Chaitanya Charan

Chaitanya Charan is a monk and spiritual author. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune. He secured 2350 out of 2400 in the GRE exam, bagging the top rank in Maharashtra.

He is a member of ISKCON’s topmost intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, and is the associate-editor of ISKCON’s global magazine, Back to Godhead.

He travels all over the world giving talks on spiritual subjects.

He is the author of the world’s only Gita-daily feature, wherein he writes daily a 300-word inspirational reflection on a verse from the Bhagavad-Gita. Till now he has written over 1200 Gita meditations that are posted on www. gitadaily.com and are read through daily feeds by thousands from all over the world.

His articles have been published in many national newspapers including Indian Express, Economic Times and Times of India in the Speaking Tree column. His writings in English have been translated into several foreign languages including German, Chinese and Romanian and several Indian languages including Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Hindi and Marathi.

He is the author of seventeen books: ENERGY – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking; Science and Spirituality; The Spiritual Scientist series, volumes 1 and 2; Recession – Adversity or Opportunity?;Why do we need a temple?; Frequently Unanswered Questions; Idol Worship or Ideal Worship?; The Gita for Daily Enrichment; Oh My God! Re-answering the Questions; My Little Bhakti Companion; Timeless Insights on Today’s Issues; 10 Leadership Sutras from Bhagavad-gita, GK for PK!. Prabhupada: The Moments that Made the Movement, The Eye to See the I, and Belong.