The Invincible Outsourcing organisation was launched in 2009 and a year later the Replication Centre was founded along with the Ezemvelo Eco-campus, the $10 College Fund and the Thank You Foundation.
[4] It is located in the business district of Johannesburg and is one of many international schools and universities that utilise the Transcendental Meditation technique as part of their curriculum.
[2] The institute's goal is to provide disadvantaged students with an "accelerated holistic education" that includes employment at the university during their course of study.
[3] The Maharishi Institute's goal is to set a precedent in the field of higher education that could be replicated in other African cities.
[3] In 2015, SAP SA created a "broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) trust" whose dividends would fund the Maharishi Institute.