Rishi Nityabodhananda graduated in Metallurgy from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, in 1967. He joined the Bihar School of Yoga in Munger, and on Basant Panchami, 1970, he was initiated into poorna Sannyasa by Swami Satyananda. He currently Lives in Australia where he conducts yoga seminars and satsangs, and ruminates on the Meaning of life and the source of it all. On the 21st February 1999, he was initiated into rishi sannyasa by Swami Niranjanananda.