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Updated Thursday, Jun 30, 2011 1843 Hrs. IST
The Second batch of Sevadal from Gujarat completed their duty in Prasanthi Nilayam today handing over the sacred scarf to Kerala and Rajasthan. Today the outgoing Sevadal assembled in the Poornachandra Auditorium by 1415hrs. A beautiful video clip of Bhagawan giving darshan in Prasanthi Nilayam amidst instrumental Bhajan music had every eye glued to the screen and every heart glued to Sai.
After the video, Sri Janakiraman introduced the two speakers of the day, Sri V. Srinivasan(Trustee of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust and All India President of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisations) and the State President of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation-Gujarat, Sri Manohar G Trikannad.
Sri V. Srinivasan spoke in Hindi. He thanked the Sevadal volunteers for the great service they have been doing in the ashram and their native places. He quoted Bhagawan saying, "I do not want your devotion. I want your transformation." Having Service and the chanting of the Lords name as your two legs march forward towards transformation was his advice.
The State President of Gujarat thanked Bhagawan for removing all obstacles and blessing the Sevadal with a peaceful ambience to discharge their duties. He said quoting one of the youngsters from a remote hamlet in Gujarat that the pilgrims were extremely happy with this opportunity and that more and more interested in joining this cause.
Sri Janakiraman once again thanked the Sevadal for their valuable service rendered and emphasised on the lessons learnt from the All India President's speech.
Updated Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 1540 Hrs. IST
After the press conference held yesterday, the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust issued a press release today. The same is available in the below link,
Press Release by Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, 29 June, 2011
Updated Friday, Jun 24, 2011 1825 Hrs. IST
As we have seen in this space before, Bhagawan had made it a practice to bless the outgoing Sevadal with His Darshan in the Poornachandra auditorium in an exclusive session immersing them in bliss. Continuing this Divine Tradition, on 22nd of June, the outgoing Sevadal batch from Gujarat assembled in the Poornachandra auditorium by 1415 hrs. There was a screening of a video (in Hindi) on Bhagawan's visit to North India in 1970 transporting these dedicated devotees down the golden path of nostalgia. The unmatched energy of His movements, the mischief in His smile and the compassion in His eyes was brought to life in the screen.
After the video, Sri Janakiraman introduced the two speakers of the day, Sri S.V. Giri (Trustee of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust) and the State President of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation-Gujarat, Sri Manohar G Trikannad.
Sri S V Giri, spoke in English. He appreciated the sevadal for their selfless service and their commitment to the cause. He lauded the pilgrims for the service activities that they have been performing in their own villages and prompted them to continue the blessed task. He emphasised on the point that the sevadal from Gujarat are very meticulous and efficient in their planning. He suggested that some initiatives can be taken up, so as to make the new sevadal get to understand the work and its requirements easily. He also said that the allegations which were being raised on the Trust would be answered and appealed to the devotees to not be perturbed.
Sri Trikannad spoke in Gujarati and assured that the initiatives suggested by the former speaker will be carried out. Both speakers laid emphasis on the point that though Bhagawan is not physically amidst us, He is, was and always will be with us no matter what happens. Sri Janakiraman Garu thanked the devotees for the service rendered to the Mandir and the Trust and urged them to continue in this beautiful path of transformation through Service.
The session concluded with Mangala Arati and Prasadam distribution by 1545 hrs.
Updated Tuesday, Jun 12, 2011 1645 Hrs. IST
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning organised a Summer Course on the theme of Indian Culture and Spirituality from the 10th June to 12th June 2011 at Prasanthi Nilayam. Students and staff from all the Campuses of the Institute participated in this programme. The following are links to the proceedings:
Updated Saturday, Jun 4, 2011 2105 Hrs. IST
"Aham Sathyabodhaka!" (I am the teacher of Truth), is how Bhagawan declared His identity. Hence the University has always been a major pillar in Bhagawan's mission. Bhagawan blessed the new students with a pleasant shower followed by a very pleasant weather to welcome them to the sacred portals of the Sri Sathya Sai Hostel, 'where each lives for the other and all live for God'.
