Ashutosh, born as Mahesh Kumar Jha and also known as Ashutosh Maharaj (1946–2014), was an Indian spiritual leader, preacher, Satguru, and founder head of Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (DJJS), a non-profit spiritual organization. Ashutosh founded Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan as a non-profit spiritual organization in Nurmahal, Punjab, India in 1983. It was registered as a socio-spiritual society/non-governmental organization in 1991 under the Societies Registration Act with its head office in New Delhi. The organization claims to have about 30 million followers