Ministry Team | ISKCON Ministry of Education

Tapana Miśra Dāsa
Ministro, ISKCON Ministry of Education
Tapana Miśra Dāsa 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. He now lives with his wife Indira-sakhi devi dasi and their two daughter Krishangi and Gaurangi at Sridham Mayapur. Tapana Miśra Dāsa had a very successful career in the secular world, managing investments for large financial institutions and representing the government on the Board of directors of billion-dollar-plus enterprises. In 2014, at the age of thirty-six, he gladly gave up his career in favour of serving ISKCON and adopted simpler living and higher thinking, being inspired by his diksha guru H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Maharaj, H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada and Srimad Bhagavatam. His voluntary services for ISKCON are – Director, Global Duty Officers, ISKCON; Minister, Ministry of Education, ISKCON; Voting Member, GBC, ISKCON; Committee Member – GBC Organization Development, GBC Nominations, Mayapur Master Plan Coordination, Mayapur Strategic Planning. Currently his annual teaching commitments include the Bhakti Vaibhava, Bhakti Shastri, GBC College, ISKCON Leadership and Management programs as co-facilitator. He was instrumental in establishing the preaching in a very challenging country in the Middle East, which he continues to serve and supervise. Tapana Miśra Dāsa has a B.Tech from IIT Delhi and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University and few other professional qualifications. Within ISKCON, Tapana Miśra Dāsa has received the GBC College for Leadership Zonal Supervisor (Gold Medal), the GBC Guru Services Committee – Spiritual Leadership diploma and a few other educational qualifications. He has travelled widely across the world to over 50 countries and shares Srila Prabhupada’s message wherever the opportunity presents itself.

Atul Krsna Das
Chairman, Board of Examination (BOEX)
Atul Krishna dasa se unió al Mahaprabhu Mandir de Melbourne de ISKCON en Australia en 1985. Se desempeñó como distribuidor de libros y recaudador de fondos en ISKCON Melbourne durante 12 años. Prabhu pasó los siguientes 4 años, bajo la guía personal de su guru iniciador, predicando en Bangladesh, tiempo durante el cual aprendió bengalí con fluidez. Prabhu reside en SriDhama Mayapur, y enseña sastra y formación de profesores en inglés y bengalí, en toda la India, Bangladesh y Oriente Medio. Actualmente se desempeña como Presidente de la Junta de Exámenes de ISKCON.

Satyamedhā Gaurāṅga Dāsa
Director Ejecutivo
Satyamedhā Gaurāṅga Dāsa has contributed to a range of educational projects and campaigns over the past two decades. He has collaborated with the UK Department for Education, BBC, Prince’s Responsible Business Network, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Cabinet Office. Additionally, he has participated in initiatives with Microsoft and Google. Over the past ten years, he has served as a governor at educational institutions in the UK and has also been appointed Chairman of the Board of Governors. In this capacity, he has implemented a collective vision for educational excellence and has been responsible for strategic direction, Board Leadership, curriculum development, External Representation, Succession Planning, Governance Standards, safeguarding, Vision & Strategy, Leadership Accountability, Policy Management, and External Representation.

Swarup Krishna Dasa – Head of Regional Coordinators

Swarup Krishna Dasa began practising Bhakti-yoga in Pune, India in 1994 under HG Radheshyam Das. Subsequently, in 1999, he underwent training in the congregation preaching process in Bangalore, India and went on to be an active Bhakti Vriksha preacher as a grihastha devotee. Since 2002, he actively engaged in congregation preaching and Deity services in Kolkata, India. He got first initiation in 2004 and second initiation in 2014 by his spiritual master, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja. After his retirement from his professional career in 2018-19, he dived deep into sastric education at Mayapur Institute and is currently pursuing Bhakti Vedanta. He is presently a Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti Vaibhava facilitator for Mayapur Institute. He is also actively involved in designing courses for new devotees / youth / children of the ISKCON family under the ISKCON Ministry of Education. In 2024, he got involved in several mobile app development projects on book distribution scoring and education. He has also rendered translation services from Bengali to English for books published on Gitar Gan of Srila Prabhupada, Sharanagati of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and proofreading services for Bhakti Ratnakar.

