Swami Paramahansa Niranjanananda Saraswati was born in Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh in 1960. At the age of 4 he joined the Bihar School of Yoga and was initiated into Dashnami Sannyasa by Paramahamsa Satyananda at the age of 10. He spent twelve years overseas and toured many countries setting up ashrams and centers in Europe, Australia and America whilst developing an understanding of the specific needs of different cultures.

In 1983 he was appointed President of the Bihar School of Yoga. During the next 11 years he guided the development of BSY, Sivananda Math and the Yoga Research Foundation. In 1990 he was initiated as the Paramahamsa and in 1993 anointed preceptor in succession to Paramahamsa Satyananda. Bihar Yoga Bharati, Institute for Yogic Studies was founded under his direction in 1994, dedicated to university level studies in applied yogic science, philosophy and psychology. He has authored over 20 revealing and precise books, on Yoga, Tantra and the Upanishads. Swami Niranjanananda is laying the foundations to preserve and regenerate the total scope of Yogic science by combining academic and scientific methodology with a spiritual vision.