Zonal Assignments 2007

Note: In the interest of enhancing the readability of this document, we have simplified the entries by omitting the country names "India", "USA", "UK", and "Canada".

I. Zonal Assignments for GBC Members

Badrinarayan Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          California: Southern, except Los Angeles
          Colorado
          Idaho
          Montana
          Nevada
          North Dakota
          South Dakota
          Utah
          Wyoming
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Virabahu Das for:
          California: Los Angeles

Bhakti Bhrnga Govinda Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Mauritius
          Kazakhstan
          Kyrgyzstan
          Russia: Volga Region
          Tadjikistan
          Turkmenistan
          Uzbekistan
          Iraq
          Lebanon
          Syria

Bhakti Bhusana Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Paraguay
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Guru Prasad Swami and Virabahu Das for:
          Venezuela
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Guru Prasad Swami for:
          Belize
          Costa Rica
          El Salvador
          Guatemala
          Honduras
          Nicaragua
          Panama
          Colombia

Bhakti Caitanya Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Angola
           Lesotho
          Malawi
          Mozambique
          Namibia
          Swaziland
          Zambia
          Zimbabwe
          Estonia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vaibhava Swami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Eastern Siberia
          Russia: Western Siberia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vaibhava Swami and Prabhavisnu Swami for:
          Latvia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami, Devamrita Swami and Niranjana Swami for:
          Russia: St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Devamrita Swami for:
          South Africa
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Niranjana Swami for:
          Lithuania

Bhakti Charu Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Madhya Pradesh: Ujjain
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami, Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          West Bengal: Mayapur
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          Orissa: North & Puri
          West Bengal: Calcutta
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Orissa: Central & South, except Puri

Bhakti Marg Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Quebec
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami and Hari Vilas Das for:
          British Columbia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Canada: Maritime Provinces
          Canada: Prairie Provinces
          Canada: The Territories
          Ontario
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Malati Devi Dasi for:
          Florida: Miami

Bhakti Purusottama Swami

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          North Korea
          South Korea
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Ekanath Das for:
          Arunachal Pradesh
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami, Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Charu Swami for:
          West Bengal: Mayapur
      Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Charu Swami for:
          Orissa: North & Puri
          West Bengal: Calcutta
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Ekanath Das for:
          Meghalaya
          Tripura
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Prabhavisnu Swami for:
          Bangladesh
          Bihar
          Jharkhand
          Nepal
          Sikkim
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Assam
          Bhutan
          West Bengal, except Mayapur and Calcutta

Bhakti Vaibhava Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Mongolia
          Albania
          Bulgaria
          Czech Republic
          Finland
          Macedonia
          Poland
          Slovakia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Eastern Siberia
          Russia: Western Siberia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami and Prabhavisnu Swami for:
          Latvia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Niranjana Swami for:
          Belarus
          Russia: Kaliningrad
          Ukraine
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Far East
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Sivarama Swami for:
          Romania

Bhakti Vijnana Goswami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Georgia (CIS)
          Russia: Ural Region
          Israel
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami and Bhakti Vaibhava Swami for:
          Russia: Eastern Siberia
          Russia: Western Siberia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Devamrita Swami and Niranjana Swami for:
          Russia: St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
           North Korea
          South Korea
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami and Niranjana Swami for:
          Russia: Moscow
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami and Prabhavisnu Swami for:
          Abkhazia
          Russia: South
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Russia: Golden Ring
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Hari Vilas Das for:
          Armenia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Niranjana Swami for:
          Russia: Central Region
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami and Bhakti Vaibhava Swami for:
          Russia: Far East

Bhanu Swami

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Sarvaisvarya Das for:
          Kerala
          Tamil Nadu: Western
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Shankhadhari Das for:
          Karnataka, except Belgaum
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Andhra Pradesh
          Comoros
          Lakshadweep
          Maldives
          Pondicherry
          Seychelles
          Sri Lanka
          Tamil Nadu: Eastern
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Kavicandra Swami for:
          Japan
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Radhanatha Swami, Jayapataka Swami and Devamrita Das for:
          Karnataka: Belgaum

Bir Krishna Das Goswami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Fiji
          Bosnia and Herzegovina
          Croatia
          Serbia and Montenegro
          Slovenia
          Louisiana
          Mississippi
          North Carolina
          South Carolina
          Virginia

Devamrita Swami

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami for:
          South Africa
      Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Bhakti Vijnana Goswami and Niranjana Swami for:
          Russia: St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Virabahu Das for:
          Chile
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami and Ramai Swami for:
          Australia - *
          New Caledonia
          New Zealand

Giridhari Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          China
          Hong Kong
          Philippines
          Taiwan
          Arkansas
          Oklahoma
          Texas

