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Objectives<\/h3>\n
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  1. To evaluate and approve teacher training programs<\/li>\n
  2. To systematise teachers certification.<\/li>\n
  3. Teacher\u2019s database.<\/li>\n
  4. Establishing further teacher training and sangas<\/li>\n
  5. Creating teaching resources and materials<\/li>\n
  6. Curriculum development and upgradation<\/li>\n
  7. To facilitate feedback about ministry educational programs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Nitai Madhav Das is a preacher, \u015b\u0101stric teacher, administrator, and educational leader within ISKCON. With a Bachelor of Pharmacy, an MBA in Human Resources, and a PhD in Psychology focused on \u201cBehavioral Transformation in Bhakti Yoga Practitioners According to the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101,\u201d he has also completed Bhakti-\u015b\u0101str\u012b, Bhakti-vaibhava, and Bhaktivedanta studies.<\/p>\n

    He has served extensively in leadership, teaching, and outreach roles across ISKCON centers, including ISKCON Juhu, Bhiwandi, \u015ar\u012bdh\u0101ma M\u0101y\u0101pur, and Hyderabad. He has served as the Principal of the Vedic Gurukula at \u015ar\u012bdh\u0101ma M\u0101y\u0101pur. His contributions include youth outreach, corporate programs, traveling sa\u1e45k\u012brtana initiatives, temple development, and training educators and students in foundational and advanced Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava courses such as TTC-1, TTC-2, and the ISKCON Disciple Course.<\/p>\n

    Nitai Madhav Das currently serves in multiple key roles within the ISKCON Ministry of Education, including Chairman of the ISKCON Teachers\u2019 Board, Secretary of the ISKCON Disciple Course Secretariat, and as a member of the Board of Examinations (BOEX). He is also leading the ICC Education Committee and the ICC 60\u201350 Committee, and is actively involved in developing educational programs such as the \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da Introductory Course (SPIC) and national curriculum initiatives aimed at integrating spiritual values into contemporary education for children and teenagers. He currently heads a community school program for children and is working on promoting homeschooling and community schooling initiatives throughout the country, apart from contributing to the development of an ISKCON temple project at Panvel.<\/p>\n

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    Atul Krsna Dasa joined Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir on Srila Prabhupada\u2019s Vyasa puja day in 1985. He served as a leading fund raiser and book distributor in Australia for 12 years after which, under the direction of his GBC and guru Prabhavisnu Prabhu, he joined the Bangladesh Yatra. He preached in Bangladesh for four years village to village with Nitya Lila Pravista Sriman Krsnsa Kirtan Dasa Bramacari and and learnt fluent Bengali and Gaudiya bhajan.<\/div>\n
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    After entering the grhastha ashram and relocating to Sridhar Mayapur in 2000, he played a key role in establishing the Mayapur Institute\u2019s Bhaktisastri and Bhaktivaibhava programs. He went on to become a leading teacher and trainer, directing teacher training initiatives and conducting over 100 courses in English and Bengali. Prabhu has trained more than 2,000 teachers across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and and Gulf countries, and helped establish educational programs in multiple regions, including Bangladesh thirtas of Srihatta, Pundarik Dham, Chottogram and Kethuri Dham.<\/div>\n
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    Prabhu played a key\u00a0 role in the developed the ISKCON Disciples Course curriculum in 2012 and served on the ISKCON Guru Services Committee from 2010 to 2024, helping design training programs for initiating gurus. For the last 12 years Prabhu has served as Chairman of the ISKCON Board of Examinations, overseeing global certification standards of Srila Prabhupada\u2019s\u00a0 degrees,\u00a0 Bhaktisastri, Bhaktibhabava, Bhaktivedanta & Bhaktisarvabhauma along with Summative Exams for ISKCON leaders. Prabhu\u00a0 also serves as an Executive Member of the ISKCON Ministry of Education.<\/div>\n

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    Devakinandana Das embraced Krishna Consciousness from childhood under his parents\u2019 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam as the essence of spiritual education and personal transformation.<\/p>\n

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    1. To evaluate and approve teacher training programs<\/li>\r\n\r\n
    2. To systematise teachers certification.<\/li>\r\n\r\n
    3. Teacher\u2019s database.<\/li>\r\n\r\n
    4. Establishing further teacher training and sangas<\/li>\r\n\r\n
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