ISKCON LEADERSHIP SANGA

2023

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-

Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
 INDIVIDUAL
PRESENTATIONS
How to Begin, Grow & Prosper as a Devotee Entrepreneur
- Ajita Das
Founder Acharya
- Akrura Das
Summative Bhakti Sastri & Bhakti Vaibhava Exams for Leaders
- Atul Krishna Das
Lessons Learnt from Srila Prabhupada's Pastimes
- Badrinarayan Swami
Lessons From the Pastimes of Lord Nityananda
- Bhakti Caitanya Swami
Pancopasana, ISKCON and the Perils of Secularization
- Bhakti Vijnana Goswami
Appreciating Shastra by Deep Study
- Bhanu Swami
Child protection in Iskcon
- Daivi Prakriti Devi Dasi
Prajalpa - It Will Destroy this Movement
- Devaki Devi Dasi
The Art of Studying & Teaching Scriptures
- Gauranga Darshan Das
Building Relationships & Tackling Distresses The Bhagavatam Way
- Gauranga Darshan Das
Leading Through Change
- Gauranga Das
How can we save our very foundation for the next 10,000 years?
- Gauranga Das
Bhakti Kids - A Curriculum for Engaging Children in Krishna Consciousness
- Gourangi Gandharvika Devi Dasi
Creative Fiction Writing in Srila Prabhupada's Service
- Harivamsa Das
Mayapur Master Plan
- Hrdaya Caitanya Das
12-step Recovery through the practice of Bhakti
- Jiva Hammond
Importance of pure food production, through regenerative agriculture & cow protection
- Kalakantha Das
Finding a Broad Audience for Srimad Bhagavatam through Podcasting
- Kaustubha Das
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PRESENTATIONS
Stories of outreach impact in Africa and Japan
- Kavicandra Swami
How to transform your temple into Green Temple
- Keshav Chandra Das
Cultivating Devotees in Gated IT Circle Communities
- Lilananda Das
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - “One World, One Family - Living in unison
- Lokanath Swami
PuranaTilakam – Bhagavata Treasure Trove open for all
- Madhava Gopinath Das
Sankirtan at Every town and village
- Mahashringa Dasa
Kill The Cancer
- Mahashringa Dasa
3 steps of community building
- Navina Nirada Das
How to be an effective Bhagavatam Speaker
- Nitaisevini Devi Dasi
Raising robust Communities through Bhakti Vriksha
- Nityanand Ashraya Das
Tech Lab - Case Studies in Successful IT for Community Building
- Pancharatna Das
Tech Lab - Case studies in Successful Outreach through the Internet
- Pancharatna Das
Interfaith dialogue, the sharp preaching
- Parabhakti Dasa
Purpose-Centered Yatra
- Prahladananda Swami
ISKCON’s Sustainability Leadership: Gearing up responsible action towards clarion call
from Mother Nature
- Raasbhakti Devi Dasi
Online Education: How to make the best of a bad bargain?
- Radha Prema Devi Dasi
Empowering our families in outreach
- Ramesvara Giridhari Das
Srila Prabhupada’s House in which the Whole World can Live
- Rasik Raman Das
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PRESENTATIONS
Importance of cows in society
- Revati Raman Das
Old age and terminal care
- Dr. Rishikesh Karpe
Importance of cows in society
- Revati Raman Das
How ISKCON PUNE distributed half a million GIta in Marathon
- Sarva Lakshan Das
Inspiring children educational model
- Shubha Vilas Das
Principles of Rama Rajya
- Shubha Vilas Das
A Divine Prophecy - Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu from Sri Vaishnava sampradaya literatures
- Sridhara Srinivasa Dasa
Gita Perspective on Emotionally Healthy Leadership
- Sri Radha Govinda Dasi
Leading with Heart
- Sukhavaha Dasi
Books are the Basis
- Tapan Mishra Dasa
Sunday school curriculum
- Tarini Radha Devi Dasi
Vedic Leadership and Management
- Tattvavada Dasa
A complete guide to engaging hundreds of student interns and volunteers in your
temple’s service
- Toshan Nimai Das
Principles for Building Harmonious Relationships and Communities
- Vaisesika Dasa
History of Devotee Care at Brahmachari Ashram at ISKCON Chowpatty
- Vasudev Das
The significance of Daiva Varnasrama Dharma
- Venu Gopal Das
Need and way for revival of Daiva Varnasrama
- Venu Gopal Das
 GROUP
PRESENTATIONS
Either ISKCON changes its financial practices or Govt will
- Shyam Gopesh Das & Devamira Das
Greening Mayapur Dham with Economically Viable and Ecologically Friendly Solutions
- Dr. Hariharan Chandra & Shri U V Krishna Mohan Rao
Getting Serious about Unity in Diversity
- Acaryaratna Das & Rishi Kumar Das
Building the Future of ISKCON with CARE
- Jai Nitai Dasa and Bhava Bhakti Devi Dasi
Mechanisms to Embed Care within Devotee Communities
- Radha Gopinath Dasa and Damodar Das
Embracing the Digital Age for spreading Bhagavad Gita's Message through Gita Gyan
programme
- Vrnda Maharani Devi Dasi & Srihari Sridhar Dasa
Launch of Bhaktivedanta Consulting Group
- Adi-Kurma Dasa, Rasakrida Parayana Dasa, Sakshi Gopala Dasa, Smara-hari
Dasa, and Subhananda Dasa
Seminar on Bhaktivedanta Consulting Group (BCG) and how to join
- Adi-Kurma Dasa, Rasakrida Parayana Dasa, Sakshi Gopala Dasa, Smara-hari
Dasa, and Subhananda Dasa
 HOW TO BEGIN, GROW & PROSPER AS A DEVOTEE
ENTREPRENEUR

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

This seminar will focus on how to start a

business from ZERO. Case studies will include
the speaker’s own ventures, ventures he
enabled for ISKCON temples in the US &
India, and ventures of entrepreneurs
mentored by the speaker, many of which have
gone from ZERO to Million+ (USD) in
revenues.
Learning outcomes:
• Is entrepreneurship the right path for me?
• How to find out what to sell? Who to sell
to? (market research)
• Aligning skills & passion to select a market,
identify a problem & build a sustainable
business model iteratively.
• How to acquire my first 10 customers?
• How to recruit the right talent(s), delegate
& grow
• Examples of successful devotee
entrepreneurs
AJITA DAS (AVELO ROY)
Ajita das better known as Avelo Roy, a disciple of
HH Romapada Swami and is an established tech
entrepreneur, investor, startup mentor & 4 times
TEDx speaker. He is also a guest faculty at
premium universities in India (8 IITs, 3 IIMs) & US
(Illinois tech & Northwestern).

Ajita Prabhu is tirelessly serving the Indian youth

through entrepreneurship education using the lean
startup methodology and principles of the
Bhagavad Gita. His efforts through Kolkata
Ventures in the past 6 years have resulted in 550+ SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
revenue-generating startups responsible for the THIS SESSION
creation of 5200+ new jobs in 9 countries. Many of
these entrepreneurs are practicing devotees as a
result of his corporate outreach program,
PhilosophyFriday.
 FOUNDER ACHARYA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The presentation will discuss Srila

Prabhupada being the 'Founder Acarya' of
Iskcon.
It would explain the significance and the
origin of the word 'Founder Acarya'.
Why do we use the word 'Founder Acarya' for
Srila Prabhupada?
And the benefits of understanding Srila
Prabhupada's position for the future of
Iskcon.

AKRURA DAS
He was trained as Bhakta by HH Lokanath Swami
Maharaj who was the Temple President of Delhi
Temple at that time. After finishing school he
joined ISKCON Vrindavan where in the year 1984
he was initiated by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami
Maharaj. In the year 1987, he was sent to
Vancouver, Canada where he help bring up the
temple from its turbulent times. Since 2002 he has
been a Temple Council Member in Vancouver and
till 2012 he was given the services in Canadian
National Council. He also chaired North American
Temple Presidents body during this time. Presently
he is serving as a member of: SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
1. ‘Deputy GBC body’ on a global portfolio. THIS SESSION
2. and as a member of the Strategic Planning
Network (SPN).
 SUMMATIVE BHAKTI SASTRI & BHAKTI VAIBHAVA
EXAMS FOR LEADERS

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Not getting time to attend courses and get

your sastric degrees? The Bhaktisastri &
Bhaktivaibhava Summative Exams may be an
option for you…Discover the special facilities
the Ministry of Education is providing to
achieve Prabhupada’s vision for preachers &
leaders with sastric degrees.

