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Saunaka Rishi Dasa

Director, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies;
Executive member, ISKCON Ministries of Communications and Education

Shaunaka Rishi Dasa is Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, founded in 1997. The Centre is committed to the study of Hindu culture, religion, languages and literature, philosophy, history and society in all periods and in all parts of the world.

Shaunaka is personally committed to inter-religious and theological dialogue and is an executive member of the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum, based in Belfast. He is also a broadcaster and lecturer.

Shaunaka has practiced as a Vaishnava Priest since 1982 and has been a member of ISKCON since 1979. He presently serves as an executive member of ISKCON's Communications and Education Ministries, and is the editor of the ISKCON Communications Journal, a scholarly journal of dialogue and discussion. Shaunaka is married to Keshava Devi.