Teachers
Gopīparāṇadhana dāsa
Co-director in Govardhana and head teacher.
He is currently teaching the Sandarbhas seminar and Kāvya. He is from the United States, age 57. He received first initiation from Śrīla Prabhupāda in 1973 and second in 1975. He also serves as Sanskrit translator for the BBT, and has been working for the BBT since 1973.
Vidvān Gaurāṅga dāsa
Director of the Vidyāpīṭham’s branch in Māyāpur.
He is from Tamil Nadu, age 36. He received first initiation from Jayapatāka Mahārāja in 1990 and second in 1993. Before joining the Vidyāpīṭham he taught in the MIHET.
Raghava Kumar Jha
Teaches conversational Sanskrit.
He is from Bihar, age 28. He is an expert on Sanskrit literature and has obtained his Ph.D. from Benares Hindu University in 2005.
Racitāmbarā devī-dāsī
Teaches Bhagavad-gītā and Bhāgavatam at the Vidyāpīṭham’s branch in Māyāpur.
She is from Canada, age 59. She received first and second initiation from Śrīla Prabhupāda. Before joining the Vidyāpīṭham she ran several gurukulas and developed gurukula curriculum.
Nityānanda dāsa
Teaches Sanskrit and is currently developing our new courses.
He is from Latvia, age 25. He received first initiation from Bhakti-vikāsa Mahārāja in 2001 and second in 2002. Before joining the Vidyāpīṭham he served in ISKCON Riga and distributed books and opened centers in Tamil Nadu.
Matsya Avatāra dāsa
Teaches Sanskrit and is compiling the school’s textbook on Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī’s grammar.
He is from Australia, age 28. He received first initiation Bhaktitīrtha Mahārāja in 1998 and second in 2001. Before joining the Vidyāpīṭham he served in the 24-hour kīrtana in Vṛndāvana.
Madana-mohana dāsa
A teacher currently developing our new Bhāgavatam overview course.
He is from Russia, age 36. He received first initiation from Mukunda Mahārāja in 1996 and second in 1999. Before joining the Vidyāpīṭham he studied Chemistry and did important public relations service for ISKCON in Russia and India.
Guru-sevānanda dāsa
Teacher of Bhagavad-gītā and Bhāgavatam at the Vidyāpīṭham’s branch in Māyāpur.
He is from Brazil, age 32. He received first initiation from Jayapatāka Mahārāja in 2001 and second in 2002. Before joining the Vidyāpīṭham he was a Lieutenant in the Brazilian army, worked at an ISKCON farm, and taught Bhakti-śāstrī.
Divya-govinda dāsa
Research scholar for the Vidyāpīṭham, currently compiling a book about Jīva Gosvāmī’s method of adapting Pāṇini’s grammar.
He is from Orissa, age 30. He received first initiation from Gopāla Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja in 2008. He recently obtained his Ph.D. in Sanskrit poetry from Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, Sadashiv Campus in Puri.
