Biography

Damodar Das has been a faculty at "Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha" for teaching Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam and Chaitanya Caritamrita at the award winning Govardhan Eco Village, since it's very beginning in 2012. He also teaches Bhakti Shastri, Bhakti Vaibhava, Bhakti Vedanta and Teachers training Course at ISKCON's international headquarter based Mayapur Institute. He has been serving in various leadership roles for over last two decades at ISKCON Chowpatty and Govardhan Eco Village. He conduct Leadership training course at the ILEADS, meant to train the next generation of Leadership. He is member of the Global and National Devotee Care Team and travels widely to facilitate Devotee Care Course, an initiative of ISKCON GBC. He also inspires and guides the leaders in practical implementation of Devotee Care within their communities. He holds a B.Tech and M.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from the India's most prestigious University, IIT Bombay. Under his guidance, the Kitchen at ISKCON Chowpatty and Govardhan Eco Village is ISO 22000 certified. His kitchen team has been successfully organizing " Mega Yatra kitchen on Wheels" feeding ~10k devotees daily in Annual Kartik Yatras and ~50k pilgrims everyday in Kumbh Melas. In person, he is also well known for his sweet culinary skills.