Anant Sarma’s association with Chinmaya Mission began when he attended Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda jnana yajna in 1981, in Houston, Texas. After moving to the Washington Metropolitan area in 1989, he has been active in Mission activities.  He has served as a member of the CMWRC Executive committee and as its Treasurer in the Board of Trustees in the 90s. As a serious student of Vedanta, he attended the Dharma Sevak course in Krishnalaya with Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda in 1998. With Pujya Guruji’s blessings, Anantji served as the Vedanta Teacher at the Frederick chapter. His intense study of Vedanta continued at Sandeepany from 2005 to 2007 under Pujya Guruji who assigned him upon completion of the course to the Virginia chapter of CMWRC.

In Virginia, he was instrumental in merging the Dulles and Springfield chapters into Chinmaya Somnath. He served as the Project Director for the construction of the Center facility in Chantilly, VA which was inaugurated by Pujya Guruji in 2014. Pujya Guruji appointed him as the President of CMWRC in 2014. He served in that capacity until he moved out of the area. Since 2007 Anantji has been conducting Vedanta classes covering Bhagavad Gita, Prakarana Granthas, and Upanishads not only in Virginia but in other chapters also.

Anantji is a strong supporter of the Chinmaya International Foundation where he briefly served and launched its e-Vedanta course. He is now a regular contributor to its Svadhyaya Series.