New Delhi, May 28, 2025 (ANI): Speaking on being conferred with the Padma Shri, Vishva Vidya Gurukulam Founder Jonas Masetti on May 28 called it a great honour. He also said that this is an honour not just for me but for our family striving for this tradition. “I was not expecting this. It's a great honour...Many people in Brazil are studying Vedanta, and this is an honour not just for me but for our family striving for this tradition... I used to work in the stock market. I'm a mechanical engineer. I used to work with the biggest companies in Brazil. But I felt empty and was looking for meaning in my life. Then I learned about the Vedic culture and ended up in Swami Dayananda's ashram in Tamil Nadu... I understood that I had to go back to the place I came from and spread the knowledge and message of the Vedas... There are so many teachers in India that a Westerner doesn't need to come here and teach their own culture. I see a lot of youngsters losing the opportunity to value their culture and being so enchanted by the Western way of thinking...,” said Jonas Masetti.