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Team

Board of Directors 2023

  • Shri Prakash Mehta – Director, Governing Education  
  • Shri Bhagwat Chauhan – Director, Governing Charity
  • Shri Ashwin Sharma – Director, Governing Seniors
  • Shri Sai Paravastu – Director, Overall Responsibility 
  • Shri Makarand Bhagwat – Director, Governing Interfaith & Grants 
  • Smt. Shoba Deshikan – Director, Governing Events 
  • Shri Chirag Trivedi – Director for Finance 

Hindu Council of Australia national team

  • Shri Sai Paravastu – National President / president@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt. Shoba Deshikan – National Secretary / secretary@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Surinder Jain – Vice President, Interfaith and Hindu Hub  
  • Shri Sanjeev Goyal – Vice President, Grants / grants@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt. Neelima Paravastu – PRO, Media & Marketing / editor@hinducouncil.com.au /media@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Jayakumar Sadananda – Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Coordinator / chaplaincy@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Ajay Khanna – Hindu Benevolent Fund / hbf@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Yogesh Mehra – Hindu Benevolent Fund / hbf@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Sreenadh Bhramapuram – Hindu Celebrant / sreenadh.brahmapuram@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Shanmugapriyan – Karma Kitchen / hkk@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt Madhuri Velagala – Education Coordinator / cht@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt Nirupama Verma – Education Coordinator / cht@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Birju Bhatt – Hindu Pulse / birju.bhatt@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Mohan Vijayaraghavan – Cultural Exhibitions / mohan@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Himanshu Pota – Australian Hindu Conference / ahc@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Ash Agarwal, National Legal Counsel
  • Shri Yashvi Shah, NSW 
  • Shri Jayneil Shandil, Corporate 

Advisory Board

  • Shri Dr. Balasubramaniam
  • Shri Vijai Singhal
  • Shri Kanti Jinna, OAM
  • Shri Nihal Agar, OAM
  • Shri Sanjeev Bhakri
  • Shri Surinder Jain
  • Shri Surender Prasad
  • Shri Vikas Chopra

NSW Team

  • Shri Suresh Vashist – President / nswpresident@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Nitin Jayraman – Secretary / nswsecretary@hinducouncil.com.au
  •  Shri Arjun Mehta – VP / Member Liaison
  • Mohan Vijay Raghavan – VP / Cultural Exhibitions
  • Shri Vikrant Pahuja – VP / Event Governance & Coordination
  • Shri Anand Manickam – VP / AICC & Sponsor Coordination / cenotaph@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Jaydeep Panchal – VP / Infrastructure & President Support
  • Smt Annu Tandon – Joint Secretary / AICC & Cultural / nswjsecretary@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Nikhil Nigam – Treasurer / 
  • Vikas Chopra – Joint Treasurer

Executive Members

  • Smt Bharti Rengarajan – Woman Team/VIP visit help
  • Smt Praveen Sethi- Woman Team/ Cultural
  • Smt Shweta Sharma – Woman Team/ Cultural
  • Smt Sarika Goyal – Woman Team/ Cultural
  • Miss Sakshi Jain- Woman Team/Cultural
  • Smt Aarthi Garg – Woman Team/ Cultural
  • Shri Rahul Rawal – Communication & Online Events Coordinator
  • Smt Sarita Soni      – Woman Team
  • Shri Sushil Arora – IT Team
  • Shri Akhil Verma- Media spokesman
  • Shri Rohan Sharma – Volunteer Coordinator
  • Shri Vamshi Krishna – Volunteer Coordinator
  • Shri Varun Malhotra – Event Coordinator
  • Shri Manoj Jindal – Event Coordinator
  • Shri Sagar Raghavendra – Yoga Coordinator
  • Shri Dharmendra Modi – Social media and special events
  • Shri Sanjay Pradhan – Social Media and Digital Photography
  • Shri Renga Rajan – Procurement
  • Shri Somesh Sibal – Inventory Controller
  • Shri Tara Sharma – Events Pooja Facilitation & Ramayana
  • Shri Pravin Amin – Member / Priest Liaison
  • Shri Kiran Rane – Logistics and Infrastructure
  • Smt Sri Sansare – Decoration & graphic
  • Shri Manish Sharma – YouTube / Hindu Pulse
  • Shri Nitesh Sethi – Stall Coordinator / AICC
  • Shri Nehru Ahtota – Paada Yatra

Australia Capital Territory (Canberra) Team

  • Chair – Shri. Shanti Reddy 
  • Depuy Chair – Shri Avinash Karpe
  • Secretary  – Smt. Amrita Nayak 
  • Treasurer – Smt. Meenu Arora
  • Education Coordinator – Shri Roshan Menon 
  • Cultural Coordinator – Smt. Ira Patkar
  • Temples Coordinator – Shri Mani Ramachandran
  • Chaplaincy Coordinator – Smt. Divya Ravikumar

