia’s front matter, and published interviews. All claims are marked as verified against these sources.
- Audited conservatively; no Wikipedia reference extract was available for this entry (September 2026).