Tony Nader

Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam Dr. Tony Nader
Tony Nader in 2012
Born	Tony Nader Lebanon
Residence	MERU, Vlodrop, the Netherlands
Nationality	Lebanese
Alma mater	American University of Beirut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation	Leader of the world-wide Transcendental Meditation organization, neurologist, scientist, author

Tony Nader is a Lebanese neuro-scientist, researcher, university president, author and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. He has a medical degree in internal medicine, received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as a clinical and research fellow at a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

Nader worked with Deepak Chopra at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Massachusetts and in 1994, published his first book, Human physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic literature. He is president of both Maharishi University of Management (Holland) and Maharishi Open University.

In 2000, Nader received the title of First Sovereign Ruler of the conceptual country, Global Country of World Peace from Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and in 2008, was named the Maharishi's successor. Nader published his second book, Ramayan In Human Physiology in 2011. In 2015 Nader founded the International Journal of Mathematics and Consciousness and is serving as the editor-in-chief.

Nader attended the American University of Beirut where he studied internal medicine and psychiatry, and received his master's degree, and a medical degree in internal medicine and psychiatry, He earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the field of Brain and Cognitive Science and became a visiting physician at their Clinical Research Center. His post-doctoral work was as a clinical and research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

Nader has conducted research in hormonal activity, neuro-chemistry, neuro-endocrinology, on the medical role of the neuro transmitter and on the relationship between age, behavior, diet, seasonal influences and mood. Nader reports that his desire to have a complete understanding of the mind and body and its relationship to consciousness and the human physiology, led him to a "spiritual awakening" and the study of Vedic Science with the Maharishi. Nader said he learned about "the field of spiritual or non-physical, or non-material and how it expresses itself in the universe" from the Maharishi. As a professor and director, Nader has conducted Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health programs and lectured in "more than 50 countries".