Executive Committee

  • Smt. Sunita Maharaj
  • Shri Krishna Hamal 
  • Shri Tapan Biswas
  • Shri Murali Koneru
  • Shri Gaurav Sharma 

Advisors

  • Shri Kanti Jinna
  • Shri Prakash Mehta
  • Shri Santosh Gupta

South Australia (Adelaide) Team

  • President –  Shri Snehal Thaker
  • Secretary – Smt Vani Shukla
  • Public Relations Officer – Dr Viral Jani
  • Social media & Marketing –  Shri Sachin Chaudhary

Executive committee:

  • Shri Chirag Trivedi
  • Shri Snehal Thaker
  • Shri Munish Sharda
  • Shri Naveen Chauhan
  • Shri Jagadish Lakhan

Victoria (Melbourne) Team

  • President – Shri Makarand  Bhagwat
  • Secretary – Shri Gurpreet Verma 
  • Treasurer – Shri Vigyan Agarwal – Treasurer,   
  • Advocacy Advisor  – Shri Sundar
  • Melton Interfaith Coordinator – Smt Uma Vijai

Executive Committee

  • Shri Abhijit Bhide 
  • Shri Shripad Kulkarni 
  • Shri Manhar Jajal
  • Smt Poonam Aggarwal 
  • Smt Bhagyashri Chitale

Western Australia(Perth) team

  • President – Shri Damji bhai Koria
  • Joint Secretary – Shri Bijukumar Prabhakaran  
  • Treasurer – Shri  Sandeep Goyal
  • Education Coordinator – Shri Mool Bhargav

Executive Committee

  • Shashibhai Limabchiya
  • Shri Vijay Kumar

Northern Territory (Darwin) Team

  • Chair – Smt Juhi Sharma 

Advisors

  • Shri Manoj Bhati
  • Shri Rajiv Sharma
  • Smt Rama Jayaraj

Queensland (Brisbane) Team

  • President – Shri Jogindra Modi
  • Secretary – Shri Prashant Prabhakar 
  • Treasurer – Shri Raj Ghohil
  • Community Liaison Officers – Shri Kiran Varsani, Shri Ashutosh Raina, Shri Anil Sharma
  • Marketing – Smt Sowmya Gouda
Directors

Board of Directors 2023

  • Shri Prakash Mehta – Director, Governing Education  
  • Shri Bhagwat Chauhan – Director, Governing Charity
  • Shri Ashwin Sharma – Director, Governing Seniors
  • Shri Sai Paravastu – Director, Overall Responsibility 
  • Shri Makarand Bhagwat – Director, Governing Interfaith & Grants 
  • Smt. Shoba Deshikan – Director, Governing Events 
  • Shri Chirag Trivedi – Director for Finance 
National Team

Hindu Council of Australia national team

  • Shri Sai Paravastu – National President / president@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt. Shoba Deshikan – National Secretary / secretary@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Surinder Jain – Vice President, Interfaith and Hindu Hub  
  • Shri Sanjeev Goyal – Vice President, Grants / grants@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Jayakumar Sadananda – Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Coordinator / chaplaincy@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Ajay Khanna – Hindu Benevolent Fund / hbf@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Yogesh Mehra – Hindu Benevolent Fund / hbf@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Sreenadh Bhramapuram – Hindu Celebrant / sreenadh.brahmapuram@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Shanmugapriyan – Karma Kitchen / hkk@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt Madhuri Velagala – Education Coordinator / cht@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt Nirupama Verma – Education Coordinator / cht@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Birju Bhatt – Hindu Pulse / birju.bhatt@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Mohan Vijayaraghavan – Cultural Exhibitions / mohan@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Smt Neelima Paravastu – Web, Graphic Media & Marketing / editor@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Himanshu Pota – Australian Hindu Conference / ahc@hinducouncil.com.au
  • Shri Ash Agarwal, National Legal Counsel
  • Shri Yashvi Shah, NSW 
  • Shri Jayneil Shandil, Corporate 
Advisory Board

  • Advisory Board

    • Shri Dr. Balasubramaniam
    • Shri Vijai Singhal
    • Shri Kanti Jinna, OAM
    • Shri Nihal Agar, OAM
    • Shri Sanjeev Bhakri
    • Shri Surinder Jain
    • Shri Surender Prasad
    • Shri Vikas Chopra
NSW

