Our Team
Reconnecting with our true selves in loving service
More and more people are losing connection with their true selves. The growth of greed, selfishness and envy keeps causing distress in the world
Then how can we find our true self and live in alignment with it?
At GaurAcademy we aspire to inspire people to rebuild and strengthen the connection between the eternal soul and the Supreme. To build that connection we need to utilize our God gifted abilities and potential to serve our neighbors (the children of God).
In this journey of self discovery, we will understand our purpose in life and nourish each other with love. Compassion for the eternal soul is self-realization. We appreciate the differences and establish spiritual connection by seeing every living being with equal vision.
Join us in the GaurAcademy!
Meet Our Team
Sri Radha Govinda Dasi (Srilakshmi Oppecini)
President
Founder: Village of Love (Gaura Foundation) and creator of the Astro-Gita Program
Education/Background: Studied Psychology in Germany and France; raised in a Madhva Brahmana family.
Professional Roles: Vedic Astrologer, Author of 12 books, and Researcher.
Specializations: Ennegram, Human Design,Internal Family Systems (IFS), Astrocartography, and Nakshatras.
Linguistic Skills: Speaks nine languages.
Program Focus: Premarital training, marital harmony, parenting, and nervous system regulation.
Framework Components: Includes the Moon Module (Lunar Foundation), Sun Module, Human Design, Enneagram, and Transformational Communication.
Devakinanda Das
He is a disciple of Mahavishnu Maharaj, an international lawyer, serves ISKCON as its General Counsel and a member of the GBC Executive Committee, he guides the society’s legal and administrative affairs while inspiring devotees worldwide as a respected guru and spiritual mentor.
He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1950. At 19, he first met Srila Prabhupada through The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and then later met Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles.
Mahatma prabhu
Krsnapremarupa Das
In this life, I was born in February 1977 in Zurich, Switzerland, and grew up in a catholic environment. After travelling in Asia as a spiritual seeker, I came into contact with Buddhism and developed a desire to become a monk. Later, Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita led me to the path of Bhakti-Yoga in the tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
Sravaniya Devi Dasi
At 17, she chose a vegetarian lifestyle, embracing ahimsa and compassion. With Ancient Teachings, Modern Perspectives, she simplifies esoteric subjects—yoga philosophy, self-realization, Tarot, and psychological astrology. Drawing on decades of study, she illuminates with anecdotes and examples, bringing the incomprehensible within reach.
Kaunteya das (Dr. Carlo Oppecini, PhD in Indovedic Psychology) Bhakti-śāstrī and Bhakti-vaibhava degree holder; faculty member and consultant at GaurAcademy; he also teaches at the GBC College for Leadership Development. As an author, he specializes in Vaisnava socio-theological, pastoral, psychological, and varnasrama themes.
(for downloading for free his books: https://archive.org/details/@kaunteya_das)
Kaunteya Das
He is a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru in ISKCON, A Bhakti Yoga practitioner and preacher since the 1980s, he has been preaching in Russia for two decades. Before joining the monastic order, he is a scholar, with a PhD in molecular biology.
Bhakti Vijana Goswami
Ashka Jaiswal
I love to teach as well as accumulate more information to improve. I enjoy spiritual activities like meditation. I also volunteer and serve religious group or charity based projects. I grow and help others grow in Krishna Consciousness. I am always open for experiences; I focus on looking at what's good in myself and others.
Anuttara, born in Northeast Italy, graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2013 before traveling through Australia, the UK, India, and Europe. She discovered Kṛṣṇa consciousness in 2015, completed Bhakti Śāstrī in London. Based near Simhachalam temple in Germany, she facilitates Think Gita courses in Italian and is studying Relational Counseling.
Anuttara Devi Dasi
Dr. Sampath Kumar (Koilnambi) and his team.