Sundar Gopal Das
Sundar Gopal Das (IAST: ) (born birth date)[1] is an Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava preacher and youth spiritual leader within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the Hare Krishnas, ISKCON). He has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and a spiritual teacher for more than 15 years. He is the Chairman of ISKCON India Youth Council (IIYC) which is dedicated towards giving direction to the youth of India through Value Addition in their lives. He is also the Zonal Supervisor, GBC (Governing Body Commission) of 12 districts of Bihar and West Uttar Pradesh. He is also the Director of ISKCON Youth Forum, Delhi and Founder and Director of Ethiccraft Club, which was launched by the then Education Minister of India, Shri Prakash Javadekar in a Mega Youth Festival named "UDGAAR" which was conducted under his supervision.
Biography He was born on (birth date) in Buxar district of Bihar in India. He completed his B.Tech from BITS Pilani and thus became the first in his family to go outside of his village for studying. He completed his M.Tech from IIT Delhi and also became a Gold Medalist. He later worked as Project Manager in Larsen & Toubro Co. Ltd for 3 years. During his tenure, only Bangalore International Airport was built under his supervision.
During his studies in IIT Delhi, he came into contact with ISKCON. Inspired by the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, he became motivated by a desire to uplift and work for humanity by giving them eternal benefit. So he decided to dedicate his life to the noble cause of spreading Vedic Culture Values and knowledge.
Projects ISKCON Village Preaching Campaign, IVPC COASTOK He is counselling and guiding thousands of students and hundreds of Grhasthas (married) about how to live a happy God-centric life. Along with this, he is managing different temples through his trained preachers. Under his supervision, so many youth festivals and camps to holy places have been conducted like UDGAAR (Annual Mega Youth Festival) in which more than 15,000 youths participated from all over India. This event also got awarded by the World Book of Records, London for the World's Largest De-Addiction Festival in which more than 15,000 participated. He also has developed a team of devotees through which he is managing ISKCON temples throughout Delhi-NCR.
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