  • NSW Team

    • Shri Suresh Vashist – President / nswpresident@hinducouncil.com.au
    • Shri Nitin Jayraman – Secretary / nswsecretary@hinducouncil.com.au
    •  Shri Arjun Mehta – VP / Member Liaison
    • Mohan Vijay Raghavan – VP / Cultural Exhibitions
    • Shri Vikrant Pahuja – VP / Event Governance & Coordination
    • Shri Anand Manickam – VP / AICC & Sponsor Coordination / cenotaph@hinducouncil.com.au
    • Shri Jaydeep Panchal – VP / Infrastructure & President Support
    • Smt Annu Tandon – Joint Secretary / AICC & Cultural / nswjsecretary@hinducouncil.com.au
    • Shri Nikhil Nigam – Treasurer / 
    • Vikas Chopra – Joint Treasurer

    Executive Members

    • Smt Bharti Rengarajan – Woman Team/VIP visit help
    • Smt Praveen Sethi- Woman Team/ Cultural
    • Smt Shweta Sharma – Woman Team/ Cultural
    • Smt Sarika Goyal – Woman Team/ Cultural
    • Miss Sakshi Jain- Woman Team/Cultural
    • Smt Aarthi Garg – Woman Team/ Cultural
    • Shri Rahul Rawal – Communication & Online Events Coordinator
    • Shri Sushil Arora – IT Team
    • Shri Akhil Verma- Media spokesman
    • Shri Rohan Sharma – Volunteer Coordinator
    • Shri Vamshi Krishna – Volunteer Coordinator
    • Shri Varun Malhotra – Event Coordinator
    • Shri Manoj Jindal – Event Coordinator
    • Shri Sagar Raghavendra – Yoga Coordinator
    • Shri Dharmendra Modi – Social media and special events
    • Shri Sanjay Pradhan – Social Media and Digital Photography
    • Shri Renga Rajan – Procurement
    • Shri Somesh Sibal – Inventory Controller
    • Shri Tara Sharma – Events Pooja Facilitation & Ramayana
    • Shri Pravin Amin – Member / Priest Liaison
    • Shri Kiran Rane – Logistics and Infrastructure
    • Smt Sri Sansare – Decoration & graphic
    • Shri Manish Sharma – YouTube / Hindu Pulse
    • Shri Nitesh Sethi – Stall Coordinator / AICC
    • Shri Nehru Ahtota – Paada Yatra
ACT

  • Australia Capital Territory (Canberra) Team

    • Chair – Shri. Shanti Reddy 
    • Depuy Chair – Shri Avinash Karpe
    • Secretary  – Smt. Amrita Nayak 
    • Treasurer – Smt. Meenu Arora
    • Education Coordinator – Shri Roshan Menon 
    • Cultural Coordinator – Smt. Ira Patkar
    • Temples Coordinator – Shri Mani Ramachandran
    • Chaplaincy Coordinator – Smt. Divya Ravikumar

    Executive Committee

    • Smt. Sunita Maharaj
    • Shri Krishna Hamal 
    • Shri Tapan Biswas
    • Shri Murali Koneru
    • Shri Gaurav Sharma 

    Advisors

    • Shri Kanti Jinna
    • Shri Prakash Mehta
    • Shri Santosh Gupta
SA

  • South Australia (Adelaide) Team

    • President –  Shri Snehal Thaker
    • Secretary – Smt Vani Shukla
    • Public Relations Officer – Dr Viral Jani
    • Social media & Marketing –  Shri Sachin Chaudhary

    Executive committee:

    • Shri Chirag Trivedi
    • Shri Snehal Thaker
    • Shri Munish Sharda
    • Shri Naveen Chauhan
    • Shri Jagadish Lakhan
VIC

  • South Australia (Adelaide) Team

    • President –  Shri Snehal Thaker
    • Secretary – Smt Vani Shukla
    • Public Relations Officer – Dr Viral Jani
    • Social media & Marketing –  Shri Sachin Chaudhary

    Executive committee:

    • Shri Chirag Trivedi
    • Shri Snehal Thaker
    • Shri Munish Sharda
    • Shri Naveen Chauhan
    • Shri Jagadish Lakhan
WA

  • Western Australia(Perth) team

    • President – Shri Damji bhai Koria
    • Joint Secretary – Shri Bijukumar Prabhakaran  
    • Treasurer – Shri  Sandeep Goyal
    • Education Coordinator – Shri Mool Bhargav

    Executive Committee

    • Shashibhai Limabchiya
    • Shri Vijay Kumar
NT

  • Northern Territory (Darwin) Team

    • Chair – Smt Juhi Sharma 

    Advisors

    • Shri Manoj Bhati
    • Shri Rajiv Sharma
    • Smt Rama Jayaraj
QLD

  • Queensland (Brisbane) Team

    • President – Shri Jogindra Modi
    • Secretary – Shri Prashant Prabhakar 
    • Treasurer – Shri Raj Ghohil
    • Community Liaison Officers – Shri Kiran Varsani, Shri Ashutosh Raina, Shri Anil Sharma
    • Marketing – Smt Sowmya Gouda

When is the next HCA Event?

