90 years of His life, till the age of 96, when He would finally “leave”. This was much like the announcement He had made in 1964, when He formally announced that “He was GOD”. On this occasion He not only explained about the next phase of the subtle form, but also stated that another phase was beginning today, when the doors of “Super-Consciousness” had now opened for anyone and everyone to enter. This was yet another phase in the ongoing Mission of the Triple incarnation of the Sai Avatar. Three Phases The lifespan of Satya Sai Baba can be divided into three distinct transition phases. The first transition occurred in 1940 when at the age of 14 He announced to the world that He was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba. From that day onwards He assumed the role of the Avatar Satya Sai Baba. He would no longer be known as Satyanarayana Raju, the little “miracle boy” who entertained his peers, classmates and villagers for the last fourteen years. That boy was lost as the “New Avatar” took “birth”. Many still considered Him as another holy man, saint or spiritually enlightened person at that time
91 not knowing His true reality. Secondly in 1964 at the age of 38, He announced that “I am God”, which represented the second transition phase, where He began to teach and enlighten devotees on the path of spirituality. This period saw many changes, developments and physical infrastructure taking place especially in Prashanti Nilayam, where millions began descending from all corners and parts of the world to get “darshan” of the “Lord of Puttaparthi”. While the first phase lasted for 14 years, the second lasted for 47 years. Thirdly, it was in 2011 when Baba decided to “leave” the physical form at the age of 85, that the next or third phase began. This was when He would take the “subtle form” for the final eleven years until the age of 96. In this phase there would be an enormous change in the speed of the Mission, whereby schools, hospitals, colleges, universities, ashrams, nutritional programs, new educational facilities, research labs, medical outreach programs etc. would expand at an enormous speed and scale, the likes of which have never been seen before, especially in Muddenahalli and the state of Karnataka. In this third phase, huge macro-projects would be taken up with lightning speed in order to help ease
92 the burden of the poor and needy in the health, educational and nutritional sectors. The speed and scale of these developments was truly remarkable and represented the acceleration of the Mission. While Prashanti Nilayam was a more laid back atmosphere with daily “darshan” and “interviews”, here there was lightening quick growth, expansion and progress at a scale never seen before in the Mission. It was as though Baba was trying to fit one hundred years of “transformation into the last eleven years of His sojourn in the “subtle form”. Everywhere you looked, there was work being done. Multiple projects were simultaneously progressing and the fast pace of development was easily visible for all to see. One could sense that the time for talk and discussion was over and that this third phase was the call to action, construction and development. According to Baba the time for ‘chat, chat, chat” was over. This was the time to be pro-active in setting the stage for the further advancement of His Mission. The year 2022 would be the final year of the “subtle form” of Baba and would represent yet another phase in His Mission where Baba would finally leave the subtle body and form forever having stayed for 96 years on earth.
93 It was in this year that Sri Madhusudan Sai was also supposed to leave his physical body as well to make way for the next incarnation of Prema Sai Baba to continue the Mission as the third incarnation of the Avatar. But as usual Baba had other plans for Madhusudan and has been previously mentioned Baba can change the rules of the game and make His own rules whenever He decides it is necessary and required for the re-establishment of Dharma throughout the world. After initially being the “Communicator” beginning from 2011, it was on the Guru Purnima day in 2019, that Madhusudan finally “Ascended” to become one with Baba in terms of “BramhaConsciousness” and would now be known as “Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai”. The earlier transition when “Satynarayana Raju” the little boy, had become “Satya Sai Baba” the “Avatar,” had now been repeated again in a similar way on this day, when Madhusudan Naidu the “Communicator” transitioned to “Sri Madhusudan Sai” the “Sadguru.” This would mark a significant new phase in the life of Madhusudan right from being a child, a student, then to being a “Messenger” and a “Vehicle” of Baba and now finally to being a “Sadguru”.
94 Then in 2022, when Madhusudan was due to leave the physical form, he was granted an “extension” by Baba to continue the good work that he had been doing till now. This also represented another phase in Baba’s “Mission” whereby Madhusudan was granted the responsibility by Baba to continue managing and overseeing the many ongoing projects in India and around the world. Baba have also granted Madhusudan the added responsibility of looking after Prema Sai when He eventually comes to Muddenahalli later on as a student, but more of that later on. For how long this would last and in what capacity, only Baba would finally decide. All that is necessary is for you to make yourself “Available” and Baba would see about the rest in making you “Capable”. “Empty Yourself Of ‘Yourself’ And Become One With The Embodiment Of Divinity Within Yourself.”
