Swami Nikhileswarananda is the Head of Vadodara centre of Ramakrishna Mission, an organization started by Swami Vivekananda more than a hundred years ago which is having its Headquarters at Belur Math, (near Kolkata) and having 173 branches all over the world. He graduated in Chemical Engineering (with honors) in 1970 and post graduated in Industrial Engineering in 1972. After working for a short period as a Management Consultant, he renounced the world and joined Ramakrishna Order at its Headquarter at Belur Math in 1976. For 11 years he edited the Gujarati Monthly ‘Shri Ramakrishna Jyot’ published from Shri Ramakrishna Ashram, Rajkot ( Gujarat) – from 1989 to 2000. Earlier he was in Ranchi (Jharkhand) from 1977 to 1986 when he guided the rural and tribal development project – ‘Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra’ which received the award of best KVK of the country.
Before coming to Vadodara he was the Head of Porbandar centre for eight years. He was instrumental in constructing 37 school buildings and three colonies in Porbandar district as a part of earthquake rehabilitation project and in starting Vivekananda Institute of Value Education & Culture (VIVEC) which was inaugurated by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, H.E the President of India on January12 , 2006.
He tours extensively preaching the universal message of Vedanta in industrial houses, management institutions and educational institutions. He has visited hundreds of educational institutions for preaching the character-building message of Swami Vivekananda and has conducted training programmes on Stress Management, Productivity through Holistic Management, Management of Mind, Total Personality Development, Women Empowerment, Happiness and Peace in everyday Life, Mind Medicine and Meditation, Management of Everyday Life etc. for many reputed companies like IPCL, GSFC, GNFC, GACL, Tata Chemicals Ltd., Reliance, Birla Copper Ltd. etc. He has contributed a large number of articles on various topics in English, Hindi and Gujarati journals. His books, – ‘Happiness and Peace in everyday life’. ‘Teacher as a torch bearer of change’ and other books in Hindi and Gujarati are quite popular.
He visited U.K. in 2004 for participating in the Second International Conference on Disaster Management at Coventry University, U.K. He has visited many countries for preaching the universal message of Vedanta – South Africa, Mauritius, Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, etc.
He has participated in many inter-faith conferences. He was one among the few selected Hindu leaders invited to participate in the Hindu-Catholic dialogue which took place in Mumbai on June 12, 2009 at the instance of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious dialogue headed by Cardinal Tauran, the representative of the Pope from Vetican. His presentation after the inter-faith prayer service at the Holy Name Cathedral on June 12, 2009. was very much appreciated.
