Pramod Srivastava began his Siddha Yoga practice in June 1990 after participating in a celebration satsang in honor of Gurumayi’s Birthday at the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Manhattan in New York City. For the last several years, Pramod has offered seva in the SYDA Foundation from his home in Avon, Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, Jasmine, and their son.

Pramod is a professor of immunology and medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, and he is also the director of the school’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. Pramod received a PhD in immunology from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, and went on to receive a medical degree from the University of Connecticut.