ATUL KRISHNA DAS

Atul Krsna Dasa became attracted to Gaudiya
culture and literature, serving as a Brahmachari in
ISKCON Melbourne in the 1980s, hearing his guru’s
Sri Caitanya Caritamrta classes and bhajans. His
interest in Gaudiya culture and literature deepened
preaching in Bangladesh in the 1990s, where he
learned fluent Bengali. Prabhu is a siksa disciple of
H.H. Jayapataka Swami and resides in Sri Dhama
Mayapur where he teaches sastra in both English & SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
Bengali mediums. Prabhu serves as an Executive THIS SESSION
Member of the Ministry of Education and the
Chairman of the ISKCON Board of Examinations.
 LESSONS LEARNT FROM SRILA PRABHUPADA'S
PASTIMES

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The talk includes Srila Prabhupada's jokes and

stories personally heard by Badrinarayan
Swami

BADRINARAYAN SWAMI
Badrinarayan Swami is an initiated disciple of Srila
Prabhupada. He was the temple president of the
ISKCON temple in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1973
through 1977 and of the San Diego temple from
1978 until 1993. He has been serving as a member
of ISKCON’s international governing body (GBC)
since 1987. He has served as the chairman of
ISKCON’s international GBC and is a member of
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committee. He is the author and co-author of THIS SESSION
several GBC position papers and serves as a
member of a number of the GBC’s strategic and
steering committees. He was awarded the sannyasa
order in 2014 and became an ISKCON diksha guru
in 2020.
 LESSONS FROM THE PASTIMES OF LORD
NITYANANDA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

A deeper look into who Lord Nityananda is,

and the part He plays in Lord Caitanya's
mission.

BHAKTI CAITANYA SWAMI

Bhakti Caitanya Swami specializes in seminars on
different aspects of Krishna consciousness.

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 PANCOPASANA, ISKCON AND THE PERILS OF
SECULARIZATION

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PRESENTATION

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur classified all

religions of the world by using the concept of
Panca-upasana. This scheme gives an
important understanding of the gradual
evolution of consciousness of a human being.
But the degradation of consciousness actually
goes through the same stages. Even though
ISKCON is supposed to preach and establish
the highest form of worship, in reality we see
that the rapid expansion of our movement
brings about different forms of worship
borrowed from the lower stages of spiritual
development. This manifest in different forms
of secularization of our movement. By
knowing this dynamic we can recognize
different deviations, and also safeguard
against them.

BHAKTI VIJNANA GOSWAMI

Bhakti Vijnana Goswami joined ISKCON in 1980 in
the former Soviet Union. For many years he headed
the translation of Srila Prabhupada's books in
Russia. From 1996 till 2017 served as a GBC
member. In 2001 he took sannyas from HH
Radhanatha Swami, and in 2005 commenced the
service of intiating spiritual master in ISKCON.

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 APPRECIATING SHASTRA BY DEEP STUDY

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Presentation will describe how to understand

and appreciate the study of Vedic scriptures
in a systematic way

BHANU SWAMI
Bhanu Swami has been a GBC member since 2003.
His zonal assignments cover South India, and he is
co-GBC for Japan. A scholar in Sanskrit and
Bengali, Bhanu Swami has translated fifteen
significant works of the Gaudiya Vaishnava canon,
with six more titles in progress. His current efforts
in spreading Krishna consciousness include
completing the construction of a temple in Chennai
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Swami’s depth of scholarship has enabled him to THIS SESSION
create presentations on topics like karma,
reincarnation, yoga, and Srimad Bhagavatam, and
he presents with heartfelt spiritual intellectualism.
 CHILD PROTECTION IN ISKCON

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The presentation would be related to

importance of child protection, information
about child rights, information about the
Indian legal laws related to children namely
Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of
Children) Act 2015, Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012

DAIVI PRAKRITI DEVI DASI

Daivi Prakriti Devi Dasi is presently been
nominated as the Jt. Director of the Indian National
Child Protection Office by the Iskcon Bureau. She
is a professional social worker and has worked in
the field of the criminal justice system towards the
reformation and rehabilitation of male and female
juvenile and adult offenders, with children of
prisoners, domestic violence cases, and with
women rescued from prostitution. She has been a SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
resource person for sensitization workshops THIS SESSION
conducted for system officials namely police,
judiciary, prison, probation officers, etc.
 PRAJALPA - IT WILL DESTROY THIS MOVEMENT

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The main danger to ISKCON does not come

from outside. It rather comes from within,
with prajalpa being the root cause of
Vaishnava aparadha, misunderstandings,
conflicts, and disharmony in our interpersonal
relationships. This presentation will empower
us to avoid the pitfalls of getting caught up
in the eight kinds of prajalpa illustrated by
Bhaktivinoda Thakura in Bhaktyaloka.
Endeavoring to remove this destructive
tendency from our hearts will enable
our bhakti lata, as well as our communities to
thrive!

DEVAKI DEVI DASI

A disciple of HH Niranjana Maharaja joined the
brahmacarini ashram in Sydney/Australia in 1985.
As a grihastha, she preached in the former Soviet
Union and since 1999, serves as a renounced
traveling preacher, regularly visiting India,
Bangladesh, Eastern and Western Europe, the USA,
Australia and New Zealand. She served on the GBC
Committee for Devotee Care and currently
promotes such care as a top priority within the SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
ISKCON family. Her multifaceted understanding of THIS SESSION
Vaishnava culture inspired her to establish the
Institute for Spiritual Culture in 2014, offering
insightful education in Vaishnava life. She has
published four books and conducts Holy Name
Retreats around the world.
 THE ART OF STUDYING & TEACHING SCRIPTURES

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Based on Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam,

and the examples of Vaiṣṇava ācāryas, this
presentation brings to light the mood of
studying and teaching scriptures which is free
from any desire for scholarship or self-
proclamation, but is tuned into developing
good character, and spiritually connecting
with God, oneself and others through selfless
service. Of course, apart from the mood, we’ll
also discuss some realistic methods &
favorable habits for studying shastra, and
effective ways of presenting it to multiple
types of audiences. Equipped with authentic
scriptural wisdom, and being instrumental in
transparently transmitting it, one can make
one’s actions and interactions pure, in the
service of the Parampara.

GAURANGA DARSHAN DAS

Is a disciple of His Holiness Radhanath Swami, a
spiritual teacher, and author of over 28 books
including the Subodhini series of study guides,
children’s books such as Bhagavatam Tales, and
other self-enrichment books like Bhagavata Viveka.
He is the Dean of the Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha at
ISKCON Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV). He regularly
conducts online and residential spiritual courses for
children, youth, and adults, and has delivered over
6500+ hours of spiritual discourses in different
forums including temples, schools, colleges, and SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
corporate events. THIS SESSION
 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS & TACKLING
DISTRESSES: THE BHAGAVATAM WAY

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The great devotees whose stories are

described in Srimad Bhagavatam & Sri
Caitanya Caritamrita teach us by example a
wonderful 'de-stress' mechanism to deal with
'distresses', big and small. Also, their
attitudes and activities typify a spirited
culture and a plexus of love-laden
relationships prominently marked with
gratitude, kindness, tolerance, and empathy,
all pivoted around Krsna-Katha & Krsna-seva.
So let's take our baby steps to imbibe that
spirit of relationship building & handling
distresses.

GAURANGA DARSHAN DAS

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 LEADING THROUGH CHANGE

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PRESENTATION

Summary of 5 Strategies to Navigate Change

1. Do the Math
2. Choose your Focus
3. Find a Filter
4. Attack Problems, not People
5. Don’t Quit

GAURANGA DAS
Gauranga Dasa is a B.Tech graduate from IIT
Bombay and is serving in various capacities at
national and global levels in the ISKCON
organization. He is the Director of the Govardhan
Ecovillage, a United Nations World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO) award-winning Eco-village
community, and Co-President of the ISKCON
Chowpatty temple. He is an inspirational speaker
for his expertise in presenting Vedic Knowledge in
a contemporary and enticing way, He is making
spirituality accessible to all. He has represented SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
ISKCON as a speaker at various conferences and THIS SESSION
has given more than 10,000 discourses in the last
two decades on Srimad Bhagavatam, and Bhagavad
Gita amongst other scriptures.
HOW CAN WE SAVE OUR VERY FOUNDATION FOR
THE NEXT 10,000 YEARS?

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Did you know that about a half of the over

700 known Gaudiya Vaishnava books
including 1/3rd of Srila Bhaktivinoda
Thakura’s books have been lost and hardly a
fifth of them have been translated to
English? While Srila Prabhupada wanted all
our centers to connect with nearby academic
institutes, hardly five of ISKCON’s 700
centers across the world have connected with
academic Universities and scholars to teach
our divine ancient wisdom. The Bhaktivedanta
Research Center is a Shastra Mandir - a
temple of our sacred scriptures – dedicated
to collecting and preserving our ancient
Shastras and to researching and teaching
them in collaboration with renowned
Universities and scholars across the world. In
this session, we will share the current
challenges, recent developments, and future
opportunities in this mission of saving our
Shastras, our very foundation.

