Acharya Shambhushivananda Avadhuta

Dr. Shambhushivananda is currently the Chancellor of Ananda Marga Gurukula, an educational network of over 1200 educational institutions operating in over 80 different countries. He is also the Director of Tantra Vidyapeetha, an Institute of Advanced Studies in Tantra,Yoga and Allied sciences. He has been a monk in the tantric tradition since 1979 and practising tantra sadhanas for over 36 years.
Acharya Shambhushivananda Avadhuta holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and has taught at several universities in USA. He was the recepient of International Mahatma Gandhi Award in 1991 and a Karyalaya Shiromani Award given by Indian Research Association in 1992. Swami Shambhushivanandaji, currently based in Thailand, has written and spoken extensively on spiritual and social issues from a tantric perspective and was one of the keynote speakers at the Parliament of world religions in South Africa, Kyoto Forum in Japan and Lithuanian Parliament during their independence from Soviet Union.