Shaunaka Rishi Das

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Full Name	Shaunaka Rishi Das
Occupation	Chaplain
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1961(1961-02-18)
Age	63
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Wexford
Horoscope	Aquarius

Shaunaka Rishi Das Biography

Shaunaka Rishi Das is one of the most popular and richest Chaplain who was born on February 18, 1961 in Wexford, Ireland. Shaunaka Rishi Das (born 18 February 1961, as Timothy Kiernan) is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS) which that he has been in since the establishment of the Centre on the 17th of February 1997. The lecturer is, broadcaster, as well as a Hindu Chaplain at Oxford University. His areas of interest include teaching, theology of comparative studies leadership, and communication. He is an active member of The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life which was established on 13th December 2013 at the Woolf Institute in Cambridge. In 2013, the Indian Government appointed him serve on the International Advisory Council of the Auroville Foundation. Keshava, Rishi Das’s wife of 27 years, passed away in December 2013.

He also has been responsible for organizing various seminars, conferences and symposia to promote Vaishnava-Christian dialogue on a variety of levels. He was instrumental with his coworkers, Anuttama Das along with Rukmini Devi Dasi, in the launching of the annual Vaishnava-Christian conference, that are held at Washington DC, since 1997.

He is a regular broadcaster, making the Hindu contribution to ‘Prayer for the Day’ on BBC Radio 4 since 2007. He was also a participant in the popular History of the World in 100 Objects series broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and published by Allen Lane. He has acted as a consultant for a number of documentaries on Hindu culture and traditions. He has written articles for The Guardian and The Independent newspapers, Business India, and has written the Hindu entry for the Annual Register since 2004.

But we Christians may also recognise a new factor, namely that ISKCON is the first global Vaisnava movement that is just now coming to understand its vocation to enable Westerners to understand Indian philosophy and spirituality. — Rev. Kenneth Cracknell

Shaunaka Rishi Das was editor-in-chief of the ISKCON Communications Journal, from 1993 to 2006, and was chairman of ISKCON Communications Europe from 1991-2003. He was the executive chairman of the ISKCON’s Ministry of Educational Development from 1996 to 2010. He was also the founding participant in ISKCON Studies Institute. ISKCON Studies Institute as well as the trustee for Bhaktivedanta College in Belgium, and is the Editor-in-Chief for ISKCON Studies Journal. ISKCON Studies Journal.

Shaunaka Rishi Das Net Worth

Shaunaka Rishi Das is one of the richest Chaplain from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shaunaka Rishi Das 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born as an Irish Catholic, and expressing an early desire to be a priest, Rishi Das joined a Hare Krishna ashram, in Dublin in 1979. In 1982, he was granted Brahmanical initative – and was ordained priest in tradition of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.

Shaunaka Rishi Das, by through an invitation to join the international Colloquium for Christians and Jews Shaunaka Rishi Das was presented into the realm of interreligious dialogue in 1985 by chief Rabbi at the time of Ireland Rabbi David Rosen. In the following years, he took an interest in the topic personally, and took an active role in this discussions. He was an early participant of the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum, serving as its Chairman from 1998 until 2002. From 2002 to 2004 He was a trustee and Executive Member of The Interfaith Network UK, and, from 1998 to 2004, he was consultant for The International Interfaith Centre, Oxford.

Rishi Das has been a pioneer in promoting interfaith and comparative theological dialogue in his own community. As the first Convenor of the ISKCON Interfaith Commission (1997–2010) he led the consultation which resulted in the publication of ISKCON’s Statement on Relating with People of Faith in God, which has been translated into six languages, and forms part of the course curriculum at Bhaktivedanta College, Belgium.

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Top Facts about Shaunaka Rishi Das

1. Shaunaka Rishi Das is a Hindu theologian and scholar.
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3. Das has authored several books on Hinduism and spirituality.
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