विद्यया रक्षिता संस्कृतिः सर्वदा । Knowledge protects culture forever;
संस्कृतेर्मानवाः संस्कृता भूरिदा: ।। Cultured people share abundantly. Swami Tejomayananda Founder – Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth
Prof. Gauri MahulikarDean & Vice Chancellor in Charge, Chairman
- Former Head of Department of Sanskrit, Mumbai University
- Doctorate in Sanskrit on ‘Vedic Elements in Puranic Mantras and Rituals’
- An author, who has published six books and over 80 research articles in English, Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit,
- Maneckji Limji Gold Medal awardee for her dissertation on ‘Ancient Greek Dramas and Bharata’s Natyasastra’ from Mumbai University
Prof. Pasala Geervani Pro Chancellor, Permanent Invitee
- Former Vice Chancellor, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalaya, Tirupati
- Academic Adviser, Chinmaya International Foundation
- Academic Advisor, Central Chinmaya Mission Trust Education Cell
Prof B. MahadevanChancellor Nominee, Academic Expert
- Former Dean, IIM-Bengaluru (IIM-B)
- Professor – Operations Management, IIM-B
- Special expertise in Management and Leadership Education through Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads
- Author of the best-seller ‘Operations Management: Theory and Practice’
Prof Shrinivasa Varakhedi Chancellor Nominee, Academic Expert
- Vice Chancellor of Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
- Eminent scholar in Sanskṛt, Vedānta and Nyāya and has undertaken significant research in Natural Language Processing
- Maharshi Badarayan Vyas Samman awardee by the President of India, for contributions in interdisciplinary research
Dr Ajay KapoorChancellor Nominee, Academic Expert
Swami AdvayanandaTrust Nominee
- Scholar and teacher of Vedanta
- Author and editor of several books in English and Sanskrit
- Director of research and publications at Chinmaya International Foundation
Shri K. K. RajanTrust Nominee
- Educationist
- Social worker for over 5 decades
- Pioneer in the Higher Education movement of Chinmaya Mission in Kerala
- Chief Sevak at Chinmaya International Foundation and Trustee of Chinmaya Mission Education Trust Kannur
- Retired Executive, PWD of Govt. of Kerala
Dr Apparao MukkamalaManaging Trustee, Trust Nominee
- Doctor and Radiologist with over 5 decades expertise in healthcare
- Founder-trustee of Chinmaya Vijaya, an all-girls orphanage at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- Extensively involved in community development activities of Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD), USA
Swami Ramakrishnananda Chancellor Nominee
- Swami Ramakrishnananda specializes in Ramayana studies. He has researched deep into the Ramayana and has brought our books with important learning specific for youth/children/ elders.
- Being passionate about Sanskrit Language, Swamiji has brought out books for Sanskrit Learning for school at all levels.
- Swamiji’s lectures on Vedanta and Sanskrit learning have packed houses even in the USA.
Dr. Anita Raina ThapanTeachers’ Nominee
- PhD in History from University of Delhi
- Diploma in Piano Playing from Trinity College, London; Diploma in History of Cinema and Art, Sorbonne University, Paris; Yoga Shiromani from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Canada
- Freelance Writer
- Conceptualised and coordinated the Chinmaya Youth Festivals over several years
Smt. Pramodini Rao Academic and Campus Director – Pune Campus, Teachers’ Nominee
- Music teacher and Director
- Director of several music festivals
- Creative guru for over 2 decades
- Teacher of Religion, Culture & Critical Life Skills to children, youth and adults for over 30 years
Prof Ramakrishna PejathayaAssistant Professor, Chinmaya Eswar Gurukula
- Assistant Professor in School of Ethics, Governance, Culture and Social Systems
- Teacher of Sanskrit literature and Jyotisha for over a decade with research interested in Siddhanta Jyotisha, Contemporary Sanskrit and its pedagogy, and Arthashastra
- Principal Investigator in the research project “Idiomatic expressions from classical Sanskrit plays”
- One of few practitioners of the art of Aṣṭāvadhāna in Sanskrit and classical Kannada
Dr. B. AshokRegistrar, Secretary
- Graduate of Veterinary Science from Mannuthy (1990 batch) who joined the IAS while undergoing research training in Biotechnology in IVRI, Uttar Pradesh in 1998
- Alumnus of London, Turin and Duke Universities in various postgraduate programmes
- Former Private Secretary (Chief of Staff ) of Union Minister for Agriculture and Food and Deputy Director and Course Director in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
- Former Executive Director Jalanidhi and District Collector Pathanamthitta and Secretary to Government looking after departments of local self government and Sports
