Born on 10^th August, 1931, Kireet Joshi studied Philosophy and Law in Bombay University and was awarded, in 1953, gold medal and Vedanta prize for having stood Ist class Ist at the M.A. examination. He devoted twenty years, from 1956 to 1976, to Yogic practice and intensive study of Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s works as also vast literature of Indian and Western philosophy, history and culture.

Participating in a number of experiments in education at Pondicherry, under the direct guidance of the Mother, where the theme of Integral Education was worked out in detail, where a new system of education, admired and studied both by Indian and Western educationists, had taken shape by the year 1972, Kireet Joshi played an important role in developing and spreading the message of integral education in India and abroad. He has been responsible for the establishment of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Educational Research at Auroville and for major research projects on the themes of "The Aim of Life", "The Good Teacher and the Good Pupil" and "Mystery and Excellence of Human Body".

In 1976, he joined the Government of India as Educational Adviser and worked particularly for incorporating the dimension of value education in the entire education system. A report on "Training of Teachers in the Light of Value-oriented Education" was submitted to the Government of India under his Chairmanship in 1981.

To promote the idea and practice of value-based system of management and the need to establish close links between spiritual values and values related to productivity and work ethos, he advocated that institutes of technology and management should provide foundation courses in humanities and value-oriented education. The theme of value-oriented education came to be developed in the country largely because of the leadership provided by him and through various national and regional conferences, which he organised throughout the country between 1981 and 1990. In 1992, a national conference decided to establish Value Education Centre, and Kireet Joshi continues to be the Founder-Chairman of this centre.

He is currently the Chairman of Auroville Foundation, Chairman of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Vice-Chairman of Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratisthan and Member of the Executive Board of Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.

Kireet Joshi has written on a number of subjects connected with culture, science, spirituality, yoga and education. His works include: "Sri Aurobindo and the Mother", "Education for Personality Development", "Education for Character Development", "Veda and Indian Culture", "Bhagavadgita and Contemporary Crisis", "Philosophy of Education for the Contemporary Youth", "Philosophy of the Role of the Contemporary Teacher", "Philosophy of Evolution for the Contemporary Man." He has edited two major volumes entitled: "The Aim of Life", and "The Good Teacher and the Good Pupil" and continues to write on themes connected with Vedic literature, educational issues and Integral Yoga. His latest books are "Sri Aurobindo and Integral Yoga", "Education for Character Development" and "Education for Tomorrow".