Prashant Tripathi, known as Acharya Prashant is an Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, author and poet. He conducts live Gita sessions both offline and online, where he teaches seventeen forms of Gita and sixty forms of Upanishads with eastern and western philosophy and religion. He is the founder of a not-for-profit organization named PrashantAdvait Foundation, and is an Animal Rights Activist.
Prashant received his B.Tech from IIT Delhi and later did his Post Graduation in Management from IIM Ahmedabad in 2003. He also cleared the Indian Civil Services Examination but chose not to pursue a career in the civil services, later becoming a teacher of Vedanta and an author.
In April 2025, Acharya Prashant was honoured with the 'Outstanding Contribution to National Development' Award by the IIT Delhi Alumni Association for his efforts in advancing spiritual wisdom and fostering national consciousness through his teachings, books, and large-scale initiatives.
With over 50 million subscribers, Acharya Prashant was the most followed spiritual teacher globally on YouTube in 2024. He directs a Bhagavad Gita Teaching Program that includes over 150,000 participants and recently concluded the world's most extensive online Gita-based spiritual examination.
Acharya PrashantâÂÂs poetic work is mainly expressed through his simple poetic translations of the verses of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita.
He has also written poems on deep and sensitive aspects of life, compiled in a book called Raat Aur Chaand (Night and the Moon).
A few poems from the book "Raat Aur Chaand":