Urmila Devi Dasi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Urmila Devi Dasi, (also known as Dr. Edith E. Best), was born in 1955 in New York City. Her father was president and later, CEO, of the Manischewitz food company, founded by his grandfather. She joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in 1973 in Chicago and became a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON.Her primary work in ISKCON has been in the area of education. In 1982 in Detroit she and her husband, Pratyatosa (Howard Best), started an ISKCON primary school, where she served as Principal for eight years.She founded another primary and secondary school in North Carolina in 1990, where she was Principal for ten years. Urmila has compiled a guidebook for education in ISKCON and has been engaged in "writing and coordinating the development of a Krishna conscious academic curriculum for primary and secondary students."