Sri Poornananda is the Founder and President of Paravidyā Gurukulam, which is run by Parama Poorna Prakāsha Pratishtāna. Born in a traditional Smārtha Brahmin family from Udupi, currently settled in Bengaluru. From the early age performed Nitya, Naimittika, Prāyaschitta and Upāsana Karmas as Kartavya, and till date continued Shastra adhyayana under the Shrotriya Brahmanishta Sri Srinivasa Guruji.
After completing the Masters of engineering in Computer Science, he also continued Shāstra Adyayana and studied Shikshā, Vyākarana, Chandas, Jyotisha, Purva Mimāmsa, Vedānta, Sānkhya, Yoga, Nyāya Vaisheshika Darshana from Sri Srinivasa Guruji, Mahamandaleshwar Swami Sri Madhusudhananda Puri, Sri Mallikarjuna Shastry and many traditional Acharyas. Sri Poornananda also teaches Shāstras in many Gurukulas.
In 2014, with Pujya Guruji Sri Srinivasaji's direction to Preserve, Practice, and to Propagate the traditional academic study of Veda and Vedic Shāstras, Sri Poornananda and fellow students formed the Trust by Name "Parama Poorna Prakāsha Pratishtāna". Under this banner many Academic milestones have been accomplished. Manuscript Preservation, Digitalization, Online Library, Translation, Academic Syllabus Book Publishing, establishing traditional and online courses for beginners are some of the key achievements.
The Pratishtāna also built one of the largest online hindu information portal www.Hinduonline.co, which provides comprehensive information on Hindu Sanatana Dharma. Apart from providing authentic information, the portal also has digital Library for Audio and PDF book downloads for free of charges.
ParaVidya Gurukulam the traditional orthodox Gurukulam has 2000+ students studying different shastras online and through direct classes. With its technology savvy Volunteers, Paravidya has established the robust technology platform, with Online LMS (Learning Management System), Mobile Learning Applications, Mobile Application for Shāstra Granthas, Mobile based Mini library, and with many more advanced Learning and Study Solutions, reaching out to and training thousands of students in Veda and Vedic Shāstras.