This year saw the implementation of some of the projects started by Bhagawan and some administrative changes to help continue the smooth functioning of The University.
- The blessings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, The Founding Chancellor of the University, was invoked with a Pooja on 27th of May 2011 for the Second Extension Building of the Anantapur Campus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. A new course for Bachelor of Business Administration has also been started in the campus.
- Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagawati, former Chief Justice of India, was appointed as the Chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed to be University)
- As per the revised Rules of SSSIHL, the Principals of the Campuses of the Institute were re-designated as Directors of the campuses
- Prof. A. Sudhir Bhaskar took charge as Director of Prasanthi Nilayam Campus from Prof. U.S. Rao, on 1.6.2011. Prof Rao served as Principal/ Director of Prasanthi Nilayam Campus for 16 years.
- Dr. R. Gangadhara Sastry took charge as Joint Director of Prasanthi Nilayam Campus from 1.6.2011.
- Wardens were appointed for all the Campuses of the Institute w.e.f. 12-5-2011
- Dr. Pallav Kumar Baruah took charge as Warden of Sri Sathya Sai Senior Boys’ Hostel, Prasanthi Nilayam from Dr. Siva Sankara Sai, who served as warden at Prasanthi Nilayam for 17 years. Dr. G. Nageswara Rao took charge as Deputy Warden.
- Dr. T. Ravi Kumar took charge as Warden of Sri Sathya Sai Boys Hostel, Brindavan Campus from Sri B.N. Narasimha Murthy who was warden,at Brindavan for 23 years. Sri K.P. Gopinath took charge as Deputy Warden.
- Ms. Pushpa Ramana took charge as Warden of Sri Sathya Sai Hostel for Women, Anantapur Campus from Prof.. Jayalakshmi Gopinath who served as Warden at Anantapur for over 40 years. Dr(Ms) Sharada Subramanian & Dr.(Ms) T.R. Rajeswari took charge as Deputy Wardens.
- A Workshop on Strategic Initiatives at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning was held on May 28th & 29th 2011 at Prasanthi Nilayam Campus for all the Teachers and Research Scholars of the Institute.
Updated Friday, Jun 3, 2011 2030 Hrs. IST
It is month of June, the month that is privileged to usher in the first monsoon showers. With the advent of the month Prasanthi already had a pre-monsoon shower a couple of days back and the sky has been overcast for the most the time during the previous day. Summer vacation is over and students are back to the portals as the fresh academic year began yesterday, 2 June. In the meanwhile, Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Prasanthi Nilayam stood with excellence in the recently published CBSE results for 10th and 12th standards.
20 students earned the rare distiction of CGPA 10 out of 10 for the 10th standard. With the school earning 100 perc results, 67 students qualified with a CGPA of 9 and above, 86 students with 8 and above and 92 with 7.5 and above.
In the 12th standard category, the cent percent results has 105 out of 120 earning distinction. 55 students earned 90 perc and above and 119 passed with I division. Vivek Raju N. topped the school with 97 perc while Kum. Preksha and Debadritha Saha shared the second slot with 96.6 perc each and Rohit Kumar Chawla with 96.4 perc finished at the third spot.
With the new academic year begins new wardens have been appointed at the hostels in Prasanthi Nilayam and Brindavan. While Dr. Pallav Kumar Barua of the Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Sciences has taken over at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus Hostel, Dr. T. Ravi Kumar of Dept. of Chemistry is the new warden at Brindavan Hostel in Whitefield, Bangalore.
Entrance procedure for Class I admissions to Sri Sathya Sai Primary School is scheduled to be held at the Sri Sathya Sai Indoor Stadium, Prasanthi Nilayam Campus, this morning.
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