GAURANGA DAS

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 BHAKTI KIDS - A CURRICULUM FOR ENGAGING
CHILDREN IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
Srila Prabhupada said that our children are
the future hope of our movement and of the
world. There is a need in ISKCON to engage
children in Krishna Consciousness, therefore
we would like to present a systematic
curriculum for communities around the world
to engage children in Krishna Consciousness.
What are the major principles of engaging
children in Krishna consciousness? How can
we start up a children's program? In this
presentation, we will share a Krishna-
conscious educational program for ages 7 - 12
with resources for parents, teachers, and
children. We believe that by giving children
fun, positive experiences in Krishna
Consciousness that we can help them feel a
sense of belonging, love, and happiness in our
movement.

GOURANGI GANDHARVIKA DD
Gourangi Gandharvika devi dasi is a second
generation devotee from USA. She was raised in a
Krishna conscious family and moved to Sridham
Mayapur when she was 7 years old. Gourangi has a
Bachelors degree in Primary Education and serves
with the Congregational Development Ministry
putting together content and programs for children
and parents to be used around the world. She
recently published her first book 'Becoming Your SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
Devotee' filled with activities and lessons for THIS SESSION
children of various ages to have fun and develop
their faith in Krishna Consciousness.
 CREATIVE FICTION WRITING IN SRILA
PRABHUPADA'S SERVICE

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

From Punjana-upākhyāna in Śrimad

Bhāgavatam to the story of Sarvajña
astrologer in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, from
Jaiva Dharma and Prema-pradīpa of Śrila
Bhaktivinoda Thākura to the instructive
stories of Śrila Prabhupāda and the recent
dramas and novels by Prabhupādānugas such
as Prabhupāda Antya-Lila Pastimes, Yoga for
the 21st century, Essence Seekers, Broken
Names, Justin Davis amongst many, another
literary alternative seems to invite members
of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement to
explore its hidden yet deep potential for both
devotional expression and outreach. It is
famously said that fiction is a lie but it tells
the truth. We can add that often it does so
quite emphatically. May we say that for the
postmodern audience of the current world
which believes more in description than
prescription, more in showing than telling,
fiction can be equally, if not more, effective a
strategy for conveying the message of
spirituality than any other written genre. In
HARIVAMSA DASA this seminar, we explore the above
hypothesis, to understand the utility of
Harivaṁśa Dāsa is an author, researcher, and creative fiction for outreach in the service of
translator. He received his B.Tech. from IIT Bombay Srila Prabhupāda
and has M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, all
in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the
BTG India Editorial Board and is involved with the
academic affairs of Bhaktivedanta Research
Center. Under the auspices of HH Bhanu Swami
Maharaja, he is involved in editing the Sanskrit to
English translations of Gaudiya literature including
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a short story collection on Vedic perspectives of THIS SESSION
Life and Death—is his debut work in fiction, set to
be released in the second quarter of 2023 by
Hachette. He contributes regularly to BTG's English
(both US and India) and Hindi editions.
 MAYAPUR MASTER PLAN

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

An overall presentation about the Spiritual

city with the aim to get the involvement of
different yatras in the development of
Mayapur.

HRDAYA CAITANYA DAS

GBC / Co-Directors of ISKCON Mayapur

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 12 STEP RECOVERY THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF
BHAKTI

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PRESENTATION

Presenting 12-step recovery for and by

Devotees struggling with the 4 Regulative
Principles and other related behaviors. we
experience a rare and wonderful opportunity
to deepen our understanding of the essence
of Bhakti yoga and of the 12 steps of
recovery. This is a safe and fully supported
space held in the spirit of faith, love, and
hope.

JIVA HAMMOND
I regret nothing, I am filled with gratitude for all
the bottoms I have hit in my life. These bottoms
are the very foundation of all the gifts I have
today. I have learned that there is nothing standing
in the way of me living up to my full potential.
learning this was and still is a long and painstaking
process. I have found that the more complex I think
my problems are, the simpler the solution. Keeping
my priorities in order and my feet on the ground. I
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 IMPORTANCE OF PURE FOOD PRODUCTION,
THROUGH REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND
COW PROTECTION

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Our central question here is, how the

leadership may help ISKCON as a society to
fulfill Srila Prabhupada's intention to have
self-reliant communities independent from
outside help. We are proposing that
systematic education on sustainable food
production may be an important key solution.
So, IMCPA is launching this foundational
course. It’s agreed on many levels that
successful functioning models within and
outside ISKCON may play an important role in
this local education process. In this
presentation, we plan to explore where Srila
Prabhupada's disciples are in this
development. After extensively visiting many
projects on different continents and trying to
understand the challenges on the ground
there is insight into where it is possible to
assist in practices with cow protection and
regenerative agriculture as a basis for
sustainable living.
KALAKANTHA DAS
He has been the GBC Minister of Cow Protection
and Agriculture. Born in Brazil from a family of
farmers and agriculture professors, son of a
Cambridge Ph.D., professor and researcher, he has
worked and visited almost all ISKCON farm
communities in the last 29 years and holds a
degree in agriculture. Kalakantha das believes in
the power of producing food for the upliftment of
consciousness. He is building an educational
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and currently runs the ISKCON Continental Farm THIS SESSION
Conferences Cycle, with the help of vibrant
continental networks. These networks of
representatives are already established in Europe,
North and South America, Russia, Ukraine, and India
and are expanding.
 FINDING A BROAD AUDIENCE FOR SRIMAD
BHAGAVATAM THROUGH PODCASTING

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PRESENTATION

Pancaratna prabhu Interviews Kaustubha Das

about Wisdom of the Sages, a daily podcast
that he does with Raghunath Cappo prabhu.
Wisdom of the Sages receives ¼ million
downloads per month, with a growing
audience of people new to Bhakti. Kaustubha
will answer questions about how the podcast
took off, the principles that make it work,
and how they are following up with their
audience.

KAUSTUBHA DAS
Kaustubha Das is the Senior Educator & Creative
Director at The Bhakti Center and the editor of
BhaktiCollective.com. Having grown up in the New
York Hardcore Punk scene of the early 1980s, and
found Krishna consciousness, he began living as a
brahmachari in 1988. He teaches bhakti and yoga
philosophy which he has practiced for over twenty-
five years in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.

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 STORIES OF OUTREACH IMPACT IN AFRICA AND
JAPAN

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PRESENTATION

Diversity in Unity" in relation to trying to

preach in Japan and Africa, which materially
are quite opposite.

KAVICANDRA SWAMI
He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1971. He
joined the temple in Tucson, Arizona, and since
that time he has served in various capacities in the
United States and around the world. He has a
special interest in book distribution, and Harinama
sankirtan, and he writes of his faith in Srila
Prabhupada on the topic of Harinama. Kavichandra
Swami invests time in devotee care by writing
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making it a priority. As a traveling preacher and THIS SESSION
the initiating spiritual master of many disciples in
his GBC regions and beyond, he naturally sees the
whole world as his family.
 HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR TEMPLE TO A GREEN
TEMPLE

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PRESENTATION

There is a growing awareness and concern

about the environment, climate change, and
the impact of chemicals on our health.
Whereas, national and international
governments have been taking proactive
measures to tackle the above-mentioned
issues. It was the desire of Srila Prabhupada
that ISKCON and its followers practice the
principle of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and
a natural way of life. While ISKCON is
recognized globally for taking this principle
to the masses, yet, it is also observed that
several ISKCON temples produce huge
amounts of plastics, and non-biodegradable
wastes and have incorporated unhealthy
practices in their operations. Several ISKCON
temples are grappling with steep energy bills
and water management problems. It has been
practically demonstrated that by conducting
energy audits and incorporating eco-friendly
practices, especially before the temple
construction begins, can bring down energy
KESHAV CHANDRA DAS expenses by as much as 45%. The Indian
Green Building Council (IGBC), which is the
He came in touch with Krishna Consciousness in apex body in India for green building norms,
1996 and joined ISKCON Chowpatty in the year has expressed its desire to assist ISKCON in
2003. In ISKCON Chowpatty he has served in making its temples more energy-efficient and
various departments like the kitchen, environment friendly.
Bhaktivedanta Academy for Culture and Education,
and presently heading the Accounts Department.
He is also a member of the AFTEC (Accounting
Finance Taxation Executive Committee) under
ISKCON Bureau. He is also a member of the Temple
Committee and the Congregation Development SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
Department (CDD). Apart from this, his main THIS SESSION
passion is for a GREEN Lifestyle, so he also heads
the temple’s Cleaning and Waste Management
Department.
 CULTIVATING DEVOTEES IN GATED IT CIRCLE
COMMUNITIES

