Rod Hemsell
Rod Hemsell
**Rod Hemsell** is an educator and an author who lived in [Auroville](/wiki/Auroville "Auroville") and at the [Sri Aurobindo Ashram](/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo_Ashram "Sri Aurobindo Ashram") from 1968 to 1983\. During this time he also travelled widely and spoke about Auroville and [Sri Aurobindo](/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo")'s philosophy at centers and universities in [India](/wiki/India "India"), as well as publishing articles and essays.

He studied both philosophy and education at undergraduate and graduate levels, founded the GAIA Learning Center in [Crestone, Colorado](/wiki/Crestone%2C_Colorado "Crestone, Colorado") in 1991, and the GLOBE Charter School in [Colorado Springs](/wiki/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado "Colorado Springs, Colorado"), [Colorado](/wiki/Colorado "Colorado") in 1995, and was co\-founder and executive director of the University of Human Unity project in Auroville, India, in 2007\.

He gave a lecture and presentation on *[Savitri](/wiki/Savitri:A_Legend_and_a_Symbol "A Legend and a Symbol")* and participated in a panel on Auroville at the 1993 [Parliament of the Worlds Religions](/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Worlds_Religions "Parliament of the Worlds Religions") in [Chicago](/wiki/Chicago "Chicago").

From 1994 he conducted annual Savitri Immersion workshops at the Sri Aurobindo Learning Center in Crestone. From 2007 to 2017 he lectured on philosophy at the University of Human Unity in Auroville, India.


Where did Rod Hemsell conduct annual workshops on Savitri?