Swamiji was a qualified electronic engineer from Stanford University and worked in the USA for a decade prior to taking initiation as monk from his teacher, Swami Dayananda. Swami Siddhabodhananda was the chief acharya of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Coimbatore, a center of learning for Vedanta and Sanskrit, for over 15 years, prior to which he held a similar position in Pennsylavania for 5 years. In his responsibility as a spiritual guide and the chief administrator, he trained over 150 monks in three year residential courses in Vedanta and Sanskrit. These disciples today are teaching in various centers in India and around the world. Swamiji lives in Uttarkashi and in Tiruvannamalai at his retreat centers, supporting the propagation work and creating new teaching modules for the spiritual awakening.