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Today the living trend in high-income class

societies has changed from large individual
big houses to sophisticated large gated
communities with world-class amenities.
Communities sized from 500 to 3000 houses
in tall buildings. The elite crowd living in
these communities are highly educated and
materially well-settled. However, along with
high-paying careers comes stressful lifestyles
and relationship problems. They are in
immense need of being part of a spiritual
path where they can manage their stress and
connect with a higher purpose to live. We
experimented with an approach to penetrate
these gated communities to build large Hare
Krishna satsang groups. Our little different
ways of approaching and preaching have
been blessed by Srila Prabhupada and many
new families have gotten connected to
ISKCON now in the last 6 years in the
Gachibowli Hitech City area of Hyderabad.
The presentation's focus will be to explain
LILANANDA DAS the methodology and execution of starting
new programs in such elite communities and
Initiated by His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj opening a new door to help highly intellectual
in 2013 in San Jose USA. Currently serving as people into Krishna Consciousness.
Outpost center coordinator in the Gachibowli Area
of Hyderabad under the ISKCON Abids Shri Radha
Madan Mohan Temple. Preaching and serving under
the guidance of HG Radhehsyam Prabhuji.
Materially educated as Chartered Account and dual
MBA in Internal Trade & Marketing. Worked 22
years in IT Consulting around the globe. Currently
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working as Vice President HR & Finance for a
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Multi-National Company (Mid Level) in Hyderabad.
 VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM - “ONE WORLD, ONE
FAMILY - LIVING IN UNISON

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

One is kin, the other a stranger say the small-

minded. The wise know that the world is but
a family. The essential implication of the
above statement is that considerations such
as "he is mine or he is another's" occur only in
the narrow-minded. To the open-minded, the
entire world is one family. Given the number
of continents and countries, Srila Prabhupada
frequently discussed how the world became
divided, perpetuated by the disunited United
Nations. He believed that the entire world is
confused because people believe that this is
"my land," "my America," or "my India.” In the
preface of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Srila
Prabhupada wrote: “We must know the
present need of human society which is no
longer bounded by geographical limits to
particular countries or communities. It is
broader than in the middle ages, and the
world's tendency is towards one state or one
human society. The ideals of spiritual
LOKANATH SWAMI communism, according to Srimad-
Bhagavatam, are based more or less on the
In his tenure as Padayatra Minister, he expanded oneness of the entire energy of living beings.”
his service worldwide. Then, as the Minister for
Śrīla Prabhupäda’s Centennial, Maharaja
coordinated a global, four-year campaign that
culminated in ISKCON’s worldwide, grand
centennial celebrations of 1996. Lokanath Swami
Maharaja provided the inspiration to begin
ISKCON’s yearly Vraja-maṇḍala parikrama in 1987,
and currently serves as chairman of the parikrama
management board. He has personally walked the
parikrama path for many years, and has given (and SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
continues to give) many of the talks on Vraja- THIS SESSION
maṇḍala parikrama. He is also credited with having
developed Navadvīpa-maṇḍala parikrama. Known
for his inspiring lectures and melodious kirtanas,
Lokanath Swami has attended hundreds of ISKCON
festivals worldwide.
 PURANATILAKAM – BHAGAVATA TREASURE
TROVE OPEN FOR ALL

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

PuranaTilakam is the world's largest

repository on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, associated
works, and commentaries. We would like to
demonstrate a web/tablet/mobile-based
user-friendly next-generation tool being used
to store, process, segment, and present the
text of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 100+ associated
works, and its commentaries. We will discuss
the development process that involves the
processing of ancient manuscripts, and
printed texts with the use of existing online
computational tools and their conversion to
searchable text formats. In this presentation,
we also will highlight various interesting
insights from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and its
Commentaries such as analysis of chandas,
size, the extent of various Śrīmad-
Bhāgavatam Commentaries, and various
reports based on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and its
Commentaries immensely useful for
Preachers, Scholars, and Researchers. The
project also addresses various controversies
MADHAVA GOPINATH DAS and puzzles related to Bhagavatam and
provides answers in line with Sastric
​ e is currently serving as convenor of ISKCON
H
statements with computational analysis.
Rampally, which is an Outpost under ISKCON
Hyderabad. ​H e is preaching and serving under the
guidance of HG Radheshyam Prabhu. He holds a
Ph.D. Degree in Sanskrit on “Commentaries on
Bhagavata Purana” from Karnataka Sanskrit
University. He developed a community of devotees
in Hyderabad where he is guiding 100+ families. He
has written a book by name “Gita-in-a-nutshell”,
which had received worldwide appreciation. He has SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
established a forum called “Sastranidhi” for doing THIS SESSION
research on the sastras and he along with his team
of devotees is currently working on a project
“Puranatilakam”, which is the world’s largest
repository of Bhagavata Purana and associated
works.
 SANKIRTAN AT EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

An amazing opportunity is before us in the

towns and villages of India, people are very
positive, and receptive, and the mood is
wonderful. Recently we conducted 52 day's
long Sri Ram Vijay Utsav Yatra in the State of
Telangana, covering 250+ villages, with the
Deities of Sri Sri Sita Ramchandra Lakshman
and Hanumanji on a Ratham. It's a very
encouraging experience, We see great
potential and opportunity for Preaching, and
sharing inspiring episodes. We can
MULTIPLY, every year. More than 18000
Transcendental Books were Distributed
during the Yatra.

MAHASHRINGA DASA
Is a first generation Entrepreneur, Honours Science
Graduate from Kolkata, university, Practicing
Krishna consciousness since 34 year's. Represented
Andra Pradesh water Sports Team in National
Games for two years. Conducted Several Gita
Summer Camps for kid's and youth. Very successful
in College preaching, covering 400+ colleges in the
current year. Working with Ministery of Education,
Telangana. Sincerely Reading Srila Prabhupada's
books, completed Bhakti Vedanta degree from SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
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 KILL THE CANCER

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Most of the Life Style Diseases, including

Cancer, are Preventable. According to WHO,
up to 50 % of all Cancer are preventable in
nature. The Cure is very much possible if it's
detected at Early Stages. We conduct
Elocution competitions in collages with the
support and sanction of the State Education
Ministry, the National Service Scheme, and
NSS, a central Government organization. It
creates a very favorable atmosphere on the
campus. Very encouraging PR with college
authorities. Create a wonderful pitch for
future preaching. Iskcon and Srila Prabhupada
are successfully introduced among all the
college students.

MAHASHRINGA DASA

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 3 STEPS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Western outreach today Principles, tips &

discussion San Francisco - a case study

NAVINA NIRADA DAS

Navina Nirada Dasa joined ISKCON in 1984 in
Zurich, Switzerland at the age of 15 and soon
became one of the worlds top book distributors.
He is a spiritual entrepreneur. He traveled the
globe more than a twenty times and served as
ISKCON'S Minister of Book Distribution. He built
and directs Vaishnava Academy in Mayapur, served
as Mayapur's community chairman and earned his
Bhaktivedanta degree from Mayapur Institute. He
currently oversees a spiritual center in the heart of SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
San Francisco. He delivers seminars on book THIS SESSION
distribution, outreach and leadership and guides
individuals through his personal experience from
nearly four decades of practice.
 HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BHAGAVATAM
SPEAKER

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

This presentation will focus on the dos and

don't of Bhagavatam speakers, how to
research, how to present topics, understand
the audience, make good presentations and
attract people to Krishna consciousness.

