Sri Anant Sarma has been associated with Chinmaya Mission for more than four decades. An engineer from IIT Madras, he went to the USA for further studies in engineering and business administration in Houston, Texas. His work experience covers both academia and industry in engineering and finance administration. There he attended Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s jnana-yajna in 1981. Since moving to the Washington Metropolitan area in 1989, he has been active in the Mission activities. He has served as a member of the Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center (CMWRC) Executive committee and as its Treasurer in the Board of Trustees in the 1990’s. As a serious student of Vedanta he attended the Dharma Sevak Course in Krishnalaya under Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda in 1998. With Pujya Guruji’s blessings Anantji served as the Vedanta Teacher at the Frederick chapter. His intense study of Vedanta continued at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai from 2005 to 2007 under Pujya Guruji who assigned him, upon completion of the Course, to the Virginia chapter of CMWRC.

In Virginia he was instrumental in establishing Chinmaya Somnath. He served as the Project Director for the construction of the Center facility which was inaugurated by Pujya Guruji in 2014. Pujya Guruji appointed him as the President of CMWRC in 2014. He served in that capacity until he moved out of the area. Since 2007 Anantji has been conducting Vedanta classes covering Bhagavad Gita, Prakarana Granthas and Upanishads not only in Virginia, but in other chapters also.

Anantji is a strong supporter of Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) where he briefly served during 2003-2004 and launched its first e-Vedanta course. He is now a regular contributor to CIF Home Study Course’s Svadhyaya Series. He has now become a member of CIF family and is in residence at CIF. He facilitates the mentorship programme for the various Home Study Courses. He also conducts several weekly classes on Vedanta.