{"id":1359,"date":"2025-02-09T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.aawc.in\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:58:24","slug":"meet-the-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.aawc.in\/?page_id=1359","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1359\" class=\"elementor elementor-1359\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f705d57 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f705d57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77e41f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b77e41f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Sudarshan Loyalka, an undergraduate student in the USA during the 1960s, was deeply influenced by global movements for change. 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