NITAISEVINI DEVI DASI

She joined as a full-time devotee in 1997 and took
initiation in the year 1998 in Atlanta, USA from
H.H.Jayapataka Swami. She has a Ph.D. in
Education from Andhra University. Presently she is
the Principal of Divine Touch School. She is
actively involved in Collection, Festival
Coordination, Congregation preaching, College
Preaching, and shouldering management
responsibility with her husband H.G. Samba Das,
President of ISKCON Visakhapatnam. Mataji is
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multi-lingual and delivers discourses in English,
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Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati, and Bengali languages. She
initiated the Bhakti Yoga Residential Summer camp
at Visakhapatnam which has been a very successful
program for School Children.
 RAISING ROBUST COMMUNITIES THROUGH
BHAKTI VRIKSHA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Community literally means a group of people

who have common goals to achieve
something higher. As International Society for
Krishna Consciousness is growing
exponentially in all fields, we certainly have
to look into raising robust communities based
on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. This
Seminar will help leaders through various case
studies on *how Bhakti Vriksha help build
strong Krishna Conscious Communities
worldwide*, during the seminar leaders will
also gain the *need, parameters and principles
of successful & healthy local communities
based on strong character and ethical values.*

NITYANAND ASHRAYA DAS

A disciple of H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj,
currently serving in ISKCON Bahadurgarh as a
Temple President. Preaching Supervisor in many
parts of Haryana. He has developed the *Bhakti
Vriksha Training Modules (Hindi), Workbooks,
Assessment sheets as well as Teachers' Handbook
for all the leaders* around the World. He is
currently training leaders all over the world in
*Bhakti Vriksha Leadership and Community
Development*. With an enriched experience of
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over a decade in building communities and he has
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trained approximately 1400 leaders all over the
world, currently sharing his experience with
devotees from all over the world
 TECH LAB - CASE STUDIES IN SUCCESSFUL IT FOR
COMMUNITY BUILDING

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

This workshop will present case studies on

how various ISKCON centers are using IT to
grow and develop their communities

PANCHARATNA DAS
Pancharatna dasa joined ISKCON in Toronto,
Canada as a brahmacari in 1970. He went on to
serve in ISKCON New York in various capacities
until 1976 when he moved to Sri Mayapur. There he
accepted many responsibilities including building
construction and establishing the Bengali language
division of the BBT.
He met his wife Atitaguna dasi in Mayapur and was
married there in 1980, raising four children with her
mostly in Mayapur.
He currently resides in Mayapur and serves the SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
GBC in various capacities primarily through THIS SESSION
ISKCON Online (ISKCONOnline.com). He also
serves ISKCON Sri Mayapur as a member of the
Mayapur Community Sevaks team.
TECH LAB - CASE STUDIES IN SUCCESSFUL
OUTREACH THROUGH THE INTERNET

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

We will present studies of what has worked

in various parts of the world to bring people
to Krishna consciousness

PANCHARATNA DAS

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 INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, THE SHARP PREACHING

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

ISKCON is recognized as a religion in some

countries, and this status has important
implications; it guarantees visibility,
credibility, and acceptance by society.
It is therefore essential for the future of the
movement that important steps be taken in
that direction.
Dialogue with other religious traditions and
public institutions is essential to facilitate
integration and avoid the danger of
assimilation or marginalization.

What to do and how to achieve success

PARABHAKTI DASA
Parabhakti has managed commercial companies and
founded two national associations in Italy focused
on environmental protection. He has trained and
coached professionals for over twenty years. . He
regularly holds conferences and training seminars on
Krishna Consciousness at public and private
institutions and actively collaborates with other
religious traditions Currently serve as President of
Villa Vrindavana, in Florence, ISKCON
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 PURPOSE CENTERED YATRA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

This is a process to awaken people to their

eternal relationship with Lord Krishna by
teaching them how to practice devotional
service, inspiring them to join the society of
devotees and deepen their Krishna
consciousness, thus using their energies and
abilities in pure devotional service, discover
their mission in life to glorify the Lord and
become pure devotees.

PRAHLADANANDA SWAMI
Prahladananda Swami joined ISKCON in 1968 and
received 1st and 2nd initiation from Srila
Prabhupada in 1969. He has distributed Srila
Prabhupada's books for most of his life and is
currently a member of the GBC serving in European
countries. He is also the Minister for Sannyasa.

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ISKCON’S SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP: GEARING
UP RESPONSIBLE ACTION TOWARDS CLARION
CALL FROM MOTHER NATURE

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
Grappling each household, global crises have
left no one untouched. The year 2022-23
brings us face to face with the challenges of
wars and conflicts; the long tail of COVID-19;
natural disasters -heat waves, floods, and
hurricanes; rising poverty and pollution-
another year of a clarion call from Mother
Nature. ISKCON’s sustainability leadership
gears up for responsible action with multiple
stakeholders, multiple challenges & benefits.
ISKCON is choosing to respond to the clarion
call - ISKCON has embarked on the journey
with UN accreditations, Faith for Earth
Councillorship, and contribution through
ongoing 6 Action Projects and Programs
several of them led by young devotees. In an
analytical stock-taking exercise, the
presenter brings home Srila Prabhupada’s real
United Nations theological, individual,
strategic, political-legal, and economic
perspectives on responsible action of
ISKCON’s Sustainability Leadership. Creating
a centralized system, action and data-driven
impact is a necessity to keep ISKCON's
RAASBHAKTI DEVI DASI leadership relevant and sustainable.
Dr. Aditi is an academician, research scholar,
sustainability enthusiast, social innovator, and
corporate trainer with 21 years of experience in
diverse fields. Inspired by her spiritual father and
mentors, she feels a responsibility to contribution
to a better sustainable world for all. Presently she
works as Chief Sustainability Officer and Dean –
Educational initiatives at Govardhan Ecovillage.
With a doctorate in Sustainability-Green
behavior, she has to her credit a patent on “Smart SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
Toilet Tracking System” and a Copyright on THIS SESSION
“Empowering Sanitation Decisions with Global
System Science for Sustainability”. She embarked
spiritual journey with ISKCON in 1999. Got her
Harinaam initiation from HH Radhanath Swami in
2003 and Brahmin initiation in 2012.
 ONLINE EDUCATION: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF
A BAD BARGIAN?

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The development of online programs in

ISKCON can certainly be considered a
success of Srila Prabhupada's preaching
mission. At the same time, we need to
understand whether such online learning is
really the education that Srila Prabhupada
spoke about. What needs to be done to make
online education as close as possible to the
educational goals set by Srila Prabhupada?
Online education not only has its weaknesses
but also carries dangers. What opportunities
are there to make full use of the strengths of
online education? How can its weaknesses be
circumvented? How can the danger of such
education be avoided? These are the
problems that people of science and
education around the world are now thinking
about. While introducing people and inviting
them into the online education space, we
must foresee possible consequences and find
the best solutions for developing an online
education system within ISKCON.

RADHA PREMA DEVI DASI

Radha Prema dd is a professional educator and
ISKCON certified teacher/facilitator of TTC, ID, BS,
BV, and many other online and offline sastric
courses (more than 30 years of teaching experience,
including more than 10 years of teaching online)

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 EMPOWERING OUR FAMILIES IN OUTREACH

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

A powerful yet extremely simple approach to

acknowledge and empower all members of
your community, those who at least chant one
round a day and don't bring home any non-
vegetarian food. They will feel recognized
and you will be able to help them gradually
build their sadhana and outreach, by
establishing a home altar, start distributing
books, and getting SB and CC sets. the sky's
the limit. A minimum effort on the part of the
administration can have multiple returns in
building a (more) committed, (more) active
congregation.

RAMESVARA GIRIDHARI DAS

Originally from Karnataka-India, joined ISKCON in
Krishna Katha Desh(KKD).
Disciple of H.H. Jayapataka Swami. Served as E-
book distribution co-ordinator
for KKD, Bhakta Vriksha (BV) Servant leader, BV-
Chakrapati. TOVP co-ordinator
for chakra in KKD. Moved to Sridham Mayapur in the
year 2022 and SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
performing support services in “ISKCON THIS SESSION
Congregational Development
Ministry”
 SRILA PRABHUPADA’S HOUSE IN WHICH THE
WHOLE WORLD CAN LIVE

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

We often hear that Srila Prabhupada has

built us a house in which the whole world can
live happily and go back home back to
Godhead. But what is this house made up of-
what constitutes its foundation and pillars,
what makes up the floor and walls, what
about the stairs and roof, and so on? In this
seminar, we will explore the building blocks
which constitute Srila Prabhupada’s glorious
house in which the whole world can live. The
concepts shared could help us in modeling our
temples, yatras and communities based on
Srila Prabhupada’s instructions and
guidelines. The seminar is based on the book
Being Srila Prabhupada-anuga which is a
compilation of Srila Prabhupada’s quotes on
leadership and serves as the official textbook
of the GBC College.

RASIK RAMAN DAS

Rasik Raman Das joined ISKCON Chowpatty as a
full-time Brahmachari in the year 2011 and has since
then served in various capacities including being the
executive secretary of HG Gauranga Prabhu. He has
also served as secretary and faculty for the GBC
College for Leadership Development and has
authored the book- ‘Being Srila Prabhupada-anugas’,
which was first published personally by HH Bhakti
Charu Swami Maharaj in 2015 and has since been
adopted as the official textbook of the GBC
College. He was also instrumental in setting up the SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
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which is affiliated with Mumbai University.
 IMPORTANCE OF COWS IN SOCIETY

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

The presentation will include importance of

cows in society in all aspects like health,
environment, spiritual and mental in all
aspects

REVATI RAMAN DAS

He was born in a Sri Vaishnava family. He studied
engineering in Bangalore. He first came in contact
with ISKCON in 1988 through Srila Prabhupada’s
books. After being moved by the writings of Srila
Prabhupada, he immediately took up the practice of
Krishna Consciousness. Later in 1991, he received
initiation from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami and
decided to resign the job and to devote his life
completely to spread Krishna Consciousness. He
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served in Bangalore temple & later took on the
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service of Temple President in Tirupati.
 OLD AGE AND TERMINAL CARE

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Discussing the various aspects of assisted

living, palliative care, and terminal care of
Vaishnavas. Old age is the second childhood
where one needs assistance in day-to-day
activities. The aim is to discuss the principles
and practical points to consider. Palliative
care is again an emerging need for the
elderly. Also would discuss various points to
consider in terminal care.

