Padmamukha NimÄi DÄsa, a native Bengali, came in touch with ÅrÄĢla PrabhupÄdaâs followers in ISKCON in his early childhood in the late 1990s. He started attending classes on Bhagavad-gÄĢtÄ conducted by ISKCON in 2007, and in 2010 he received initiation from HH JayapatÄkÄ Swami MahÄrÄja. When he decided to dedicate his life to fully serve Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhuâs mission in ISKCON, he joined ISKCON Puneâs BrahmacÄri training program, and then he went to BhaktivedÄnta VidyÄpÄĢášha, in Govardhan Eco-Village, Maharashtra, where he studied ÅrÄĢmad BhÄgavatam and ÅrÄĢ Caitanya CaritÄmášta for two years; he was then awarded Bhakti-ÅÄstrÄĢ and Bhakti-vaibhava degrees. Then he moved to ISKCON MÄyÄpur. Here he is a part of his spiritual masterâs publication team helping him prepare a mega-compendium of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhuâs pastimes based on eight authentic biographies by recognized Gauá¸ÄĢya VaiášŖášava ÄcÄryas. He is a teacher in MÄyÄpur Institute.