Gopal Krishna Goswami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Botswana
          Burundi
          Kenya
          Rwanda
          Tanzania
          Uganda
          Azerbaijan
          Delhi, except Noida
          Himachal Pradesh
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Marg Swami and Hari Vilas Das for:
          British Columbia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Marg Swami for:
          Canada: Maritime Provinces
          Canada: Prairie Provinces
          Canada: The Territories
          Ontario
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami and Prabhavisnu Swami for:
          Abkhazia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Golden Ring
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Devakinandana Das for:
          Rajasthan
          Uttar Pradesh, except Vrindaban
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Hari Vilas Das for:
          Pakistan
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jasomatinandana Das for:
          Gujarat
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami, Bhakti Charu Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          West Bengal: Mayapur
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Lokanath Swami for:
          Delhi: Noida
      Co-Zonal Secretary with Mahaman Das for:
          Chattishgarh
          Haryana
          Madhya Pradesh, except Ujjain
          Punjab
          Uttaranchal
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Niranjana Swami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Moscow
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: South
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Radhanatha Swami for:
          Goa, Daman and Diu
          Maharashtra: Pune
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Radhanatha Swami, Bhima Das and Devakinandana Das for:
          Maharashtra: Mumbai except Chowpatty

Guru Prasad Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Arizona: Tucson Area
          Mexico
          Trinidad
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Bhusana Swami and Virabahu Das for:
          Venezuela
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Bhusana Swami for:
          Belize
          Costa Rica
          El Salvador
          Guatemala
          Honduras
          Nicaragua
          Panama
          Colombia

Hari Vilas Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Algeria
          Burkina Faso
          Chad
          Djibouti
          Egypt
          Ethiopia
          Gambia
          Libya
          Mali
          Mauritania
          Morocco
          Niger
          Senegal
          Somalia
          Sudan
          Tunisia
          Afghanistan
          Iran
           Alaska
          California: Northern
          Oregon
          Washington State
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Marg Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          British Columbia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Armenia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Pakistan
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Bahrain
          Kuwait
          Oman
          Qatar
          Saudi Arabia
          United Arab Emirates

Hridaya Caitanya Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Madhu Sevita Das for:
          Belgium
          Luxembourg
          The Netherlands

Hridayananda Das Goswami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Alabama
          Arizona: Phoenix Area
          Florida: Gainesville
          Georgia (US)
          New Mexico
          Tennessee
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Paramgati Swami for:
          Brazil

Jayapataka Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Andaman and Nicobar Islands
          Jordan
          Yemen
          Bolivia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Charu Swami for:
          Orissa: Central & South, except Puri
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Purusottama Swami and Bhakti Charu Swami for:
          Orissa: North & Puri
          West Bengal: Calcutta
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Purusottama Swami and Ekanath Das for:
          Meghalaya
          Tripura
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          Assam
          Bhutan
          West Bengal, except Mayapur and Calcutta
      Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhanu Swami and Sarvaisvarya Das for:
          Kerala
          Tamil Nadu: Western
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhanu Swami and Shankhadhari Das for:
          Karnataka, except Belgaum
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhanu Swami for:
          Andhra Pradesh
          Comoros
          Lakshadweep
          Maldives
          Pondicherry
          Seychelles
          Sri Lanka
          Tamil Nadu: Eastern
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Charu Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          West Bengal: Mayapur
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Hari Vilas Das for:
          Bahrain
          Kuwait
          Oman
          Qatar
          Saudi Arabia
          United Arab Emirates
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Kavicandra Swami for:
          Singapore
          Thailand
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          Bangladesh
          Bihar
          Jharkhand
          Nepal
          Sikkim
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami for:
          Brunei
          Malaysia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Radhanatha Swami, Bhanu Swami and Devamrita Das for:
          Karnataka: Belgaum
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Virabahu Das and Devamrita Swami for:
          Chile
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Virabahu Das for:
          Ecuador
          Peru

Kavicandra Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Cambodia
          Laos
          Vietnam
          Benin
          Cameroon
          Central African Republic
          Congo
           Congo - Kinshasa
          Gabon
          Ghana
          Guinea
          Guinea-Bissau
          Ivory Coast
          Liberia
          Nigeria
          Rio Muni
          Sierra Leone
          Togo
          Cyprus
          Greece
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhanu Swami for:
          Japan
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Singapore
          Thailand
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Ramai Swami for:
          Indonesia

Madhu Sevita Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Italy: Villaggio Hare Krishna, Milano Area, Rome Area, and Catania Area
          Malta
          San Marino
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Hridaya Caitanya Das for:
          Belgium
          Luxembourg
          The Netherlands
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Paramgati Swami and Praghosh Das for:
          France, except Dole

Malati Devi Dasi

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Florida, except Alachua, Gainesville, Miami, and Orlando
          Kentucky
          Ohio
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Marg Swami for:
          Florida: Miami
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Ravindra Svarupa Das for:
          Michigan: Detroit
          Pennsylvania: Western

Niranjana Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Moldova
          New England
          North American Festival of India
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami for:
          Lithuania
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Bhakti Vijnana Goswami and Devamrita Swami for:
          Russia: St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk
      Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vaibhava Swami for:
          Belarus
          Russia: Kaliningrad
          Ukraine
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Central Region
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Moscow

