S W A M I   A K S H A R A N A N D A

           A graduate in economics and masters in business administration took up monastic life quite eagerly  in order to find out answers to such nagging questions as how and why the world was created, who and where is god. If there's god then what's my relationship with him. originally iniated into buddhism spent a year in a buddhist monastery to study buddhism in Bhutan and later spent three years in places like bodhgaya, benaras, gangotri and gomukhi search of the Reality. 

           Later did a systematic study of the Vedic scriptures in a Vedantic institute at Mumbai for two years. Given  sanyas in mumbai, presently heads the Akshara Foundations based at mumbai which conducts several meditation oriented programs blending the western humanistic technologies and the eastern mysticism catering to the stressed urban masses through participative type of meditation sessions. He also conducts management training programs under the inspiring banner Born Again for   corporate executives and in house   training programs for  large   industrial houses at various   places in the country. 

           He also is presently the founder chairman of the Akshara Vidya Foundations located at Sikkavalam three hours drive from Pondicherry where a school meant for the children of the rural poor has been started with total free education and clothing. He is quite computer savvy and responds to all the queries regarding spirituality and Human relations made through email.

AKSHARA FOUNDATIONS	AKSHARA VIDYA FOUNDATIONS
No 704 Mount View, Yogi hills, mulund(west), mumbai-80,           Ph : 022-564 0807	No 4, South Perumal Street, A.V.P Buildings, Nagapattinam - 1. Ph : 04365-42442 / 42552 / 25978. Fax : 04365 - 42112
Web : www.aksharam.org, email : aksharanand@email.com