Dada Maheshvarananda (born May 11, 1953 in the United States) is a yogic monk, activist, writer and the founder of the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela.Since becoming a monk, in the once-outlawed Ananda Marga sect, Dada Maheshvarananda has dedicated his life to traveling and living around the world teaching meditation, yoga and spreading the Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT).Maheshvarananda's most recent book is titled After Capitalism: Economic Democracy in Action (2012) and is a follow-up to his first book titled After Capitalism: Prout's Vision for a New World (2003).