Bharata Shrestha Das
(William G. Wall) joined
ISKCON in 1983 and was initiated in 1988. He has been involved in a number of preaching
programmes. He has been the president of the ISKCON centre in New Haven,
USA. He was among those
that helped to start the Institute for Vaishnava Studies at the
Graduate Theological Union, which is a consortium of divinity
schools offering joint Ph.D. courses with the University of
California, Berkeley. He
holds a Ph.D. in Literature and has taught literature at the
University of Massachusetts, USA. He has also taught in ISKCON schools: at the Vaisnava Academy
Boys, Vaisnava Academy Girls, New Ramana Reti Day School, and at The
Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education, Gia Nagari. Bhrata Shretha Das is married to Jaya Hari Devi Dasi and has
four children.
