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Swami Vigyananand
Swami Vigyananand  is a Sanyasi of the order called Dashanami Sampradaya established by Jagadguru Adi Sankaracharya. He belongs to one of the oldest monasteries, Kailash Ashram, in Rishikesh. He has wandered across the length & breadth of Bharat by foot as a Wandering Monk.

Swamiji has been a Swayamsevak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from a very young age and is Tritiya Varsh Shikshit. He has been actively involved in Ram Janmabhoomi Andolan and was the  1st Coordinator of Baba Amarnath Yaatra which was restarted in 1992 after being stopped earlier due to terrorism. He is currently Joint. General Secretary of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and heads VHP's International Coordination, overseeing operations across 40 countries.

After completing his B Tech from IIT Kharagpur, Bharat, Swamiji has studied & taught Panini grammar & Hindu philosophy. He is a Post Graduate (Acharya) in Panini Sanskrit Grammar, Vedanga (Shiksha Vyakaran, Nirukta, Chhanda, Kalpa Shastra, Jyotish - Surya Siddhanta) & Upanga (6 schools of Hindu Philosophy - Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshik, Mimamsa, Vedanta). He also studied 4 schools of Buddhist philosophy, Jain philosophy, Atheist philosophy and other Eastern philosophies; He is Vidyavaridhi (equivalent to Ph. D) and Vachaspathi (equivalent to Doc. of Lit).

He has researched on the Bibliography of Sanskrit Grammar, Hindu Nam – Tathya & Satya (a Linguistic study of the word ‘Hindu’) etc. Swamiji has travelled many times across the world and attended more than 40 International Conferences in different parts of the world where he has presented papers and chaired many sessions. He has organized over 20 national and international conferences.

In 2009, Swamiji conceived the idea of World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) to connect Hindus across the world on a common economic platform. The founding philosophy of WHEF is Acharya Chanakya's sutra "Dharmasya Moolam Arthaha" i.e. Economy is the Strength, and WHEF's goal is to make society prosperous by creating and sharing surplus wealth.

Apart from WHEF, Swamiji has created 6 other forums in fields of education, media, democratic politics, temples & organizations, youth and women to provide solid institutional platforms for the global Hindu community in these critical areas. These 7 forums meet every 4 years in the World Hindu Congress (WHC) to deliberate and devise solutions to various challenges facing Hindu society. The first WHC was held in Nov 2014 in New Delhi and 2nd WHC will be held in Sept 2018 in Chicago, USA.

Swamiji believes "We are now living in the 21st century, equipped with all the advanced technologies. When we Hindus go back in time to recollect the age of torture, destruction, suppression and humiliation that our forefathers underwent, we should derive inspiration from the fact that when our ancestors worked and survived in such difficult times and conditions, so what stops us from excelling in these technologically advanced times?"