Acharya Balkrishna Biography and Career
Balkrishna famously known as Acharya Balkrishna. He was born on 4 August 1972 in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. He was born to Nepalese immigrants, Sumitra Devi and Jay Vallabh Subedi originating from Syangja, Nepal. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, businesses and family of Acharya Balkrishna so read the article till the end.
Career
Acharya Balkrishna is a famous businessman and this biography article is incomplete without talking about his works and life story.
On 5 January 1995 Balkrishna, Ramdev, and Acharya Karamveer founded Divya Yoga Mandir Trust which was set up at the Kripalu Bagh Ashram in Haridwar. In 2006, they founded Patanjali Ayurved, a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company involved in the manufacturing and trading of FMCG, herbal, and ayurvedic products.
To grow this business, Followers of Ramdev, NRIs Sunita and Sarwan Poddar, helped with a loan. According to Balkrishna, he had taken out a ₹50–600 million loan at a time when he didn’t had their personal bank account in his name.
In 2012, the company posted a turnover of ₹4.5 billion (US$56 million) which increase by 2015–2016 to ₹50 billion (US$630 million). Patanjali Ayurved’s revenue from operations increased marginally to ₹9,022.71 crore in the year 2020.
Whereas Ramdev does not hold any stake in Patanjali Ayurved. But he is the face of the firm and advertising its products to his followers across his yoga camps and television programmes. Balkrishna owns 94% of the company and serves as its managing director.
He is very close person of Ramdev. In the year 2020 Acharya Balkrishna listed in India’s 50 most influential personalities. In the same year he was reported India’s third-youngest billionaire by Forbes India Rich List. He is also second billionaire of Nepalese Origin.
Short biography of Acharya Balkrishna
He spent his childhood in Nepal and then he returned to India and studied at Khanpur Gurukul in Haryana, where he met Ramdev. By occupation he is a Ayurvedacharya and businessman and currently he is MD/CEO of Patanjali Ayurved.
He is a Nepalese Indian billionaire businessman. He was reported by Forbes to have a net worth of US$2.3 billion as of May 2021. According to Ashish Kumar of Arya Samaj, Balkrishna has successfully established and managed a global business without a formal education. Balkrishna lives in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and is unmarried.
Acharya Balkrishna, was honoured with “Bharat Gaurav” award by Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana and Punjab in recognition of his amazing work in the field of Ayurveda at a programme organised by Indian International Friendship Society at New Delhi.
Post in which he is currently working
General Secretary at Divya Yog Mandir (Trust)
General Secretary at Patanjali Yogpeeth (Trust)
Managing director at Patanjali Ayurved Limited
Vice Chancellor at Patanjali University
General Secretary at Patanjali Gramodhyog Trust
Chief Editor at Yog Sandesh
General Secretary at Patanjali Research Foundation
Awards
Acharya Balkrishna was awarded by the Champions of Change award in the year 2019, for his work in the field of Ayurved.
He was awarded the “UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in Healthcare Award”, for his work in Healthcare sector.
He received “Best Wellness Impact Global award” from the CFI.
He was honoured with “Bheeshma Puraskar” by Sant shree Gyaneshwar Gurukul, Pune.
In 2018 He was awarded with AIMA Managing India Award for the “Transformational Business Leader of the Year” by Central Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
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Random biography facts about Acharya Balkrishna
Acharya Balkrishna was awarded with “Shalin Manav Ratna Award- 2018” By Anoopam Mission for his contribution towards social welfare and Ayurveda.
Acharya Balkrishna honoured with “Degree of Doctor of letter (Yoga)” by S-Vyasa Deemed University Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana for outstanding work done in the field of Yoga and Ayurveda.
Acharya honoured with “Geeta Ratna Samman” by Spirituality Consciousness Association in January 2018 for his contribution towards Yoga and Ayurveda.
On 30 November 2017 He was awarded with “Indian of the Year Business Category- 2017” for his contribution to the country to strengthened the foundation of our society and has helped build Brand India in the process by CNN-News.
He was awarded with “Jashn-e-Youngistan Samman for Business Icon of the Year” by News 24.
He honoured with “Lokmanya Tilak Award 2017” by Tilak Smarak Trust on 1 August 2017 for his contribution towards promotion Yoga & Ayurveda.
Acharya Balkrishna Ji awarded with “Bloomberg Special Recognition Award” On 22 March 2016 for outstanding contribution in the field of Ayurveda.
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