Shyam Gopal Das – Head of BATB

Born in 1979 in Siberia (Russia), Shyam Gopal das began chanting the maha-mantra in 1998 after listening to lectures by ISKCON devotees on audio cassettes. During the late 1990s, he worked in the commercial sector, overseeing business activities related to manufacturing enterprises and wholesale distribution networks. Around that time, he came in contact with Srila Prabhupada’s books and the teachings of ISKCON. Inspired by their message, he gradually dedicated his life to supporting Srila Prabhupada’s mission. In 2000, he acquired Srila Prabhupada’s books, began studying them systematically, and joined ISKCON in 2003.
From 2005 to 2018, he helped develop preaching activities in Siberia and the Altai Republic (Russia). Since 2019, he has been living with his family in Mayapur, serving as a member of the Mayapur Community Sevaks (MCS) and on the pujari team at the Pancha-Tattva altar. Since 2020, he has also been serving with the ISKCON Ministry of Education.
He holds a Bhakti-vedanta degree and teaches Bhakti-shastri, Bhakti-vaibhava, Bhakti-vedanta, the ISKCON Disciple Course, Teacher Training Courses, and other educational programs within ISKCON. He also serves as an examiner for Omsk Vaishnava University Rupanuga-Vidyapitha (Russia).
Since 2021, he has been helping develop study programs based on Srila Prabhupada’s small and medium-sized books.
He also translates content into Russian, Spanish, Bengali, and other languages, edits videos for the Ministry of Education channel, contributes to the editing of books on devotional service and Vaishnava education, and assists in the development of the Vedabase website.

Dr. Nitai Madhav Das – Chairman, ISKCON Teachers Board

Dr. Nitai Madhav Das is a preacher, śāstric teacher, administrator, fundraiser, and project leader with a special interest in developing education within ISKCON. Born and brought up in Juhu, Mumbai, he comes from a Pushti Marg Vaiṣṇava family with a background in the pharmaceutical manufacturing and trading business. He studied at Utpal Shanghvi School in Juhu, completed spoken English examinations with honors from Trinity College, London, and pursued Indian classical vocal music at Sangeet Mahabharati. He later earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Mumbai, an MBA in Human Resources, and a PhD in Psychology with the research topic “Behavioral Transformation in Bhakti Yoga Practitioners According to the Bhagavad-gītā.” He has also completed the Bhakti-śāstrī, Bhakti-vaibhava, and Bhaktivedanta courses. He is a disciple of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja. He joined ISKCON Juhu as a brahmachari after completing his graduation.

Within ISKCON he has served in various leadership, preaching, and administrative roles. At ISKCON Juhu he served as Director of the Bhaktivedanta Youth Club, conducted college outreach and corporate programs, established the outreach initiative “Secrets of Success,” and served in various temple departments while also engaging in Life Membership development and donor cultivation. He later pioneered a Traveling Sankirtan Bus Party across India for preaching, book distribution, and harināma, and served as Vice President of the ISKCON Bhiwandi center, contributing significantly to the development of the Bhiwandi temple project through outreach, training, and fundraising.

He has served as a teacher at the Mayapur Institute and at various ISKCON centers, teaching Bhakti-śāstrī, Bhakti-vaibhava, TTC-1, TTC-2, BSTTC, and the ISKCON Disciple Course. In Śrīdhāma Māyāpur he served at Bhaktivedanta Academy Mayapur Gurukula as an āśrama teacher and later as Principal, teaching philosophy, drama, and music, and guiding the training of young Bhakti-śāstrī students.

