Iskcon Board - madhu pandit dasa, Chanchalapathi das

ISKCON BANGALORE SOCIETY
Governing Council Members

Madhu Pandit Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples President and Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Temple President, ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Mandir, Bangalore Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation Managing Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Madhu Pandit Dasa (former name Madhusudan S) was born in 1956 in Trivandrum, India. As a pre-degree student, he was selected by the National Science Talent search program of the country. He completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT-Mumbai in the year 1980. During his days in IIT, he became interested in the books of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. While he was doing his M.Tech course in IIT-Mumbai in 1981, he dedicated himself to the service of humanity by becoming a full-time member of ISKCON. He began to travel all over South India organizing programs to increase the awareness of ISKCON and its mission. Seeing his potential as a leader, he was soon made the President of ISKCON, Trivandrum. In 1983, he became involved in overseeing the activites of ISKCON, Bangalore along with his responsibities in Trivandrum temple. At that time a small fledgling centre in a rented apartment in an inconspicuous neighborhood of the city. Under his leadership, soon the popularity and activities of ISKCON-Bangalore began to blossom. In 1988, the Government of Karnataka allotted 6.5 acres of a rocky abandoned hillock in the city to set up a cultural complex. Being dissatisfied with what the commissioned architects were proposing for the cultural complex, he took upon himself to design the complex according to what he had envisioned. Soon he also started organizing efforts to raise funds for the construction of the complex. The next ten years unfolded an unprecedented scale of development on the hillock, now called the Hare Krishna Hill: the design and construction of a colossal cultural complex, mobilization of support and fund raising to a tune of Rs. 38 crores (Rs.380 million or $ 9.5 million) and recruiting and training nearly 100 full-time dedicated members of ISKCON. The monumental Cultural Complex was inaugurated in 1997 by the then President of India Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. In 1994, he initiated an integrated social development project for the benefit of the rural people of Mysore and Mandya districts. A model, prototype organic farm based on natural and earth-friendly farming methods along with an internationally accredited farmer-training center has been setup in the 110-acre land on the banks of river Kaveri in Srirangapatam. The primary purpose of this is to establish self-sufficient farming communities. The farming techniques employed are traditional and organic to promote pro-environmental agriculture. Hundreds of farmers are deriving inspiration to adopt environmental and soil friendly agricultural methods researched and disseminated scientifically from this model farm. Rural women are trained in this farm in the practices and methods of organic farming. This farm is also supporting hundreds of farmers during the transition from chemical to organic farms. Many neighboring farms have successfully converted into organic farms. He initiated the Akshaya Patra program to provide mid-day meals to underprivileged children in the Government schools of Bangalore Rural District during July 2000.

Chanchalapathi Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Vice President and Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Temple Vice President, ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Mandir, Bangalore Vice Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Chanchalapathi Dasa (former name S Chandrashekar), was born in 1963 in Bangalore, India. While an undergraduate student in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, he became interested in the message and mission of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. Later he joined the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the Masters program in Electrical Communication Engineering. In 1984 he became a full-time dedicated member of ISKCON, Bangalore and soon became the Vice President. He has been involved in the implementation of the various programs of ISKCON, Bangalore as well as the Akshaya Patra program.

Jai Chaitanya Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Secretary & Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Temple President, ISKCON Mysore Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Jai Chaitanya Dasa (former name Jainarayan K), was born in 1966 in Kerala, India. He came in touch with the teachings of Srila Prabhupada while pursuing his undergraduate course in commerce at the Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum. He joined the movement in 1984.

Stoka Krishna Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Treasurer & Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Temple President, Hare Krishna Movement, Chennai Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Stoka Krishna Dasa (former name Seshadri Yagati), was born in 1960 in Mysore, India. He completed his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Nagpur. After a short term as a lecturer in Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, he joined Infosys Technologies Ltd. as a software engineer. His work took him to many US cities and companies. He also served in Tata Boroughs Ltd. in Mumbai. He joined ISKCON in 1989 as a full-time missionary.

Chitranga Chaitanya Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Program Director, The Akshaya Patra Foundation Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Chitranga Chaitanya Dasa (former name V V Chandrasekharan), was born in 1965 in Ernakulam, India. He came in touch with the books of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON, while studying for his B. Tech at the College of Engg, Trivandrum. He later worked briefly in a chemical industry in Mumbai as a design engineer. In 1988 he became a full-time dedicated member of ISKCON at Mumbai. He served in ISKCON of Mayapur and Coimbatore till 1993 and moved over to ISKCON, Bangalore. He joined the intensely spirited team in ISKCON, Bangalore who were engaged in raising funds for the massive Cultural Complex. He was one of the top three persons in raising funds for the Rs.38 crore-project. After the inception of the Akshaya Patra program, he became involved as the Program Director bringing his experience of the catering enterprise as well as his fund-raising expertise to the mid-day meal program.

Amitasana Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Amitasana Dasa (former name Amit Chabra) was born in 1969 in Namrup, Assam, India. He studied B.Tech in Computer Science from REC Kurukshetra, later worked in Kirloskar Computer Services, Bangalore as a Software Engineer and then joined ISKCON, Bangalore in 1992.

Rajiv Lochan Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Temple President, ISKCON Hubli Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Rajiv Lochan Dasa (former name Rajesh Kumar Tyagi) was born in 1972 in Sonepat, Haryana, India. He studied B.Sc. at St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore. He joined ISKCON Bangalore in December 1993.

Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa (former name J V V Sathyanarayana Rao), was born in 1972 in Rajahmundry, India. He studied M.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Chennai, was working in Novell Software as a senior software engineer and then joined ISKCON, Bangalore in 1997.

Vasudev Keshav Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Vasudev Keshav Dasa (former name Vishal Agarwal), was born in 1973 in Kolkata, India. He studied B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from REC Warangal, worked in Wipro Systems, Bangalore as a Systems Engineer and then joined ISKCON, Bangalore in 1998.

Suvyakta Narsimha Dasa Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement Suvyakta Narsimha Dasa (former name Suresh Ganesh) was born in 1973 in Moovattupuzha in Kerala, India. He studied BE (Mechanical) from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, worked in Lincoln Helios India Ltd. and then joined ISKCON Bangalore in January 1999.