Paramgati Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Andorra
          Gibraltar
          Portugal
          Spain
          Switzerland (and Dole, France)
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Hridayananda Das Goswami for:
          Brazil
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Praghosh Das and Madhu Sevita Das for:
          France, except Dole

Prabhavisnu Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Myanmar
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Caitanya Swami and Bhakti Vaibhava Swami for:
          Latvia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vaibhava Swami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: Far East
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vijnana Goswami and Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Abkhazia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami and Bhakti Vijnana Goswami for:
          Russia: South
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          Bangladesh
          Bihar
          Jharkhand
          Nepal
          Sikkim
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Brunei
          Malaysia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Ramai Swami and Devamrita Swami for:
          Australia - *
          New Caledonia
          New Zealand

Praghosh Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Channel Islands
          England
          Ireland
          Northern Ireland
           Scotland
          Wales
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Paramgati Swami and Madhu Sevita Das for:
          France, except Dole

Radhanatha Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Italy: Villa Vrindavana, Firenze Area, Veneto Area, Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta, and Bologna Area
          Maharashtra: Mumbai Chowpatty
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Goa, Daman and Diu
          Maharashtra: Pune
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhima Das and Devakinandana Das for:
          Maharashtra: Mumbai except Chowpatty
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami, Bhanu Swami and Devamrita Das for:
          Karnataka: Belgaum
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Lokanath Swami for:
          Maharashtra, except Mumbai and Pune

Ramai Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Micronesia
          Papua New Guinea
          Solomon Islands
          Vanuatu
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Kavicandra Swami for:
          Indonesia
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Prabhavisnu Swami and Devamrita Swami for:
          Australia - *
          New Caledonia
          New Zealand

Ravindra Svarupa Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Austria
          Denmark
          Faroe Islands
          Germany
          Iceland
          Liechtenstein
          Sweden
          Delaware
          Hawaii
          Maryland
          Michigan, except Detroit
          Pennsylvania: Eastern
          Pennsylvania: Port Royal
          Washington DC and Potomac MD
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Malati Devi Dasi for:
          Michigan: Detroit
          Pennsylvania: Western

 Romapada Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Illinois
          Indiana
          Iowa
          Kansas
          Minnesota
          Missouri
          Nebraska
          New Jersey
          New York
          Wisconsin

Sesa Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Florida: Alachua and Orlando

Sivarama Swami

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Hungary
          Turkey
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Vaibhava Swami for:
          Romania

Virabahu Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Caribbean, except Trinidad
          French Guiana
          Guyana
          Puerto Rico
          Surinam
          Argentina
          Falkland Islands
          Uruguay
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Badrinarayan Das for:
          California: Los Angeles
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Bhusana Swami and Guru Prasad Swami for:
          Venezuela
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Devamrita Swami for:
          Chile
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami for:
          Ecuador
          Peru

II. Zonal Assignments for Special Committees

European Executive Committee

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Norway

New Vrindaban Board
Members: Malati Dasi, Anuttama Das, Tamohara Das, Rukmini Dasi, Mantrini Dasi

     Zonal Secretary for:
          West Virginia

Vrindavan Executive Board
Members: Gopal Krishna Goswami, Ravindra Svarupa Das, Sesa Das, Bhima Das, Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radha Krishna Das, Devakinandana Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Uttar Pradesh: Vrindaban

III. Zonal Assignments for Non-GBC Members

Bhima Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami, Radhanatha Swami and Devakinandana Das for:
          Maharashtra: Mumbai except Chowpatty

Devakinandana Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Rajasthan
          Uttar Pradesh, except Vrindaban
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami, Radhanatha Swami and Bhima Das for:
          Maharashtra: Mumbai except Chowpatty

Devamrita Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Radhanatha Swami, Jayapataka Swami and Bhanu Swami for:
          Karnataka: Belgaum

Ekanath Das

     Zonal Secretary for:
          Manipur
          Mizoram
          Nagaland
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          Arunachal Pradesh
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Bhakti Purusottama Swami for:
          Meghalaya
          Tripura

Jasomatinandana Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Gujarat

Lokanath Swami

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Delhi: Noida
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Radhanatha Swami for:
          Maharashtra, except Mumbai and Pune

 Mahaman Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Gopal Krishna Goswami for:
          Chattishgarh
          Haryana
          Madhya Pradesh, except Ujjain
          Punjab
          Uttaranchal
     Co-Zonal Secretary with Navayogendra Swami for:
          Jammu and Kashmir

Navayogendra Swami

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Mahaman Das for:
          Jammu and Kashmir

Sarvaisvarya Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Bhanu Swami and Jayapataka Swami for:
          Kerala
          Tamil Nadu: Western

Shankhadhari Das

     Co-Zonal Secretary with Jayapataka Swami and Bhanu Swami for:
          Karnataka, except Belgaum

* - Devamrta Swami's appointment as Zonal Secretary for Australia to be confirmed by the Australian National Council AGM to be held in May 2007.