Achayra Shri Shrivatsa Goswami

Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami comes from the family of eminent scholars and spiritual leaders at Sri Radharamana Mandir of Vrindavan. He is a leading figure in the Vaishnava tradition. He has participated in conferences on philosophy and culture and lectured at major universities around the world, including as a visiting scholar at Harvard and Heidelberg. His book Celebrating Krishna was received with much acclaim. He is Director of the Vraja Prakalpa, a multi-disciplinary research project that has already published eight volumes on various facets of Vraja culture and history.

Among other commitments, Goswamijiis devoted to Inter-faith relations worldwide and is presently working on the alliance of religion and conservation. He is connected with several important international peace and environmental movements.He was invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the President of the World Bank to represent Hinduism at a historic meeting of world religions at Lambeth Palace, London. In 2007 he was a resource person for religion to the meeting of over 40 heads of state in Vienna. In 2009he was invited as a Plenary Speaker at the Centenary Celebrations of the American Academy of Religions. In 2011 the Pope invited him to the Vatican. In 2012 he was one of the main speakersat the Interreligious Harmony Week function at the UN General Assembly.

The President of India awarded him the Sangit Natak Akademi lifetime award for overall scholarship and service to Indian culture.