At the Hindu Council of Australia, we endeavour to create a continuous stream of activities and projects to keep the community engaged and involved in working for each other. Click on EVENTS CALENDAR button to see our upcoming events.

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Projects

General Religious Education in Secondary Schools

Hindu Council has been involved with the NSW Department of School Education since 2003 in drafting the original syllabus which was introduced in 2005. Cambridge University Press published the textbook for the course covering all the five religions. In 2015 we were again consulted by the publishers when the updated version of the textbook was published.

Aboriginals and Hinduism

There is a lot of commonality between aboriginal spirituality and Hinduism.

ANZAC JAWAN remembrance

We were working on some time to create a history, a small team of Ashwani Jain,

Governmental

Hindu Council of Australia advocates issues affecting Hindu community

Paada Yatra to Temple

It is a HINDU tradition to “walk to a pilgrim” on special events/occasions

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The Hindu religion is the third largest religion in Australia consisting of more than 684,002 followers. It is the fastest growing religion in Australia.

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E-course on Hindu Religion

This course is designed to provide an overview of Hindu Religion and is suitable for non-Hindus to gain a very brief understanding of the Hindu religion.

A brief syllabus of the course “Introduction to Hindu Religion” is given below.

Introduction (Sanatan dharma, Definitions, Denominations and Diversity, Unity, Colonial influences), Beliefs, Purusharthas, Philosophies, Karma, Moksha, Concept of God, Traditions, Symbols, Scriptures, Rituals and Ceremonies, Rites of Passage, Bhakti, Festivals, Pilgrimage, Varnas, Yoga, Ahimsa, Vegetarianism, Temples, Ashramas of Life, Sanyasa, , Attitude of others, Hindu Religion in Australia.

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Nonprofit organizations such as the Hindu Council of Australia rely heavily on your donations to carry out our missions. Very often we are called to provide essential services to the community - in times of disaster, new migrant help or personal hardships - and we cannot perform our duty without help and support from the members of the community. address gaps that government and private sectors cannot fill, providing essential services such as disaster relief, environmental conservation, and mental health support. Your donation ensures that these critical services continue to reach those in need and we are able to support the community.

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Testimonials

Great organization, working towards reviving the Knowledge of Hinduism (World's oldest religion and who never invaded others) to bring harmony in the world. Having actually seen them operating a free kitchen and organising community events to make new migrants feel at home while appreciating Australian way of life. Great community work being delivered by people who don’t get paid do it
Atul Kushwaha
Having actually seen them operating a free kitchen and organising community events to make new migrants feel at home while appreciating Australian way of life. Great community work being delivered by people who don’t get paid do it
Simer Mayo
HCA has always been a wonderful platform and a great source of network for Indian migrants. I have always had a very good experience since I moved to Australia 25 years ago. There are a variety of activities continuously conducted by this organisation year after year in various areas like charities, food donations, age care, and predominately to pass on Hindu values to the future generations.
Shoba Deshikan
Kudos for the great work done so far to promote hindu culture customs and festivals in Australia and help the hindus from all around the world living in Australia to keep their traditions alive. Hope hindu council of Australia continues their great work in being one single voice for people with hindu faiths and feel proud Australians.
Ashish Khurana
Great community service done by organisation and its volunteers and management selflessly. Awesome holy place truly working on true Hinduism which is take everyone together and have prosperity of all and live in peace. Great job!
Narendra Patil
HCA has played pivotal role in developing an united Hindu community in Australia. It is at the forefront when it comes to helping wider community regardless of the social, economic and religious backgrounds via advise, networking, supporting, raising funds, etc.. I love the cultural events organised by HCA especially the Diwali Mela, Holi function and International Yoga Day. I wish all the best and urge to the community to join HCA and help strengthening Hindu community in Australia.
Nipesh Kothari
Hindu Council of Australia is an organisation selflessly working for Hindus in Australia and spreading the message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Whole World is a family. We need more people and organisations like these to truly spread the message of all Human beings living together as a family.
Aadi Kalkal
However i do not have any direct experience at this place but i do know some people/volunteers there working towards protecting our cultural values and traditions,Their contribution towards Hindu society is valuable ,one of them is Mr. Dhaval Modi at Hindu coulcil ,for whom i have high respect for his Seva. Let us all be positive and support Hindu Council. Thank you
Fagun Modi
Organising great events like exhibitions for Diwali (festival of light) for everyone. I have witnessed Australians taking lot of interest in these events strengthening the multicultural values.
Yogesh Bhatt
Great Organisation Always help to needy People and Respect the other Religions without any Discrimination. Proud to be a part of this organisation and also proud to be A Hindu .
Kiran Patel
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