Acharaya Surinder Sharma Shastri is a renowned Canadian Hindu priest and author. He is responsible for the creation of the Hindu Heritage Centre and publishes the annual North American Bhaskar Panchang which is read by Hindus across North America. He came to Canada in the 1980's as a Hindu priest at Hindu Prarthana Samaj in Toronto. He then moved to Vaishno Devi Mandir. Following his time there, he started building the Hindu Heritage Centre. He has also written the Bhasker Panchang series that is published every year. The Bhasker Panchang is a Panchangam made for North America. Calculations for this panchang are all done by Acharya Surinder Sharma Shastri