A Brief bio of Swami Vimokshananda Swami Vimokshananda is a senior Monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Presently he is the President of the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore. He was initiated into spiritual life by Swami Nirvananandaji Maharaj (a direct disciple of Swami Brahmanandaji Maharaj) at the Mumbai Ashram of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1970. Apart from his monastic training, after his joining K anpur branch of Ramakrishna Mission in 1971, he worked extensively in the cyclone affected areas of Andhra Pradesh from 1977 to 1979. He took his monastic vows in 1981 from Swami Vireshwaranandaji Maharaj (a disciple of Sri Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna). From 1979 to 1986 he assisted in building up the new Ramakrishna Mission Hospital at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. From then onwards, he was in various Administrative capacities at the Ramakrishna Mission's different branches like Along High School in Arunachal Pradesh, Kolkata Seva Pratishthan and Ranchi TB Sanatorium. From 2007 to 2014 he was the President of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa in Durban. Thereafter, the Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters in Belur Math posted him as President of Singapore Ramakrishna Mission. He reached there on the 6th of June, 2015.
Swami Vimokshananda regularly conducts scriptural classes on Gita, Upanishads and Puranas and delivers religious discourses on any topic of interest concerned with spiritual ideas of Ramakrishna –Sarada – Vivekananda. He is deeply interested in promoting Vedanta as a suitable tool for the modern ways of Life. He also facilitates a deeper understanding among various sects of Hinduism by interacting with intra religious group leaders. Likewise in multiracial, multireligious societies, he advocates Harmony of Faiths as the main plank for maintaining global peace. He travels extensively. He meets readily genuine spiritual seekers and offers them spiritual counselling. He can communicate well in Tamil, Hindi, Bengali and English.