Mridu Prabhakar Nath (Baba) was born in 1969 in Kerala. His pūrvāśram (before taking sanyāsa) name was Dr. Sambhu Panikkar. After graduating from the University of Kerala, he went to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He was a topper at IIT Bombay winning a medal for being the most outstanding student in his batch. After his Master’s program, he did his PhD from IIT Bombay. He has also worked as a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at IIT Bombay. Baba has worked for various Information Technology (IT) companies in Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kochi for around 25 years. He has traveled extensively across Europe, the US, Japan and the Middle East.

Baba realized that all the success he had in life did not bring him happiness. He began to look within. In the inner peace, he experienced his inner Guru. In December 2010, when he was working as a Vice President in a large Information Technology company with over 4,000 employees in Kerala, he decided to quit his job. He chose to give his life to the search of Truth. Tens of thousands of people have been coming to his Satsangs for the last 14 years. The lives of these people have been touched by these Satsangs. He is the Chairman of Tathastu Satsang Foundation, a Trust based in Kerala. He has set up Āśrams in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. His Guru is Sāi Nath of Shirdi, who appeared in his life in the form of Mma Avadhūta. She has initiated him to Sanyāsa on the banks of River Narmada. He conducts satsangs on Śraddha and Saburi, the foundation of Sāi’s teachings conveyed to him through Mma Avadhūta. He is currently staying in the Āśram in MP along with Mma Avadhūta and the other disciples.