Vasanti Jayaswal (born 1943) is an expert on Indian art, culture, religion, and philosophy.

Vasanti is the eldest daughter of the Guru Gopinath and Thankamani, who were pioneers in the revival of Indian classical dance in Kerala and who gave her extensive training in Kathakali, Mohiniattam and Kerala Natanam. A rank holder in Zoology from Bangalore University, Jayaswal has concentrated more on the arts and dharmic studies since her arrival in the United States in the 1960s. She received extensive training in Vadalur paani Bharatanatyam, Rabindra Natak, Karnatic and Hindustani classical music from other teachers. Jayaswal founded Kalamandiram, the oldest academy of classical Indian dance in Los Angeles and was instrumental in the growth of several children's classes under Chinmaya Mission and Vishwa Hindu Parishad. In the 1990s, she went back to college to further her interest in child education. For several years, Jayaswal worked as an enrichment program coordinator in West Los Angeles elementary schools. In India, she successfully conducted dance camps under Nehru Yuva Kendra and a special summer school program, Sahridaya, for orphan girls.

Jayaswal's thirst for spiritual knowledge has led her to the study of Vedanta, Tantra and Vajrayana Buddhism and her teachers in various darshanas have included Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Easwaran Namputhiri, R. Anjaria, Ven.Garchin Rimpoche, Ven.Chetsang Rimpoche and His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. She has also had instruction under Rabbi Chaim Solomon in the Kabbalistic way of life.

She has taught spiritual culture and dance extensively in the U.S. and India, and has expressed her scholarship and intuitive and experiential knowledge through numerous lectures, creative projects, books and articles.