His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a world-renowned spiritual master and humanitarian. It is Sri Sri’s mission to make life a celebration. He is the inspiration behind numerous educational and charitable organizations focused on spiritual upliftment, service and promotion of human values. The 5H programme, conducted under the aegis of International Association of Human Values, the Art of Living Foundation and Prison SMART are a few of the service initiatives undertaken by Him.
Born in 1956 in Papasanam, a small town in rural southern India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar studied with many renowned spiritual masters and became a scholar of Vedic Literature at a very young age. By the age of seventeen, he had obtained and advanced degree in modern Physics and later received an honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India.
In 1982 Sri Sri founded the Art Of Living Foundation, which is now one of the world’s largest volunteer NGOs, active in over 144 countries. In 1997 Sri Sri founded the International Association for Human Values (IAHV), which to date has conducted development projects in over 25,300 villages bringing self-reliance and sustenance to millions of people..
Sri Sri has been traveling all over the globe spreading His message of universal love and peace. As Sri Sri says: “When you make service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives a new meaning to your life."

The Official Website of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar : http://www.srisri.org