Bhakti Raghava Swami was born in a French Canadian Roman Catholic family. He graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1968. He is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, is an educationist, spiritualist, social activist and a prolific author of several books and articles
Bhakti Raghava Swami is pursuing his doctoral research in Sociology from Osmania University in India and presently travels in Asian countries such as India, Indonesia and Cambodia, where he works tirelessly to help develop Varnashram communities, Agricultural initiatives, cow care, Gurukuls, ashrams, and eco-friendly farms. He also initiated the global “OM Sri Surabhi” Campaign in 2015