Dr Chintamani Yogi

Dr C.M. Yogi is a great scholar of Nepal; he is a thinker, a philosopher, a spiritual master, an educationist and a peace activist.

He has founded several organizations in Nepal. In particular, he is a founding principal of “Hindu VidyaPeeth School” movement consisting of 3 schools supporting underprivileged and orphaned children to receive values/ethics based education on a non profit basis. The children are encouraged to develop human virtues such as peace, harmony and love. He also established “Shanti Sewa Ashram” (Peace Service Centre – www.peaceserviceusa.org) whose objectives are : “To promote peace and spirituality at every level of society; to help the poor and disadvantaged children, women, senior citizens”. In addition, he founded “Youth Society for Peace” aiming to support young people in understanding the values of peace, tolerance and selfless service; and to involve them for the peace clubs, street-children food program etc.

Similarly, he runs various other community based programs- “Children’s Peace Home”, an orphanage in Dang (www.childrenpeacehome.org.np), western part of Nepal; Children Study Club, Women’s Education/Training Program and “Nepal Interfaith Movement” etc to reform society in totality. He is a chief patron of “Naimisharanya Gurukul- Banepa” and Bankhandi Gurukul- Saptari. He is a guest lecturer of ”Conflict, Peace and Development Study” at the Tribhuvan University and “Values Based Education and Personal Transformation” at the Kathmandu University.