BAVA has the honour of these illustrious astrologers lecturing at this year’s annual conference:
Pdt Sanjay Rath, Sarbani Rath, Pdt Samavedula, Lakshmi Ramesh, Komilla Sutton, Andrew Foss, Geoffrey Pearce, Gordon Brennan, Keiko Ito, Gary O’Toole
Pdt Sanjay Rath
Sanjay belongs to a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan in Puri, Orissa. Internationally renowned and respected, he uses Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra, Jaimini Upadesa Sutras, Brihat Jataka and Saravali as the foundations of Jyotisha and also incorporates other Jyotish scriptures and sacred Vedic literature in his teachings. Author: Crux of Vedic Astrology, Remedial Measures in Astrology, Narayana Dashas and Jaimini’s Upadesa Sutras.
Website www.srath.com
Pdt Sharma C.S. Samavedula
Pandit Sharma is a 6th generation Sama Veda pandit and a Shri Vidya Upasaka. In 1990, after 12 years of study, Pandit Sharma received his Master’s Degree in Vedic Studies (Ganapati Pandit). During this time he learnt the grammar and other aspects of Sanskrit and the performance of different kinds of pujas and yagyas.
In 2002, he founded the Vedic Yagya Center located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India and Fairfield, Iowa. His Center offers to individuals, organizations and businesses Vedic yagyas (sacred ceremonies), homams (ancient fire ceremonies), and pujas as prescribed in the Vedas and Shastras, the holy Indian scriptures. By utilizing the sound vibrations of specific Sanskrit mantras, these performances can help alleviate many problems of our modern times.
Andrew Foss, PhD
Andrew is the President and co-founder of the British Association of Vedic Astrology. He has a BA and MA from Oxford University in Physics and an MSc and PhD in Computing Science. He is the author of the leading software for Vedic Astrology, Shri Jyoti Star and the editor of the journal Gochara.
He is a Jaimini Scholar and has lectured internationally on Jyotish, Ayurveda and computing and has published extensively in Astronomy and Computing in peer-reviewed journals along with many articles in Jyotish. See www.vedicsoftware.com
Komilla Sutton
Komilla Sutton is the Founder of the British Association of Vedic Astrology. She is on the Faculty of American College of Vedic Astrology and was on the Council of Astrological Association of Great Britain. She is one of the pioneers of Vedic Astrology in the West. She was awarded Jyotish Vachaspati from the Indian council of Astrology (ICAS) in recognition for her work in Jyotish.
Her life work is to make this ancient knowledge more accessible and build bridges between the East and West. She has leading trips to India since 1999 and from 2013 she is sponsoring annual Vedic Astrology Conferences with the aim to promote new generation of Jyotish Masters and encourage their interaction with seasoned Masters of Jyotish knowledge.
Author: Nakshatra: Stars beyond the Zodiac, Personal Panchanga, The Essentials of Vedic Astrology, Lunar Nodes- Crisis and Redemption, Vedic Love Signs and Vedic Astrology.
www.Komilla.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/KomillaSuttonVedicAstrology
Gordon Brennan
Gordon is a professional astrologer and dealer in Vedic astrology books. He will have a large selection of Vedic books available to buy at the conference. He teaches the BAVA courses and is tutor for SJC Study Group.
Gordon is a BAVA committee member. See www.vedicbookservices.com
Geoffrey Pearce
Geoffrey has been studying and practicing Vedic Astrology since 1986. He is an accredited teacher by the American Council of Vedic Astrology and a member of their Council.
He learnt most of his Vedic Astrology from Hart deFouw in England and USA. He holds regular weekly classes in London. Geoffrey has given many public lectures on the philosophy and principles behind the subject and is also BAVA Treasurer. www.vediccharts.co.uk Over recent years Geoffrey has been specialising in mundane, or political, astrology, and some of his researches can be found at www.nationaloutlooks.com
Keiko Ito
After studying western astrology from a young age, Keiko was inspired to delve into Vedic Astrology after meeting her teacher Komilla Sutton at the Balkan International Astrology Conference in Belgrade, Serbia in March 2003. Since then, she has regularly visited India in various pilgrimage and study trips with Komilla, followed various workshops, webinars and attended conferences worldwide.
Keiko has regularly given Vedic astrology-themed lectures at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center of Japan. Keiko is a full-time professional translator since 1993 and part-time astrology consultant since 2007. She has lectures at BAVA Conference in London UK 2013 and at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm Jyotish Conference in 2013.
Keiko was part of the faculty at the Fresh Talents of Jyotish Conferences in Pondichery 2013 and New Delhi 2014.
Gary O’Toole
Gary O’Toole is a Vedic astrologer, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counsellor and yoga & fitness instructor. He has taught Ayurveda and Yoga workshops since 1998, combining his knowledge of hatha yoga with Ayurveda and body types. As a Vedic astrologer he has consulted with many clients from all over the world in the last 20 years.
Author – Cosmic Bodies: An Ayurvedic-Astrological Guide to Health & Fitness.
Lakshmi Ramesh
Lakshmi Ramesh was a student of Pt. Sanjay Rath, an event proved to be life changing. Under his guidance she participated in various conferences held in India and completed Jaimini Upadesa Sutra course to qualify as a Jaimini Scholar.
She is currently a Teacher of Jaimini Upadesa Sutra (at Bhimtal, India) and is a regular contributor of the ‘Vishnu Purana’ articles being published in the Jyotish Digest magazine.