RISHIKESH KARPE
Dr. Rishikesh Karpe is a community physician who
has specialized in Preventive and Social Medicine.
He is an alumnus of Grant Government Medical
College & Topiwala National Medical College,
Mumbai. Dr. Rishikesh is a member of the
Bhaktivedanta Medical Association serving in the
preventive medicine subcommittee as well as the
geriatric subcommittee. He serves in the community
health department of Bhaktivedanta Hospital &
Research Institute, Mira road. He is the assistant SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
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Hospital (Conducted by Bhaktivedanta Hospital)
which runs a 12 bedded facility of palliative care and
assisted living.
 HOW ISKCON PUNE DISTRIBUTED HALF A MILLION
GITA IN MARATHON

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

We want to present the strategies for book

distribution in an easy way possible to
benefit the world for the pleasure of Shrila
Prabhupada.

SARVA LAKSHAN DAS

Vice president of Iskcon NVCC Pune. Achieved 1st
rank in the world for marathon in row for 4 times
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Graduated from B'com
Mumbai University. 20 years of service in ISKCON in
various departments as full time brahmachari.

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 INSPIRING CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL MODEL

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Every parent is worried about their children's

development. Every community leader is
thinking of ways of keeping children engaged
and enthused in their spiritual lives. Every
ISKCON school is trying to find the right
education curriculum that will help them
make teaching fun and enlightening. If this is
all true for you then this seminar is just meant
for you. Here you will find clarity, direction,
and hope for all your children's educational
needs.

SHUBHA VILAS DAS

Dr. Shubha Vilas das is a lifestyle coach, storyteller,
and author. He studied patent law after completing
his engineering degree but finally chose the path of
a spiritual seeker. He has just completed his Ph.D. in
leadership from Valmiki Ramayana and his thesis is
considered path-breaking in the field of leadership
studies from ancient texts. He heads Iskcon Goa,
where the congregation has been on a steady
growth curve under his leadership. He also heads
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international competition to promote Gita learning
in schools.
 PRINCIPLES OF RAMA RAJYA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Everyone speaks about Rama Rajya, but

hardly anyone knows the principles that form
the basis of Rama Rajya. This session explores
the deeper principles behind leadership in the
Ramayana. Deciphering the knowledge of the
Ramayana in a way that is applicable and
inspirational. Through decoding the
discussion between Rama and Bharata, this
session promises to help everyone learn
valuable lessons and gain clear direction
toward effective leadership.

SHUBHA VILAS DAS

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 GITA PERSPECTIVE ON EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
LEADERSHIP

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Emotionally healthy leaders build

communities with lesser conflicts, more self-
growth, and more cooperation.

Arjuna's emotional turmoil on the battlefield

of Kurukshetra was a turning point in his
leadership. It spearheaded a transformation
of consciousness and changed the fate of the
whole Kuru dynasty. This course can help you
to rethink your leadership style and find
authentic ways to be effective.

Principles from Gita and Mahabharatha can

help us implement honest, open-minded, and
emotionally sober communications with the
members of your community.

SRI RADHA GOVINDA DASI

Sri Radha Govinda Dasi is an author and multilingual
speaker. She is a disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami.
She has published eight books on various topics
including Spirituality, Premarital training, Astrology
and Self-help; She has delivered lectures and
seminars in over 20 countries. She studied Vedic
Astrology and personality analysis. She is the
founder & chair-person at www.villageoflove.in.

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 A DIVINE PROPHECY - SRI CAITANYA
MAHAPRABHU FROM SRI VAISHNAVA
SAMPRADAYA LITERATURES

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

There are 33 verses of Sri Nammalvar which

have now been translated into English; they
contain the prediction for the entire Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees going
all over the world spreading His Holy Name

SRIDHARA SRINIVASA DASA

A disciple of HH Bhakti Vikāsa Swami, he holds a
bachelor’s degree in engineering, and a Master’s
degree in business administration from a reputed
university in Seattle, USA, and has worked in the
position of General Manager (Spacelabs Healthcare
R&D) and in several software firms in Japan, USA,
and India. Following the instructions of his spiritual
master, the author along with his family repatriated
back to his home (Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India) and SCAN TO LEAVE A FEEDBACK FOR
is serving full-time in the mission of Śrīla THIS SESSION
Prabhupāda by distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books
among the general populace and also preaching the
mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
 LEADING WITH HEART

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Managing and leading take a lot of figuring

and brain power how to make everything
work. Many of us lead with our heads. Krsna
and our soul lives in our hearts. What would it
look like to lead with the integration of our
hearts and our head?

SUKHAVAHA DASI
Degree in Social Welfare from Penn State
University. Served in and for New Vrindaban for 20 +
years. Managed the now Bhakti Center in NYC from
1999 until 2007. Yearly volunteering in Barsana Eye
Camp since 2007, except for Covid years.
Conducted 3-month training for Spiritual Care
Department at Bhaktivedanta Hospital. Conducts
seminars for various devotee communities. Author of
four books on compassion, mind & false ego,
anarthas, betrayal and forgiveness.
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 BOOKS ARE THE BASIS

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

A presentation describing the initiative and

the importance of encouraging a reading
culture within ISKCON. Highlighting the
Ministry's 3 successful Books are the Basis
festival celebrations, the Ministry's 100+
interviews, and 400+ shorts on Srila
Prabhupadas Books.

TAPAN MISHRA DASA

Tapana Misra dasa started associating with ISKCON
devotees in 1997 while studying at the Indian
Institute of Technology, Delhi. Over the following
twenty years had the good fortune to serve and
experience Krishna consciousness in different
environments – university program, temple resident,
congregation member, yatra leader, and resident at a
holy dham. His voluntary services for ISKCON are –
Director, Global Duty Officers, ISKCON; Minister,
Ministry of Education, ISKCON; Voting Member,
GBC.
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 SUNDAY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Sraddha or faith is the first step in bhakti. By

exposing children to the innumerable stories
from the puranas and itihasas along with fun
activities, they can develop knowledge-based
faith in scripture, deities, devotees, and acts
of devotion such as visiting temples, bathing
in sacred rivers, and so on. The Glory of India
Sunday School curriculum created by ISKCON
Chennai (Tarini Radha and team) has more
than 200 stories organized in 8 major themes
to raise a child from age 6 to age 17. This
weekly program will help children stay on the
path of bhakti through adolescence and
forever.

TARINI RADHA DEVI DASI

Tarini Radha devi in the year 1991 took formal
initiation from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami.
Since the year 2000, she is coordinating and
training spiritual teachers in ISKCON to conduct
spiritual programs for children. Under her leadership,
the Children's wing of ISKCON Chennai, Bhakta
Prahlad Siksha Samaj with about 60 volunteers
conducts weekly classes for 700 children annually in
62 parts of the city. In the year 2014, classes began
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periods. Up to October 2018, programs were held in THIS SESSION
25 schools reaching up to 10,000 children every
week.
 VEDIC LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

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PRESENTATION

1. Philosophical basis of Vedic leadership and

management by Srila Prabhupada.
2. Vastu Traya - Three pillars of success in
management based on Maharaja Yudhistira’s
teachings.
3. The Catur-Vyuha - the theological basis of
Vaishnavism.
4. The essence of all Vedic knowledge - the
Catur slokas of the Srimad Bhagavatam.
5. Duties of the leaders, managers, and
administration according to the acaryas.
6. Qualities related to leadership and
management - Prithu Maharaja’s example
from the Srimad Bhagavatam (canto 4).
7. Mixed managerial systems in the West -
philosophical deviations in management
according to shastra.
8. Summary

TATTVAVADA DASA
BA in Vaishnava Theology, Bhaktivedanta College
Hungary 2012 - PhD student - University of Tampere
- social sciences

-Joined ISKCON Helsinki 1988

- 1992 initiated by Suhotra Swami
- Siksa disciple of Jayapataka Swami, former Bhakti
Vidya Purna Swami and Smita Krishna Swami
- Sankirtan leader Finland 1992-1999
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- Founder of India Experience / Finland THIS SESSION
- Headmaster of the Bhaktivedanta College in
Finland 2007-2014
- Regional Secretary for Finland 2002-2014 -
Traveling preacher 2015-onwards in Scandinavia -
Baltics
 A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF
STUDENT INTERNS AND VOLUNTEERS IN YOUR
TEMPLE’S SERVICE

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Nowadays every ISKCON temple has varieties

of service needs in areas like content writing,
graphic, designing, software development,
research, marketing, etc. These needs can be
very effectively fulfilled at a very low cost by
engaging the local college interns in the
service of your temple. The presenter
engages 100s of interns every year in various
projects of ISKCON. He will present how you
can collaborate with the college, when and
how to plan and start internship programs,
how to guide, manage and engage interns,
what kind of interns are suitable for
particular services in ISKCON, how to scale
your projects with effective vision, planning,
and collaboration, etc. He will also share how
he developed his various projects with these
interns help to give a better idea about this
topic to attendees.

