ISKCON is an educational institution. As such, we need different types of education at different stages of our lives. We need to educate our children, who are born to practicing members, in Krishna consciousness, we need to provide education and training to train future leaders for our movement. We need to train people who are eager to join our movement. At present, at ISKCON Mayapur we have three educational institutions to our children catering to their differing propensities and interests, three institutions to train adult devotees and one recruitment and training program for new bhaktas. Each of these institutions contains appropriately qualified and dedicated devotee teachers and trainers.
The Bhakta training department, established in 1978 with three devotees, now trains around 100 young men yearly. Over two months, they receive systematic education in devotional service, with some sent to other ISKCON centers for service. Training is conducted in Bengali, Hindi, and English under senior brahmachari Murari Gupta Prabhu's guidance. A new training book has been published in Bengali, with plans for Hindi, Oriya, and English versions.
Head: Surendra Gauranga Das
E-mail: snd@pamho.net
Phone: +91-3472-245043, +91-3472-245385
Office: Room No.120, Chakra Building