Brahmachari Girish Chaitanya is the resident Acharya of Chimmaya Mission of Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California at Davis with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon completing his degree, he worked as an Environmental Chemist and as an Electrical Engineer for more than 10 years in the Sacramento area, in Northern California. While in Sacramento, he conducted Vedanta classes at Chinmaya Mission Sacramento.

In 2002 Brahmachari Girish left for Sandeepany Sandhanalaya in Mumbai to join the 12th brahmachari batch. He studied under the guidance of Swami Tejomayananda and under the tutelage of Swami Ishwarandanda. Upon completing his brahmachari training, he has been placed as an Acharya here in Southern California, at the Kasi Center. He is fluent in Gujarati and English. He enjoys giving discourses on Vedanta.