Das Gadadhar Das

In June 2005 he joined Arrowhead Consulting as an Oracle Application DBA. From April to September 2007 he worked on contract with Oracle Corporation through Cameo Technologies, and then at Titan Technologies in Pune from October 2007 to March 2008.

He returned to Titan Technologies from March 2009 to March 2011. Corporate employment closed with his full and final settlement on 31 March 2011.

From about December 2001 to March 2002 he attended the Discover Yourself course. All six sessions gave him a clear picture of spirituality and of our relation with God, especially the existence of the spiritual world, our original place.

HG Namaprabhu Prabhu and HG Padmalochan Prabhu enrolled him. HG Krishna Kishore Prabhu gave the Discover Yourself course, and further courses came from HG Vrajbasi Prabhu and HG Shyamrup Prabhu. He began chanting because of HG Mukundananda Prabhu.

He joined VOICE, then called BACE, from 2002 to 2007, and he was with the devotee community from 2008 to 2011. The centres were a place to study and practice side by side, with about thirty to forty students across them. That association runs through SIT from 2001 to 2005, MIT in 2005–2006, AIT in 2006–2007, VIT in 2007–2008, Bharati Vidyapeeth from 2009 to 2011, COET and PICT in 2010, and SAE in 2011. He looked after daily worship and mangal arati, student mentoring, academic studies, accommodation and prasadam, preaching, coordination, and festivals.

He joined the ashram on 1 April 2008, then left for family reasons and returned to work from 2009 to 2011. On 12 April 2011, Ram Navami, he came back as a brahmachari. On 19 November 2011, in Vrindavan, he received saffron from HG Bhima Prabhu.

His first ISKCON service was at ISKCON Pune. The first full-time assignment was ICFC training, arranged by the temple management, with HG Radha Pramod Prabhu in charge.

From November 2011 to September 2012 he served at ISKCON Juhu, then at ISKCON Pune until February 2013, at ISKCON Vrindavan from March to October 2013, and at ISKCON Varanasi from November 2013 to October 2014.

He preached in Satara from 2010 to 2015, and across Raigad district from March 2015 to 2021. At ISKCON Ranchi, preaching continued from 15 May 2015 to 25 June 2018.

Karad, Roha, Pen, and Hazaribag were also places where he lived, studied, or served.

He has completed Bhakti Shastri. The programmes he conducted were preaching, festivals, book distribution, and Gita quiz contests.

In June 2018 he started Bhaktivedanta Vidya Bhavan Gurukul, and it continues to this day in Kutam and in other places.

He wanted land for a gurukul so that Srila Prabhupada's desire for Varnashrama could take shape. The villagers of Kutam granted 5.95 acres, and Mr Karma ji and Krishna Masterji of the Patanjali family guided him.

Educational activities began on 25 July 2018, in a small hut and a small kitchen, with thirty students. Lord Radha Ramanji was installed, and worship and mangal arati became a daily practice. With their studies, the students are trained to serve the cows and to farm vegetables. Festivals such as Janmashtami are held in great pomp, and the children perform drama.

The Gurukul he began in Kutam is still his service, and it still reaches beyond that one village.

Daily study continues beside cow service and vegetable farming. Festivals such as Janmashtami are held in great pomp, and the children perform drama.

Hazaribag, Roha, Pen, Satara, and Karad remain connected with this work.