Founding Inspiration
Jayapataka Maharaj
Jayapataka Swami MaharajJayapataka Swami Maharaj topped from St. John's Academy and accepted admission into Brown University. Later he joined ISKCON as a celibate monk and in over 4 decades touched thousands of lives. He is the main inspiration for the India Tribal Care Trust.
Founder Trustee
MC Pattanayak
Bhakti Purusottam SwamiMahesh Chandra Pattanayak, widely known as Bhakti Purusottam Swami, joined ISKCON to serve society at the young age of 20. He has been working for the upliftment of Santal, Sabar, Lodha, Munda tribes of West Bengal, Odisha, and different tribal communities of the North East.
Founder Trustee
Byomkesh Bag
HH Bhakti Vijay Bhagavat Swami MaharajSince day one of the formation of India Tribal Care Trust, Byomkesh Bag, a Science graduate, is working for the tribals of West Bengal at the grassroots level. He extensively travels to North Bengal and to Purulia to support the tribals in socio-economic development activities.
Trustee
Shreedhar P
Shreedhar PanigrahiHe is leading the tribal care project in Tripura & Odisha. It was his efficiency in cracking a deal between the Education Dept. of the Tripura government & ITCT which helped ITCT get government schools that were closed or on the brink of closure, which ITCT renovated and reopened successfully.
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M G Ramesh
Revathi Raman DasM G Ramesh alias Revathi Raman Das, a Bachelor of Engineering from University of Bangalore, worked with Multinational Company Micointernational in his earlier days. He came to ISKCON in 1988 and served as GM for Goloka Incense. Since 1996 he is serving as the temple president of ISKCON Tirupati.
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Gauranga Das
Director, Govardhan EcovillageA graduate from IIT Bombay, Gauranga Das (Aka Krishnaiyer Anand) is serving as the Director of the Govardhan Ecovillage (GEV), founded by Radhanath Swami in the tribal area of Palghar district. GEV is a recipient of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Award.
Trustee
Devakinandan Das
Zonal Secretary, ISKCONDevakinandan Das alias Ramesh Kumar Singh, born in 1961 in Bihar. He joined ISKCON in his teens in 1976 and currently serves as Zonal Secretary. He took a special initiative to start Tribal Care activities in Talasari, Palghar since 2012 and rural development program in Kanpur, North India.
Trustee
Akshay R Das
Chief Legal Officer, ISKCON MayapurAkshay Ramachandra Das alias Abhishek Baid is an advocate practicing in West Bengal & the Chief Legal Officer of ISKCON's World Headquarter at Mayapur. He has expertise in Indian Property Laws, taxation of charities and intellectual property laws, protecting charitable institutions in Eastern India.
Trustee
Chaitanya Reang
Tribal Welfare Leader, TripuraBeing a tribal from the Reang Community of Tripura, Chaitanya Reang played an important role in tribal welfare work in his own state and later joined India Tribal Care Trust to work for the tribals across India.