Dr. Nitai Madhav Das currently serves in several educational and leadership roles within ISKCON. He is involved in fundraising and temple project development for the ISKCON Panvel project and serves as Head of the Community School at ISKCON Attapur, Hyderabad. He acts as program administrator and teacher for Bhakti-śāstrī and Bhakti-vaibhava courses at various ISKCON centers.

He is actively engaged in course development for educational programs such as the Srila Prabhupada Introductory Course(www.spicofficial.com), the Founder-Acharya Course, the ISKCON Disciple Course(iskcondisciplecourse.com), and Teacher Training Courses. He serves as Secretary for the ISKCON Disciple Course Secretariat, Chairman of the ISKCON Teachers’ Board, and a member of the Board of Examinations under the ISKCON Ministry of Education. He also serves as Convenor of the ICC Education Committee and Convenor of the ICC 60–50 Committee.

He is currently working on several national and international educational initiatives for Vaiṣṇava children associated with spiritual training and education. He is also preparing a CBSE (national board) integrated ISKCON curriculum designed to promote homeschooling and community schooling initiatives in India.

Krishna Premarupa Dasa – Books are the Basis Co-ordinator

Krishna Premarupa Dasa, born in 1977 in Zurich, Switzerland, came in contact with Krishna Consciousness at the age of twenty-two and joined ISKCON Zurich in 2001. After living for one year in Odhisa, India, he received initiation from H.H. Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Swami in Imphal, Manipur, in 2002. From 2007 to 2021, he has served as the Temple President for ISKCON Zurich and presently serves as the Zonal Supervisor for ISKCON Switzerland. Despite his managerial responsibilities, he always prioritized studying and teaching Srila Prabhupada’s books. He is a Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti Vaibhava Teacher and conducts various other courses. In October 2019, he was appointed as a GDO in the area of Education. At the ISKCON Ministry for Education, he serves in the project ‘Books are the Basis’ with the mission to inspire devotees worldwide to read Srila Prabhupada’s books more often.

Abhay Charan Das – Office Manager

Abhay Charan Das es un devoto de ISKCON de segunda generación y ex Gurukuli. Pasó su infancia en el Gurukul de Dallas, y su adolescencia temprana en el Ashram Mayapur Bhaktivedanta cerca del Goshala. Esta fue una experiencia definitiva para él, ya que regresó a Mayapur en 2020 después de graduarse con una Licenciatura en Finanzas de la Universidad Bautista de Houston en 2019. Desde entonces, ha estado sirviendo a tiempo completo en el Ministerio de Educación.

Kripa Siddha Swarup Das – Head of Technology

Kripa Siddha Swarup Das nació en 2001 en Sofía, Bulgaria. A la edad de 10 años se mudó a Sridham Mayapur, inscribiéndose en la Academia Bhaktivedanta, donde continuaría estudiando durante la próxima década. Fue parte integral de la creación del Canal de YouTube del Gurukula y se graduó en una ceremonia védica en mayo de 2021. Ha estado sirviendo a tiempo completo en el Ministerio de Educación desde noviembre de 2021.

Russel Sara – Video Editor

Russell Sara es operador de cámara de televisión profesional, editor de noticias de televisión profesional y gerente del canal de YouTube ISKCON Melbourne. También se desempeña como editor de video para Chaitanya Charan Prabhu, el Ministerio de ISKCON para la Protección de las Vacas y la Hermenéutica de ISKCON. Ha estado sirviendo diligentemente al Ministerio de Educación de ISKCON desde el verano de 2020.

Devakinandana Das

Devakinandana Das embraced Krishna Consciousness from childhood under his parents’ guidance and joined a brahmachari ashram at fourteen while studying education. Since 2015, he has lived as a grihastha and actively conducts educational programs for devotees and the public. A member of ISKCON’s Board of Examinations and head of the Vaishnava Education Committee in Russia, he received the Bhaktivedanta spiritual academic degree in 2022. An author of books based on Srila Prabhupada’s teachings, he regularly offers lectures, seminars, and training. He also leads major educational initiatives such as the Mayapur Institute, Shravanam Academy, and Ashraya School. His work centers on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the essence of spiritual education and personal transformation.

