Present Assignment:
- Additional Secretary General, Brahma Kumaris
- Chairperson, Education Wing, RERF
- Director, Clean the Mind & Green the Earth – A Global Initiative Project
- National Coordinator, Living Values: An Educational Programme (LVEP) for children of the world, supported by UNESCO & UNICEF
- Governing Member, Rajyoga Education & Research Foundation
- Director, Film ‘Who am I?’, ‘Laser Show on Water Screen’, 3-D Meditation Show
BK Mruthyunjaya was born in 1948 in a religious family in Bangalore. After graduation in Commerce from Bangalore University, he came in contact with the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University at the young age of 19. The Godly Knowledge and Rajyoga Meditation taught in this Spiritual University enabled him to experience wonderful transcendental communion with the Divine. He dedicated himself to the Institution and became an instrument in spreading Divine message both in India and abroad.
He is also the inspiration and instrument for establishing hundreds of Brahma Kumaris Centres & Retreat Centers.
TV Interviews, Radio Talks & Lectures:
He has visited several countries and delivered lectures on various themes in Universities, Colleges, National and International Conferences, Academic and Research centres on invitation. He has also delivered several radio & TV talks in India and foreign countries such as the USA, UK, Mexico, Colombia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Holland and Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
He has been the Organising and Executive Secretary of several National and International Conferences held at Mount Abu and other places in India since 1977.
He has also delivered talks/speeches in conferences, seminars, symposia organised in:
- IIT, Kanpur
- Agriculture University, Kanpur
- Indian Pulses Research Centre, Kanpur, UP
- Lucknow University, Lucknow, UP
- Mysore University, Mysore, Karnataka
- Vardhaman Mahaveer University, Kota, Rajasthan
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantaka, MP
- Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
- Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Gitanjali University, Udaipur, Rajasthan
- MohanLal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Guest Speaker in International Conferences/Conventions:
- Akka World Convention, August 2006 held at Baltimore, USA
- American Telugu Association (ATA) World Conference and Youth Convention held in New Jersey from 3rd to 5th July, 2008
- World Conference on the eve of 2550th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations in Bodh Gaya in 2006
- Centenary Celebrations of Satyagraha on 11th & 12th September, 2006 held at Durban, South Africa organised by Gandhi Development Trust. He was also promoter and supporter of the Peace Declaration document adopted at the Conference
- International Conference on Education for the 21st Century organised by Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning at Prashanthi Nilayam in May 2005 on the eve of 80th Birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba
- International Convention on Environmental Crisis held at Mount Abu in September 2007
- Guest Speaker at “World Parliament of Science, Religion & Philosophy” at MIT Group of Institutions, Pune (Maharashtra) on 4th October 2018
- Awarded ‘Rashtra Jyot Puruskar’ by JM Foundation, Dombivli (Maharashtra)
Host of National/International Conferences:
He has hosted many international/universal conferences such as:
- International Conference on “Rajyoga for a Healthy and Happy Society”
- Centenary Celebration of Rajyogini Dadi Janki Ji
- Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
- Education Conferences
- Universal Peace Conferences
- Seven Billion Acts of Goodness
- Conference on “Time to Receive God’s Powers for Great Transformation”
- Global Summit & Expo 2018 on “Science, Spirituality & Environment”
Director/Producer of Ongoing Projects:
- “Green the Earth & Clean the Mind”
- Educational Campaign on “Self-Empowerment through Human Values”
- Films like “Who Am I?”, “3-D Meditation Show”, “Laser Show on Water Screen”
Producer of Documentary Telefilms:
He has been instrumental in making documentary telefilms titled:
“Who Am I?”, “Divya Jyoti”, “Divya Darshan”, “Harmony Conference”, “Cycle Yatra”, “Brahma Baba”, “Abu Darshan”, etc.
Awards and Felicitations:
- Conferred with Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Ranchi University, Jharkhand
- Felicitated by Berhampur University, Odisha, for Peace Education (2003)
- Honoured with “Dynamic Indian of the Decade Award” by Padmashri Dr. G. Bakthavathsalam, K.G. Foundation and K.G. Hospital, Coimbatore (15th Feb 2009)
- Received “International Aryabhata Award” by Aryabhata Cultural Association, Bangalore for contribution towards Values, Meditation and Yoga Philosophy
- Felicitated by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand for lecture on “Blending Science and Technology with Spirituality for a Better World”
- Received “Morarjibhai Desai International Award for Peace Education-2003” by International Association of Educators for World Peace, USA, Commonwealth Association for the Education and Training of Adults, UK, and The Global Open University, Milan
MoUs with Universities:
BK Mruthyunjaya has played a vital role in establishing MoUs between Brahma Kumaris / RERF and the following institutions for Value Education & Spirituality:
- All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi
- Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu
- Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Rajasthan
- Ganpat University, Gujarat
- Karnataka State Open University, Karnataka
- University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
- Assam Down Town University, Assam
- Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Maharashtra
- Ram Krishna Dharmarth Foundation University (RKDF), Madhya Pradesh
- Dibrugarh University, Assam
- Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Madhya Pradesh
- Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Tamil Nadu
- BML Munjal University, Haryana
- Rai University, Gujarat
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Gujarat
Courses Offered in Value Education & Spirituality:
- Certificate (Value Education and Spirituality)
- Diploma (Value Education & Spirituality)
- Diploma (Counselling and Spiritual Health)
- Advanced Diploma (Value and Spiritual Education)
- B.A. (Value and Spiritual Education)
- B.Sc. (Value and Spiritual Education)
- P.G. Diploma (Value Education and Spirituality)
- P.G. Diploma (Values in Health Care)
- P.G. Diploma (Counselling and Spiritual Health)
- P.G. Diploma (Yoga and Value Education)
- M.Sc. (Value Education and Spirituality)
- M.Sc. (Counselling and Spiritual Health)
- M.Sc. (Yoga and Value Education)
- M.B.A. (Self Management and Crisis Management)