Eight Sanskrit sutras as a civilisational blueprint — Swami Vigyananand’s Hindu Manifesto is more a governance guide than a religious text.

Joint General Secretary of VHP and founder of the World Hindu Foundation, Swamiji outlines four foundational sutras — covering universal prosperity, national defence, quality education, and accountable democracy — and four civilisational sutras drawn from the Rigveda to Abhijnana Shakuntalam. He contrasts Bharatiya democratic thought, rooted in Rajdharma and perpetual accountability, with Western electoral models. Ram Rajya, he argues, is not mythology but a measurable standard of governance — zero poverty, full literacy, law and order — applicable to any society anywhere in the world.

About the Speaker:
Swami Vigyananand is a Sanyasi (monk), distinguished scholar, strategist, and organizer of the Hindu Renaissance. He holds a BTech degree from the Bharatiya Praudyogiki Sansthan (IIT) and later pursued advanced studies in Sanskrit Vyakaran (grammar) and Hindu philosophy in a Gurukul, earning the title of Acharya & Vidyāvaridhi in Pāṇini Vyakaran and Darshan. He is currently serving as the Joint General Secretary of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and initiated the World Hindu Congress (WHC), a global platform for Hindus to connect, share, inspire, and accelerate the Hindu resurgence, and the World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF), which has been organising the World Hindu since 2014 across the world. Renowned for his deep understanding of Hindu Dharma, Swami Vigyananand has been a speaker at international conferences on language, philosophy, economy, education, diplomacy, strategy, and politics. He has also promoted Hindu Studies as a formal course across Bharat’s university education ecosystem. He advocates for Hindus to organise their efforts in a structured manner to reclaim the Hindu nation and firmly position Bharat and the Hindu community on the world stage.

Dr Sabareesh P. A is a writer and author of ‘A Brief History of Science in India’, ‘Our Hindu Nationhood’, and a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.