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Achyut Gopal Das has completed his B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunication from Goa College of Engineering. He worked as a lecturer in Governmentt College of Arts & Science, Sanquleim and Bicholim Polytechnic College for few years before deciding to dedicate his life as a monk in ISKCON in 2006 to help people achieve inner fulfilment. 

Since then he has actively been a part of the success story of ISKCON Goa, right from its infant stage to the present day full-fledged movement with centers all across Goa.
He has pioneered some of the most successful outreach initiatives. Some of his contributions include -

  • Gita Champions League (GCL) - He has spearheaded GCL, an initiative to connect the school children to the wisdom of Gita through a medium of a fun contest. Till date more than 12000 children from across 120 schools all over Goa benefited from this program. 
  • Gopal’s Fun School - He has pioneered GFS, a weekly program for urban school children to inculcate right values and culture in them. Right now there is a wing of GFS in every major city of Goa. 
  • Youth Empowerment - He has guided and thought the Vedic knowledge to hundreds of students from BITS Pilani, GEC, GMC, RITE, PES College.

Presently he is overseeing the preaching activities of Panjim and porvorim which has become of a thriving hub of spiritual activities.

He loves to study scriptures, apply it in his life and present it in a systematic and scientific style to make it easily digestible and relevant to the modern audience. He has been instrumental in transforming the lives of hundreds of people. 

He believes in giving his best & achieving excellence in all his services to others because he thinks service in not a chore but a blessing.  His motto in life is to serve and extend himself to help people from all walks of life in achieving their true potential.

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