Baruti KMT is the Founder, President, and CEO of Radical Scholar, Inc., a  501(c)(3) non-profit educational corporation, and its Web portal, RadicalScholar.com, “Home of Thinkers Around the World.” The idea for Radical Scholar was conceived in 2000 when Baruti discovered the need for a single entity that would bring diverse thinkers and threads of information together in one place to facilitate asking critical questions and creating positive personal and social change. In addition to serving as the visionary behind Radical Scholar, Inc., he also doubles as researcher, producer, and Host of Connecting the Dots, ConnectingtheDots.org, a weekly podcast “exploring the surprising connections between spirituality, science, and world affairs.”

After several years in the retail and insurance industries, including stints with CIGNA and Mass Mutual, Baruti matriculated to Georgia State University, where he received B.A. degrees in both History (1998) and Sociology (2002) and later pursued graduate study in both Sociology and Education (2003-2005). While at GSU, Baruti served as President of the Black Student Alliance (1995-1997) as well as an op-ed columnist for the Signal newspaper and publicity chairman for Circle K International, the college division of KIWANIS.

In 1996, he spent two weeks in KMT (Egypt) on the Ancient African Study Tour XIII. On this life-changing excursion, Baruti studied the ancient culture, ethics, and political structure of the Kamites under the tutelage of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III (Nana Baffour Amankwatia II). Later in academic year 2004-2005, Baruti studied with Dr. Hilliard in Georgia State University's College of Education and would later remark that he learned more in one year than he had in his other graduate classes combined. In another life changing event he became a member of KMT Asen, hence the name Baruti. The name comes from the Tswana language and means “teacher.”

While attending GSU, Baruti maintained on-campus employment in a number of areas, including the Office of Assistant Dean of Students, University Housing, Information Systems and Technology, and the College of Law, ultimately serving as a Systems Administrator within the College of Arts and Sciences for four years. In this capacity, he served as sole IT consultant on two successfully procured technology grants for the Department of Modern & Classical Languages: $128,537.00 (FY02), $72,950.00 (FY03).  Thereafter, he successfully initiated and procured a $14,060 grant (FY05) for the Department of Sociology to support a student computing lab upgrade.

In 2005, Baruti accepted a position as Director of Information Technology with AID Atlanta, the premiere non-profit AIDS service organization in the southeastern United States. In this capacity, he served as one of five directors of the agency, while overseeing IT functions and public presentation of the overall mission to serve Atlanta’s community members affected by and infected with HIV/AIDS, as well as managing the IT department’s budget. In 2006, Baruti left AID Atlanta to devote his energies to Radical Scholar, Inc.

An avid bibliophile and independent researcher, Baruti maintains an extensive and ever-growing library. In addition to reading, writing, and research - both traditional and otherwise - he enjoys doing yoga asanas, reading Vedic literature in Sanskrit, cooking, and travel.

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