Swami Sharvananda Giri Maharaj started his training under the personal tutelage of the great Vedantin Swami Chaitanyananda Sarasvati in 1984. He took his monastic vows in 1991 and mastered the entire Prasthana Traya and Sanskrit grammar.

Swamiji was appointed as the acharya of the renowned Kailash Ashram in Uttarkashi and elected as the president of the Sadhu Samaj. He serves as the president of Chaitanya Tapovan Trust and vice president of Adi Shankara Brahmavidya Peeth.

Swamiji has expert knowledge over vast Vedantic literature as well as fluency in Sanskrit, Hindi, English, and Bengali.