TOSHAN NIMAI DAS

He is serving as a full-time brahmachari ISKCON
NVCC in Pune. He is the author of widely
appreciated crime fiction 'Weed Out' which teaches
the perils of addictions and ways to move out of it,
he has also authored a brief biography of Srila
Prabhupada 'The Captain' which contains the life of
Srila Prabhupada with lessons drawn from it. He
founded a crowdfunding platform Vidyartha to
distribute Srila Prabhupada books to school libraries
with contributions from alumni. He has also co-
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founded a mobile application 'Vaishnava Seva' to
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connect volunteers with temple services for
worldwide ISKCON temples. He is a director of
'VITAL' which runs courses in the field of theology,
arts, and linguistics. He is also a member of GBC
SPT.
 PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING HARMONIOUS
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

You will learn key principles for developing

harmonious relationships that lead to loving,
thriving, and productive devotional
communities.

VAISESIKA DASA
Vaisesika Dasa is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada who has been
engaged in book distribution since he joined in 1973
He is the Global Duty Officer of book distribution,
the temple president of ISKCON of Silicon Valley,
and travels globally with his wife, Nirakula Devi Dasi.
He is a veteran monk, author, and spiritual guide
who travels throughout the world sharing knowledge
gained from four decades of bhakti-yoga practice
and dedication to spiritual entrepreneurialism.
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Stanford University, Intel, THIS SESSION
Google, and Salesforce. He is also an initiating
spiritual master in ISKCON.
 HISTORY OF DEVOTEE CARE AT BRAHMACHARI
ASHRAM AT ISKCON CHOWPATTY

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Devotee care strategies, planning and

execution at Brahmachari Ashram at ISKCON
Chowpatty

VASUDEVA DAS
Temple president of ISKCON GEV, Wada,
Maharashtra Vasudev Das hails from Kerala. In
ISKCON Chowpatty, he oversaw various services in
various departments chief among them Maintenance
& Construction and Finance. He is one of the co-
chairmen of the COM (Council of Management) at
ISKCON Chowpatty. He is also very instrumental in
organizing the annual Kartik Yatra of ISKCON
Chowpatty. Since 2008 he is an active member of
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also very intrinsically involved in the development of THIS SESSION
Govardhan Eco Village since its inception. He is one
of the co-directors overseeing the administration,
finance, and sustainability activities at the
ecovillage.
 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DAIVA VARNASRAMA
DHARMA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

This Seminar clearly defines pure devotional

service and the need to follow the principles
of Varnasrama Dharma using quotations from
scriptures like Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu,
Udhhava Gita, and Srila Prabhupada
instructions. Based on Prabhupada’s
instruction, practical steps will be provided
to implement the Daiva varnashrama dharma.

VENU GOPAL DAS

Coming from a humble background back in
Venkatakrishnapuram, Guntur, HG Venu Gopal Das
inspired by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaj,
successfully pursued his Ph.D. in sat
sandarbhas.Proficient in Various Gaudiya Vaisnava
Literature like Tattva Sandarbha; Bhagavata
Sandarbha; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha; Bhakti Sandarbha,
Mādhurya Kādambinī; Vedānta Sutras; Bhakti
Rasāmrita Sindhu; Sārārtha Darṣinī tika and has
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development of sannyasa college. He has also served
as the academic director for Iskcon Bhagavata
Mahavidyalaya for three years.
NEED AND WAY FOR REVIVAL OF DAIVA
VARNASRAMA

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Daivarnāśrama is the most important agenda

and but unfortunately mostly overlooked. So
it is the need of the hour to create awareness
about DVA in society. Srila Prabhupada gave
hundreds of instructions on this subject
matter. But if we trace back Gaudiya history,
For a long period of time, before Srī
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the whole society is
ruled by the smārta system which propagates
materialism, a seminal caste system, and is
against pure devotion. So the idea of Daiva
varnāśrama dharma was given by Srī
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu himself to his six
gosvāmi disciples. After that Śrīla Bhakti
Sarasvati Thakura preached extensively about
the Daiva-Varnāśrama system. His Gaudiya
newsletter and The harmonist are witnesses
to this and following his Gurudev, Śrīla
Prabhupada also preached so much about this
in his lectures, books, room conversations,
and morning walks. So as the followers of SP,
we should give sufficient importance to this
VENU GOPAL DAS topic and create awareness in ours. A lot is
there to discuss and implement. So I request
to keep the topic of “Daiva-Varnāśrma” for
plenary discussion.

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 EITHER ISKCON CHANGES IT'S FINANCIAL
PRACTICES OR GOVT WILL

SHYAM GOPESH DAS DEVAMIRA DAS

Is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary He came in contact with ISKCON devotees in the
by profession. From 2008 to 2012, he worked with year 2003. He is a Chartered Accountant by
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund in the investment team profession and has been serving in ISKCON Bureau
managing assets of USD 100 billion. Since 2013 he office in the areas of taxation, finance and accounts
has been serving in the ISKCON Bureau office in the since 2015. Currently, he is also being trained in
areas of taxation, finance, and accounts. He is also legal matters.
part of the Bureau office team managing FCRA
donations.
ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Due to less or no awareness of "due diligence on Finance, Taxation and Foreign donation matters for devotees and
ISKCON" ISKCON India is facing a number of issues. It's essential that present and future leaders of ISKCON are
aware of the basic requirements so that ISKCON is able to comply with the laws of the land.

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 GREENING MAYAPUR DHAM WITH ECONOMICALLY
VIABLE AND ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY
SOLUTIONS

DR HARIHARAN CHANDRA SHRI U V KRISHNA MOHAN RAO

An Indian ecological economist, founding and A 1984 IIM-A alumni he has driven and led over 4000
presiding over urban people-led movements for energy efficiency with strategic solutions to improve
urban sustainability on water and energy, a mentor operations costs in every such project.
for green enterprises and entrepreneurs, and an
enabler of industry directions on sustainability and
resilience, at the building scale and the city scale.

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
This presentation will have 2 parts -
[1] Offer a Status Report on current infrastructure spending in water-energy-carbon terms; the prospects for
TOVP in greening the Supply Chain for various installations for the Temple.
[2] An outline of solutions, costs, savings in money and energy/water and Carbon Reduction over 10 years that will
accrue to the Dham with the smart solution approaches to soften the current high ecological footprint of the
Dham

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 GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT UNITY IN DIVERSITY

ACARYARATNA DAS RISHI KUMAR DAS

He joined ISKCON Pune Brahmacari Ashram in 2002. He is a disciple of Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami
He is a disciple of HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj. He Maharaja and is currently a Brahmachari residing at
has served as Youth preacher and VOICE chairman in ISKCON Delhi. He has been practicing Krishna
Iskcon Pune and helped in establishing Youth consciousness for nearly 23 years. He serves as Vice
preaching at IIT Kharagpur, NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Chairman of the Northern India Divisional Council of
Rourkela, and many others. He is serving as ISKCON, and Vice President of ISKCON Delhi. Also
Chairman of Iskcon Newtown Kolkata Temple has been a Valedictorian at GBC College for
Council since 2019. He is the Iskcon India Devotee Spiritual Leadership.
care Co-ordinator

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
Unity in Diversity is everywhere. It is the essence of our theology (acintya bheda abheda). It is seen in countries
around the world, in organizations, and especially in Srila Prabhupada's instruction. It will, as Srila Prabhupada
said, "make our movement successful"

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 BUILDING THE FUTURE OF ISKCON WITH CARE

BHAVA BHAKTI DEVI DASI JAI NITAI DASA

Is a disciple of HH Radhanath Swami, joined ISKCON
Is a disciple of HH Radhanath Swami, and joined
in 1998. He currently serves as Zonal Supervisor for
ISKCON in 1996. She currently teaches Bhakti Sastri,
London and the South-east, and Euro RGB member.
specializing in interactive courses and innovative
He recently establish a UK National Devotee Care
outreach, and travels globally with her husband to
Office which oversees Five Devotee Care Zonal Reps
present seminars/courses on a myriad of bhakti
Teams working on strategic plans for the devotee
subjects to various audiences which include the
care initiative and reports directly to the UK GBC
ISKCON Leadership Sanga in Mayapur.
and UK Zonal Supervisors.