95 6 A “NEW INDIA” BEGINS Transformation Of The Sai Mission (2011-2023) What started off in 1838 with the advent of the first of the triple avatar of Shirdi Sai and then the second of Satya Sai in 1926, was continued with the “subtle body” of Baba from 2011-2022. This will be followed by the advent of Prema Sai, which will then complete the total Sai advent of Shirdi, Satya and Prema. When the Shirdi mission began, it was primarily confined to the small village of Shirdi in Maharashtra. Subsequently, Satya continued it in 1926, starting from the tiny quiet remote village of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh and eventually spreading to the whole of India and many countries worldwide. With the future advent of Prema, the Mission is slated to cover the whole of humanity across all continents of the earth, as well as across all universes, including and encompassing all beings in the entire creation. The starting point of the Mission in Shirdi can be considered as the “pre-school” or kinder-garden in
96 the life of a student where Shirdi introduced the concept of “Unity in Diversity” where He brought the community together by being revered simultaneously as a ‘fakir’, ‘saint’ and guru by the villagers representing the Muslim, Christian and Hindu faiths. Puttaparthi could then be likened to the primary school level where Satya crystallised the concept of ‘Bhakti’ and ‘Seva’ to the thousands of devotees that flocked to the ashram daily. He used the medium of ‘darshsan’, ‘satsang’ and the model of programs like Grama Seva, Narayana Seva and free Medical camps to promote this idea of ‘Manava Seva Madhava Seva’ or “Service to Man is Service to God”. He also began building educational institutions and hospitals including the Super-Specialty Hospital whereby free education, health and nutrition for the poor and needy villagers and surrounding communities was provided. All of these programs were meant to inculcate a sense of reverence for each other regardless of what strata of society you came from and to treat everyone with respect and dignity. The advent of the “subtle body in Muddenahalli can be looked at as the secondary school level where the concept of everyone being a part of the divine was
97 further established via the concept of the Nirguna or formless aspect of creation. In this stage devotees were encouraged and taught how to go beyond the physical external form of the Avatar and instead traverse the internal form of creation through the various levels of consciousness starting with the individual and eventually culminating in the ultimate reality of “Brahman Consciousness” where all of Creation becomes “One” with the “Divine”. The final phase of the Mission with Prema Sai, will be the ultimate stage in the life of a student, which is the Tertiary or University level. Here devotees would be taught that not only they are Divine but that everyone else is also Divine meaning that each and every person is an embodiment of divinity. The difference in this last step would be that students would taught and trained to become divine from an early stage of their lives thus providing a platform for the continuous production of “Divine Souls” for many future generations to come. These “Divine Souls” would then be the forerunner and the “trigger” to lead the rest of humanity unto the path of divinity for centuries to come by spreading, teaching and setting the examples for all to emulate throughout the world.
