Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, PhD

Global Interfaith WASH Alliance

Secretary-General

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Sadhviji is a Stanford PhD graduate and Global WASH advocate based in Rishikesh, India. She has lived on the banks of the sacred Ganga river in the lap of the Himalayas for nearly 25 years, engaged in spiritual service, public speaking, water sanitation, and women empowerment.

Sadhviji serves as Secretary-General of the GlobalInterfaith WASH Alliance, an international interfaith organization dedicated to clean water, sanitation & hygiene(WASH).

Sadhviji is a renowned, motivational speaker and best-selling author. She has spoken at several United Nations events, including with the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the UN. Sadhviji has received numerous national and international awards and recognition for her work with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene as well as women’s upliftment and empowerment from the Cabinet Minister of Water Resources, Government of India as well as from the Ambassador of the United States to India.

She was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India. She has a Ph.D in Psychology and was the Managing Editor for the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism.