Jun 25, 2024, 07:30 AM IST

5 IIT graduates who became monks

Pravrajya Suruchi

Gauranga Das

An IIT Mumbai graduate and former Kirloskar employee, Gauranga Das is a well-known ISKCON monk, motivational speaker, and spiritual leader.

Swami Mukundananda

An alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta, Swami Mukundananda is a spiritual leader, Vedic scholar, author, and a teacher of Spirituality, Yoga and Meditation from India. He is a senior disciple of Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj and the founder of the yogic system called Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog, widely known as JKYog.

Sandeep Kumar Bhatt

An IIT Delhi gold medalist (2002) and M.Tech graduate, Sandeep Kumar Bhatt later became Swami Sundar Gopaldas after embracing monkhood. He previously worked for Larsen & Toubro.

Acharya Prashant

While details of his specific IIT are unknown, Acharya Prashant is a popular spiritual teacher and motivational speaker who is an IIT graduate.

 Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa

Another IIT-Bombay alumnus, Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa is the President of Iskcon Bangalore and Founder and Chairman of The Akshaya Patra Foundation.

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports