Dr. K. Sadananda is a Materials Scientist by profession, and worked at United States Naval Research Laboratory as Head of Deformation and Fracture, published extensively in Scien- tific Journals and received many awards. He retired in 2005 and now works as a private consultant in the United States for six months of the year, and spends the rest of his time in India. He was also a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. He is a disciple of Swami Chinmayananda, was a founding trustee of the Chinmaya Mis- sion’s Washington Regional Center as well as the Siva Vishnu Temple in Lahnam, Maryland, USA. He served as Secretary and Treasurer of SEVA, Inc., a philanthropic organization formed around 1980 to fund projects in India and elsewhere.
In 1988, Swami Chinmayananda asked Dr. Sadananda to start teaching Vedanta in Virginia, and he became a formal
Acharya or spiritual teacher...