SWAMI BALABHADRANANDA IS A MONK OF THE RAMAKRISHNA ORDER. IN 1973, HE RECEIVED SPIRITUAL INITIATION FROM REVERED SWAMI NIRVANANANDAJI MAHARAJ, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PROFOUND SPIRITUALITY. IN 1977 HE JOINED THE RAMAKRISHNA ORDER AT THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF CULTURE (RMIC), KOLKATA AND SPENT NEARLY 22 YEARS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SWAMI LOKESHWARANANDAJI MAHARAJ. HE SERVED RMIC AS A MANAGER OF THE PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT AND HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN SEVERAL YOUTH AND VALUE ORIENTATION ACTIVITIES. IN 2005, HE BECAME THE SECRETARY OF RAMAKRISHNA MISSION ASANSOL. IN 2012, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION AND WAS POSTED TO BELUR MATH AS AN ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY, A ROLE HE CONTINUES TO SERVE TILL DATE. 

THE SWAMI IS WIDELY RECOGNISED FOR HIS ELOQUENTLY THOUGHTFUL SPEECHES AND SAINTLY QUALITIES.