98 “Secular vs. Spiritual Education” From entering the “pre-school” to the primary, secondary and tertiary, the student will then have finally completed his training and formal education, to be considered as a fully qualified graduate, who is now ready to take on the world and the rest of life’s challenges equipped with all the necessary worldly knowledge needed to be truly successful in all his endeavours. Such is the formality of what is called “secular education”. The other aspect of education, which is the spiritual aspect must also be looked at in the same manner. Together, these two aspects will integrate, to eventually create what would be a truly well rounded individual, ready to serve the society in whatever capacity he or she would be willing to do so. Sadly, in today’s system of education, the spiritual aspect has been vastly neglected, leading to a very one-sided individual only capable of academic and intellectual skills, but with no knowledge of “Himself,” who “He” is, why “He” has taken birth and what is “His” ultimate goal in life? Consequently, this there is a total lack of moral, ethical, cultural and spiritual values throughout the entire educational system. It is in this aspect that the Sai Mission is especially trying to fill this huge void, by training and creating a values based
99 system of education in parallel with the normal academic syllabus, in order to ensure that a student of full potential and possibilities is produced at the end of their formal training in school. What started in Puttaparthi with primary, Secondary and University based values education is now continuing in Muddenahalli with an extremely fast paced agenda at all levels. What began with two schools by Madiala Narayana Bhat many decades ago, has now quickly transformed and multiplied into a vast network of not only schools and universities, but also a large network of Super-Specialty Children Hospitals, Special needs Health Programs of mother-child, pre-natal and post-natal facilities. Nutritional school feeding programs, “each-oneeducate-one” past students’ alumni iniatives, establishment of “congenital heart disease specialty hospitals” in foreign countries and lately the establishment of the first ever free medical multi-training hospital facility in India, at the Muddenahalli campus are all further developments which have occurred at a rapid pace of expansion over the last decade. The fast developments in the fields of nutrition, health-care and education together with the many projects which were initially started in Karnataka has now spread its wings to many other states of
100 the country and will continue to expand at a rapid rate as many more devotees join the Mission. New Educational Campuses Under the astute guidance and leadership of B.N.Narasimha Murthy, Chancellor, Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence and Chief Mentor of the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam group of Institutions, many new facilities came into the fold of the education mission across South India, including 27 campuses across 20 districts of Karnataka and one each in Telangana and Tamil Nadu. The Prashanthi Balamandira Trust (PBT) is a public charitable Trust that came into existence in 1981. It is embedded firmly in the philosophy of ‘Love All Serve All’ and aims to contribute towards all needy individuals by joining hands with its allied Trusts, Foundations and Societies globally, under the umbrella of Sai Global Federation of Foundations (SGFF). The PBT has also recently partnered with and works alongside the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations, by focussing on the four prime areas of Education, Healthcare, Nutrition and Community Service. Leaving not a single person behind is the “Motto” of the institution as it strives to provide the basic
101 necessities of life, which includes free education to children, free nutrition and healthcare to the needy and also free services to the community that fosters them, without any discrimination what so-ever. The urgent importance of value-based education throughout the entire world is the need of the hour. Education has for the last century and more been confined to the secular or academic aspect of learning which was controlled by the “colonial masters”. No emphasis was given to the cultural or spiritual aspect especially in India, where the core foundation of learning lies in the imparting of spiritual, cultural and religious instruction. This has formed the fundamental basis of all schools of thought and learning throughout the history of Bharat. All this was deliberately removed from the education system by Macaulay and other British politicians when they realised that they could not infiltrate the Gurukul system of education during the colonial era. They purposely made a plan to remove and destroy the identity of Bharatyans by officially removing these aspects from the education syllabus and replace it with their own “perverted” system of secular education.
102 The plan was simple. Destroy the roots and identity of the Gurukul system by making it illegal to teach spirituality, religion and culture in the schools, thereby reducing the education system to a mere skeleton of academic training alone. From the fields of rice and sugar-cane to the fields of the classroom the goal was one and the same for the former colonisers. One system ensured the physical bondage and slavery through chains on the feet of indentured labourers as slaves, while the other ensured the mental bondage through the mental enslavement of children via the new education syllabus which was now controlled, dominated and run by the British. To have an Indian citizen look physically like an Indian but mentally trained with a British dominated way of thinking was the goal of Macaulay and others. In other words, the hardware was the physical structure of an Indian but the software would be controlled by British algorithms. By training students along the lines of disciplines needed to work in the “Slavic system,” the trap was set whereby the goal was to create a skilled working class to be used for the “Massa” day British raj dominated system in order to control the finance and economy of India.
