Swami Adiswarananda (1925-2007), former senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India, was Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York.

Dhan Gopel Mukerji was one of the earliest émigrés from India to America. Among his writings are Caste and Outcast, My Brother's Face and The Face of Silence, the first English language biography of Sri Ramakrishna.

Swami Nikhilananda (1895-1973), a direct disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, was a distinguished monk of the Ramakrishna Order of India and a major figure in introducing the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta to America and the West.

Dhan Gopel Mukerji was one of the earliest émigrés from India to America. Among his writings are Caste and Outcast, My Brother's Face and The Face of Silence, the first English language biography of Sri Ramakrishna.