Acharya

Acharya

In Indian religions and society, an acharya is a guide or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned man or a title affixed to the names of learned men...

 Balkrishna is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n scholar and close associate of Swami Ramdev

Swami Ramdev

Swami Ramdev is popularly known as Baba Ramdev. This young monk has attained immence popularity in a very short span of time. His yog-camps are attended by a large number of people in India and abroad...

 and was born on August 4.

Studies

Balkrishna studied various aspects of classical Indian and Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 philosophy, such as yoga

Yoga

Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...

, ayurveda

Ayurveda

Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...

, Sanskrit language, vedas and upanisads under the guidance of Acharya

Acharya

In Indian religions and society, an acharya is a guide or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned man or a title affixed to the names of learned men...

 Shri Baldevji in the gurukul

Gurukul

A gurukul is a type of school in India, residential in nature, with shishyas living in proximity to the guru, often within the same house...

 at Kalwa

Kalwa

Kalwa is a small town on the outskirts of the Indian city of Mumbai. Kalwa is also a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban railway. It is located in northern Thane and is a suburb of the Thane city. Kalwa comes under the Thane Municipal Corporation...

and obtained his acharya

Acharya

In Indian religions and society, an acharya is a guide or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned man or a title affixed to the names of learned men...

 degree from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

Sampurnanand Sanskrit University is an institution of higher learning in Asian learning, Sanskrit allied areas, etc. that is located in Benares , Uttar Pradesh, India.- History :...

, Varanasi

Varanasi

-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...

.
Now CBI in investigation in Passport case found that all the educational certificates and degrees of acharya, which are mentioned above are fake.

Ayurvedic practitioner

Balkrishna has founded and/or headed various ayurvedic

Ayurveda

Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...

 healing centers, including the Brahmakalpa Chikitsalaya (hospital) and the Patanjali Yog Peeth, an institution founded by Swami Ramdev and headed by Balkrishna. In association with his ayurvedic healing practices, he has founded Divya Pharmacy to produce ayurvedic medicines and health and beauty care products to his own specifications.

Writer and journalist

Balkrishna serves as chief editor of Yog Sandesh, a magazine that promotes yoga and ayurveda. He has also written or co-written:

• Ayurved: Its Principles & Philosophies
• Secrets Of Indian Herbs
• Vitality Strengthening Astavarga Plants
• Vaidika Nityakarma Vidhi
• Yogadars'ana
• Sant Darshan
• Bhakti Gitanjali

Protests against black money

Balkrishna has been involved in the ongoing protests

2011 Indian anti-corruption movement

The 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement is a series of ongoing demonstrations and protests across India intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against endemic political corruption...

 against black money in India

Indian black money

Black money refers to funds earned on the black market, on which income and other taxes has not been paid. The total amount of black money deposited in foreign banks by Indians is unknown, but one estimate by R Vaidyanathan, a Professor of Finance, estimated the total at over ₹ 7,280,000...

. Having disappeared after the Ramlila ground protests of June 4, 2011, Balkrishna reappeared on June 8, 2011 at the side of Ramdev, claiming he had remained in hiding to avoid repercussions from the police for his involvement in the protests.

Controversy

Balkrishna's links to the many companies spawned by Swami Ramdev

Swami Ramdev

Swami Ramdev is popularly known as Baba Ramdev. This young monk has attained immence popularity in a very short span of time. His yog-camps are attended by a large number of people in India and abroad...

, and irregularities with his pharmaceutical company's shipments of goods to the United States

United States

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have led to government probes of his businesses.