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 of Chinmaya Mission in 1997. While in India, Dr. Sadananda works on webcasting of Ve- danta topics for Advaita Academy, and while in the USA,
he teaches Vedanta classes and conducts spiritual camps for Chinmaya Mission. His audio talks are available at Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center website and video talks are available on YouTube under Acharya Sadaji. He is one of the founder-moderators of the Advaitin mailing list, where extensive discussions on Advaita are being conducted. He is married to Mrinalini Sadananda, who is a well-known Kuchipudi dancer and Choreographer.