Supriya Dev-Purkaystha – Head of MOE Outreach and Organisational Development

A lifelong learner and mother of two, Supriya is inspired by Srila Prabhupada’s vision of a spiritually enlightened society. Passionate about breaking down barriers for people of colour and marginalized backgrounds, Supriya volunteers as a mentor and business advisor, contributing to industry-focused charities and organisations such as Media For All (MEFA) and BAE HQ, as well as supporting community-based charities such as Sanaton Association and Sankirtanfest. In addition, Supriya has held the position of Vice Chair on the board of Trustees at the Agate Momentum trust, an academy trust which has outstanding schools within Newham, providing world class primary education in the country’s most multicultural borough. Supriya has a degree in Communication Sciences and 20 years of digital marketing experience. She excels in transformational leadership, having supported organizations through growth, mergers, and acquisitions. She nurtures transformative partnerships, driven by her rich relationships, strong industry knowledge, and commercial acumen. Her leadership strives for a more democratic and inclusive society. In her role as the Head of Organisational Development and Outreach for ISKCON Ministry of Education she spearheads initiatives to enhance the quality and impact of educational programs while expanding ISKCON’s reach through outreach initiatives. Supriya’s dedication to self-development and helping others grow underpins her vision of empowering society with Lord Krishna’s teachings through democratization and accessibility.

Khushboo Singh – Senior Advisor, MOE Outreach

Khushboo is a multidisciplinary professional shaped by rigorous academic training, corporate experience in banking and technology, and sustained spiritual inquiry. Raised in a traditional devotional family grounded in the Vedic shastras, her early exposure to contemplative traditions informed a lifelong engagement with deeper existential questions. Her grandparents were instrumental in imparting her early Vedic education, particularly in the philosophy of Acintya Bheda Abheda. Analytical in orientation and reflective by nature, she integrates lived devotion with disciplined scholarship across professional and intellectual domains. An alumna of the University of Greenwich, London (MA) and Symbiosis International University, India (MBA, BCA), her work is informed by strong academic foundations, analytical practice, and a grounding in Vedic thought, alongside experience across corporate, educational, and humanitarian contexts. Her professional journey includes experience with leading global organisations such as Oracle and HSBC, where she worked across technology and banking environments. Earlier in her career, she also served as a faculty member and trainer in Organisational Psychology and Leadership, contributing to academic and professional development initiatives. Today, her work spans educational and social impact projects, and leadership at the intersection of spirituality and contemporary life. As Director of Divinity Projects, London, Khushboo also collaborates on social initiatives in advisory capacities, supporting strategic communication around education, wellbeing, and purpose-driven leadership.

Aradhya Bhagavan Dasa – MOE Research

B.E. Civil Engineering (Jadavpur University), MBA (Calcutta University)

First initiation: 2016, Second initiation: 2020, Connected to ISKCON since 2008

Aradhya Bhagavan Das is a disciple of HH Bhakti Charu Swami , second initation from HH Indradyumna Swami. Amongst his various services he is a key member of ISKCON GBC Strategic Planning Team. He is a trained pujari and a congregation preacher of Sri Sri Radha Govinda temple – ISKCON KOLKATA . He also served in the Diety installation team under Sevatulya prabhu of the ISKCON Deity Worship Ministry.

Served as Dean of New Initiatives & Strategic Alliances, Bhaktivedanta Research Center. He has played a key role in building relationships with ISKCON and the Academia in Kolkata region.

Prabhu has over 12 years of experience working in the Corporate sector in prestigious projects including as tunnel Engineer in Metro Railway Tunnel under River Ganges, India’s first sub-marine Metro tunnel . He has also served as executive assistant to CEO in the Tata Group. And, has experience of working with a Big 4 Global Consulting Firms.