HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati  (Pujya Swamiji) is the President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, one of the largest interfaith spiritual institutions in India, located on the banks of the National River Ganga, in the lap of the Himalayas.

He is Co-Founder/Co-Chairman of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), which was launched at UNICEF headquarters as the world’s first initiative to bring together the leaders of all the world’s faiths to enable a water-secure future where all may access safe and healthy water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Pujya Swamiji is also Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, which is leading the way towards saving the Ganges River–one of the world’s most threatened rivers– which is depended on by over 500 million people.

In addition, he is Founder of Divine Shakti Foundation and Interfaith Humanitarian Network, which are international, non-profit institutions dedicated to education, women’s upliftment, health care, rural development, relief services and other humanitarian projects.

Pujya Swamiji’s religion is unity, and he is a leader in numerous international, interfaith summits and parliaments as well as guides and directs multifaceted and innovative solutions to address some of our world’s greatest challenges and threats to the environment.