GBC Body Appreciates The Bhaktivedanta Research Center | ISKCON News. The Bhaktivedanta Research Center (BRC) was established in Kolkata in 2009 by Hari Sauri Das and Pranava Das. Currently, the administrative affairs are under the supervision of Gauranga Das and Balaram Lila Das. Pranava Das and Dr. Sumanta Rudra direct the BRC’s academic affairs. The mission of BRC is “to be a leading global institution” by collecting, preserving, researching, teaching, exhibiting, and publishing the work of the previous acaryas. The BRC library has over 30,000 books and 4,000 journals. This vast selection includes around 2,500 rare collections of the original library of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur and 28 rare journals, most of which are out of print. In addition, the BRC has visited more than 50 remote villages, libraries, and temples to collect manuscripts and has digitized more than 1250 rare manuscripts. To read the complete article and/or watch the video please click here: https://bit.ly/3NZwNos