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
This seminar will look at: What is Devotee Care? Areas and Recipients of Devotee Care Establishing a DCO
(Devotee Care Office) Creating a Strategic Plan for Embedding Care in your Community Building the Future of
Care in ISKCON

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 MECHANISMS TO EMBED CARE WITHIN DEVOTEE
COMMUNITIES

RADHA GOPINATH DAS DAMODAR DAS

He has been on the board of Temple Presidents at He has been instrumental in several Devotee Care
ISKCON Chowpatty for over 30 yrs. Apart from initiatives at ISKCON Chowpatty and is a leading
guiding several hundred families in their spiritual member of the National Devotee Care Team for
journey, he has also trained many India. He travels widely to conduct the Devotees
counselors/mentors to cultivate and care for the Care Courses and also guides and inspires the
devotees under them. He has also been the pioneer local teams to practically institute Devotee Care
of the Introductory 6-session Gita Course called with their communities. He has been a faculty at
'Science of Self Realization' and is loved by all for "Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha" for teaching Srimad
his profound wisdom and wit. Bhagavatam and Chaitanya Caritamrita at GEV.

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
While most of the leaders of ISKCON are becoming aware of the importance of Devotee Care, and the need to
implement it within their communities, there seems to be a lack of clarity as to how it can be embedded, and by
whom? This presentation is a small effort at sharing some of the ways “How Leaders Demonstrate and Embed
Values of Care Within Devotee Communities”, with some real-life examples from the devotee community of Sri Sri
Radha Gopinath Mandir, Mumbai.
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 EMBRACING THE DIGITAL AGE FOR SPREADING
BHAGAVAD GITA'S MESSAGE THROUGH GITA
GYAN PROGRAMME

VRNDA MAHARANI DEVI DASI SRIHARI SRIDHARA DASA

A disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj and a

Is a disciple of HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja

and a Grihastha based in Hyderabad. He is a
second-generation ISKCON devotee. She has been
developing syllabi and teaching children since 2006 prominent member of the Gita Gyan team. Along
and is a co-founder of Gopal's e-school, an online with his wife Premamayi Pooja Devi Dasi, he
part-time school for children. Her husband, HG teaches Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and
Anadi Jagannath Prabhu developed the well-known Bhakti Vriksha classes to the Gita Gyan
Gita Gyan Program which she helped him to roll out community and ISKCON Seshadripuram in
in Malaysia and India. Bengaluru.

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION
Gita Gyan is a highly successful 18-day program started by the devotees of ISKCON Seshadripuram. It is a free
online program conducted through zoom. About 5000 people have benefitted in India and are attending regular
Bhakti Vrksha programs now. We have also rolled out the program in Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, UK, and thousand
more have benefitted. We would like to share this wonderful program with preachers and leaders worldwide. We
will show them how to get participants, what to teach them and how to care for and follow up with them.

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 BHAKTIVEDANTA CONSULTING GROUP
FOUNDING MEMBERS

ADI-KURMA DASA RASAKRIDA PARAYANA DAS

Initiated in ISKCON in 1996 and second initiated in Was initiated by HH Jayapataka Swami in 1993.
1997. Served as Temple leader, Youth leader, Pujari, On the order of his Guru, he developed
and Sunday School teacher. He holds an MBA Shyamadesh Yatra in the Persian Gulf region in
degree from Alfred Ford School of Management, 1995. Since June 2009, he has served the GBC
Radhadesh, Belgium. He is also a social entrepreneur Strategic Planning Team, and the GBC
and provides pro bono strategic planning and Organizational Development Committee and
business consulting services to small and medium- Chaired the Succession Planning Committee
size businesses. Notable services are coordinating (SPT). Professionally, he heads a business
Srila Prabhupada Centennial Celebration in Toronto, conglomerate in the Persian Gulf as the Chief
Youth, and college preaching, Congregational Strategy Officer (CSO). He is a top management
ABOUT THE
preaching, Sunday school teaching and organizing, expert from the Institute of Certified
PRESENTATION
and serving at the GBC Strategic Planning team. Professional Managers (USA) with 30+ years of
industry-wide experience. His work involves
developing, executing & sustaining corporate
strategic initiatives, with a core focus on
turnaround strategies.
 SAKSHI GOPAL DAS SMARA-HARI DAS

Caitanya Swami. He's
is a disciple of HH Bhakti Joined ISKCON in South
Africa in 1977 and since
been serving at various ISKCON centers and then attended regular Namahatta programs under
departments in South Africa since 1995. He's served the expert guidance of
H.H. Partha Sarathi Das
at Phoenix, Pretoria, Midrand, BCEC & BBT Africa. Goswami. Since 2010 he is planning and rolling
He is currently serving in Mayapur, assisting with out major festivals at ISKCONs temple in Durban.
creating/supporting software applications and He also served ISKCON BBTI Global Executive
training the youth on software development. His Management as Special Projects manager in
aim is to help temples to automate and streamline 2016-17. Since February 2016, he is a member of
their administration & communication. the Strategic Planning Support Team, a unit
under the GBC Strategic Planning Team.

SUBHANANDA DAS

of HH Partha Sarathi
Subhananda dasa, a disciple
Das Goswami, joined ISKCON in 1993 via the Bhakti

after having first
Yoga Society at University,
developed an appreciation of Srila Prabhupada’s
teachings in 1988. He has served as a member of
the GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) and GBC
Organizational Development Committee since 2012.
He is the convener of the Bhaktivedanta Consulting
Group (BCG). He has served as a member of the Sri
Sri Radha Radhanath Temple Management Board
(Durban, SA), and a director of Food for Life South
Africa.
LAUNCH OF BHAKTIVEDANTA CONSULTING GROUP

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

A presentation on BCG covering the following:

• Why BCG and its uniqueness
• BCG’s offering to the leaders, and Vaishnava communities globally
• BCG’s approach to service
• BCG’s vision of a global network of devotee professionals to support ISKCON and Vaishnava
communities
• BCG’s offering at the ILS of one-on-one consulting with leaders to help them plan and overcome their
major challenges
• A formal message from the GBC EC Chair officially launching and endorsing BCG

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 SEMINAR ON BHAKTIVEDANTA CONSULTING
GROUP (BCG) AND HOW TO JOIN

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

A presentation on BCG covering the following:

• Why BCG and its uniqueness
• BCG’s offering to the leaders, and Vaishnava communities globally
• BCG’s approach to service
• BCG’s vision of a global network of devotee professionals to support ISKCON and Vaishnava
communities
• BCG’s offering at the ILS of one-on-one consulting with leaders to help them plan and overcome their
major challenges
• A formal message from the GBC EC Chair officially launching and endorsing BCG

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 BHAKTIVEDANTA CONSULTING GROUP (BCG) -
HELPING YOU RESOLVE YOUR MAJOR
CHALLENGES AND DEVELOP A PLAN

ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION

Devotees throughout the world are striving to fulfill the mission of Srila Prabhupada to help people find
true happiness. Your success can be multiplied by the simple methods of planning.

The Bhaktivedanta Consulting Group (BCG) is pleased to offer leadership and management consulting
services to ISKCON Leaders looking for support in their attempts in applying “Organisation &
Intelligence” to improve the preaching areas and devotee communities under their leadership.

Engage in a practical one-on-one consultation session with a member of the BCG team to assist you to
resolve your major challenges and empower you to create a plan for your project. Book a slot at the
BCG booth at the ILS 2023 or at https://bhaktivedantaconsulting.org/ to secure your one-on-one
session. BCG will assist leaders around the world to
• Work through their challenges or crises, to prioritize and identify the major challenges that need to be
resolved, uncover solutions to the challenges and develop plans to implement the solutions;
• Develop plans for their zones, regions, temples, and projects;
• Assist in research projects related to strategic planning which devotees may wish to conduct;
• Advice on an appropriate approach and project structure to facilitate the execution of plans;
• Conduct organizational and environmental scanning, and subsequent interpretation and use of those
scans;
• Conduct regular follow-up and ongoing global support;
• Seek new and innovative ways to advance ISKCON's mission and
• Realize the basic tenet: "More Devotees, Happier Devotees".

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