Acharya Devvrat - Governor of Himachal Pradesh - Shimla Now

Shri Devvrat was born on 18th January, 1959 and hails from Haryana. He has done Masters in Hindi and History from Punjab University Chandigarh and Kurukshetra University in 1984 and 1996 respectively. He has also done Doctor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science from All India Council for Naturopathy, New Delhi in 2002.

He is an educationist and has served for 34 years as Pracharya in Samprati Gurukul, Kurukshetra. He has been actively involved in social activities including environment protection, promotion of yoga , inculcating moral values among youth, protection of cow breeds, organic agriculture, promotion of girl education, ayurveda and naturopathy. He has worked for promoting values like patriotism and awareness of our rich culture in the society especially children and youth.

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He has been conferred various awards for his distinguished services including Bharat Jyoti Award in 2003, American Medal of Honour in 2002, Janhit Shikshak Shree Award in 2009, Himotkarsh Rashtriya Ekatmakta Puraskar in 2006, Akshay Urja Samman in 2011.

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He has authored books like Swasthya ka Anmol Marg - Prakritik Chikitsa (Hindi and English editions) , Gurukul Kurukshetra ka Gauravshali Itihaas besides editing magazines and translation works. He has rendered valuable services towards strengthening Gurukul.