VivekJyoti

Two of Swami Atmananda’s younger brothers joined the Ramakrishna Order and became monks - Swami Nikhilatmananda and the late Swami Tyagatmananda, both of whom at one time headed the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama in Allahabad.  The Swami’s youngest brother, Dr. Om Prakash Verma, fulfilled the Swami Atmananda’s dream for building a memorial for Swami Vivekananda in Raipur. Dr. Om Prakash, while being an academician, also continued on the path of serving ‘Divine in Man’ through ‘Vivekananda Vidyapeeth.

Swami Atmashraddhananda (Pankaj Maharaj) joined the Ramakrishna Monastic Order in 1989 at its Bangalore Centre and received his final Sannyasa vows in 1999. 

He spent 13 years at Bangalore and Mysore centres of Ramakrishna Math, besides 2 years at Belur Math. From 2004 to 2016, he was in Chennai Ramakrishna Math where he was the editor of The Vedanta Kesari, a cultural and spiritual monthly for over a century. He has edited, translated and authored a couple of books on some aspects of spiritual life, Indian culture and higher values. 

For 12 years he was the guide for the Vivekananda Study Circle at IIT Madras where he used to conduct a Sunday class for the Study Circle. 

For about two years, he was one of the monastic guide and instructors at the Monastic Probationers’ Training Centre at Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, near Kolkata in West Bengal. 

On October 9, he assumed the office of Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Vinayak Lohani, Founder of Parivaar ( http://www.parivaar.org/ )

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Dr R. Balasubramaniam is an eminent development activist, writer and leadership trainer. After  getting  his degree  in  Medicine,  he earned  his  M.Phil  from the BITS, Pilani. He has a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. He founded the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement at the age of 19 and was the former head of the Vivekananda Chair at the University of Mysore. He is also the Frank Rhodes professor at the Cornell University, USA.

Swami Atmapriyananda is a monk of Ramakrishna Order presently serving as Vice Chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University headquartered at Belur Math. He joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1978 and has been teaching Physics for nearly 25 years besides being engaged in educational administration as Principal and Vice-Principal for nearly 3 decades. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics  and has published extensively in international journals. He is widely travelled and participates on invitation in educational and inter-faith  conferences across the globe.

Swami Raghavendrananda joined Ramakrishna Order in the year 1981. He served in the publication department of Ramakrishna - Vivekananda Literature in Hindi and Marathi at Nagpur Math for 22 years. He is presently serving as Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, 

Indore since May 2005.

Swami Brahmasthananda joined Ramakrishna Order at Nagpur in June 1971. He was ordained into Sannyasa in 1982. He worked in different capacities at Nagpur Math  and  at Hyderabad Math. He is the Adhyaksha of Ramakrishna Math, Nagpur since March 1996.

Dr. Nivedita Bakshi is a practising Gynaecologist for the last 36 years. A devotee of Ramakrishna Sangha, she received initiation from Swami Yatiswaranandaji in 1961. She relocated from Mumbai to Kolkata (near Belur Math) in January 2012 for the  sake of  spiritual pursuits  and to serve mankind.

Dr. Suruchi Pande, an eminent scholar, has two PhD degrees in Philosophy (Medical Ethics) and Ethno-Ornithology. She is one of the country's foremost Ethno-Ornithologists and the founder trustees "Ela  Foundation",  Pune. She has authored 30 books till  date  and  is the recipient  of  several awards. She has won the 'Award for Excellence in Literature' from the Govt. of Maharashtra for her book for promotion of conservation awareness amongst children. She is working as the  research  fellow  of  'Ramakrishna  Mission Institute of Culture', Kolkata." 

Women's empowerment and development for creating a better and healthy Society - Swami Nikhileswarananda