Bhaktivaibhava Swami finished his studies and joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1970. The following year he was initiated by Srila Prabhupada. He has been an initiating spiritual master in ISKCON since 1987, and was awarded sannyasa initiation in 1991. Along with other countries around the world, his responsibilities in the GBC include overseeing the following European countries: Albania, Czech Republic, Finland, Northern Macedonia, Slovakia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania.