103 So, students were trained to be nothing other than human machines or robots” to fit into the system by being mental slaves in the government offices, never to doubt or question anything or anyone, thereby serving to produce a docile non-resistant adolescent youth with absolutely no ambitions in life other than to “serve their masters.” The slavery mentality was transferred from the agricultural fields to the classroom where the whip on the field and the rod in the classroom, would serve as deterrents to any “rebellious thinkers” and “trouble-makers” who dared to think for themselves or opposed the rigid mental Slavic educational system. The damage done to the psyche of generations of Indians was enormous as millions followed blindly whatever was taught to them like sheep following a shepherd. No creativity, thought, imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, vision or leadership qualities were ever encouraged, taught, fostered or instilled into any student as this would prove to be an immediate threat to the establishment which would eventually destroy their stranglehold on Indians. Even today after 75 years of independence the monstrous impact of that Slavic system of education is still seen today in the form of opposition politicians who openly and sometimes
104 violently oppose any form of nationalism or nationalistic agenda. It is amazing to see many 60, 70 and 80-year-old politicians who are still stooges and mental slaves of the “British raj” and who are hell-bent on passing on their anti-Indian, anti-Hindu, anti-Bharat venom to the younger generation. Such was the mental scarring on the minds and hearts of that education system on the lives of present day opposition politicians who all passed through that system. It can rightly be said that these are what you call “fake Indians” who look like Indians, “talk” like Indians, eat like Indians, dress like Indians and live like Indians, but who are still totally loyal like slaves to the British Raj. True, but that is the present day sad reality. Thank God that the present government has decided to reverse that trend and have finally redesigned the education system throughout the country although it is still being opposed by the “British raj” politicians in opposition governed states. There used to be almost 100% literacy throughout the length and breadth of Bharat before the British and Islamic invasions, but they both collectively destroyed thousands of temples Gurukuls, schools, universities and education system in a bid to
105 completely wipe out the Hindu religion, spirituality, philosophy and way of life. Takshashila, the first and largest university in the world in northern Punjab was burnt together with millions of books. It took many months for it to be destroyed due to its massive size. This was done to destroy the knowledge and culture of Bharat. However, one thousand years and more later, Hindus are still standing, wounded yes, but still upright, striving, surviving and determined more than ever before to re-establish their dharma and presence in India and the rest of the world. Bharat is reviving at a rapid rate faster than ever before on a global level and at a speed and scale never imagined before in the last 1000 years. There is a new resurgence in the youth as the revamped education system is starting to take root in the minds and hearts of the children and youth of Bharat. A new refreshing spirit and wave of Bharatyan culture and identity has sparked a new vision amongst many Indians across the world and everyone is now holding their heads high as the light and dawn of a new Bharat emerges from the ancient past much like the lotus flower emerges from the mud and slush of the ponds and lakes, rising above the murky mundane existence to bloom in all its fragrance for all
106 humanity to experience and enjoy. The new education system will re-establish the Dharmic principles of righteous living and will pave the way for the resurgence of Bharat to become the Vishwa guru once more. This is presently the new education system that is being taught and driven in Muddenahalli and throughout India right now and this will usher in the new “Golden Age” of enlightenment as students truly become spiritually enlightened during their many years of schooling. This is what had transpired in the past and this is what is going to occur in the future coming years as Bharat returns to its days of an ancient glorious past. So, join the mission of the restoration of the ancient Dharmic Bharatyan culture by doing whatever you can to assist in this continuing saga of the Sai Mission. Wherever you are, wherever you may reside, work or travel, become a beacon of light to assist the Avatar in the rebuilding of the ancient highway to dharma and righteousness in the world. This is your chance to do something which will make your children and future generations proud to say, “My mother, father, uncle, aunt etc. were part of the Sai Mission that helped restored the
107 ancient culture of Bharat as the eternal light of the world. Awards & Recognitions The following awards and recognitions gained by the institution is growing daily and a few of those are presented below. - Prashanthi Balamandira Trust receives SABERA Award 2022 for imparting free valuesbased education. - Prashanthi Balamandira Trust has won the Jury Commendation at the prestigious SABERA – “Social and Business Enterprise Responsible Awards” in the Education category for rendering exemplary social service through imparting valuesbased education absolutely free of cost. Handpicked from hundreds of overall nominations, Prashanthi Balamandira Trust which is now being spearheaded by Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai, won the award this year after being screened through a two-tier process overseen by an eminent jury led by Madam Renu Sud, MD, HDFC Bank Ltd. The recognition was conferred at the UNESCO House, New Delhi on 07 December 2022. - Certificate of Recognition for Sri Madhusudan Sai from the California State Assembly, USA.
108 The California State Assembly conferred upon Sri Madhusudan Sai the Certificate of Recognition for his dedicated efforts in establishing free medical colleges, hospitals, and educational campuses that serve underserved rural communities around the world. ThIS award was presented on 17 April 2023 in San Jose, California. - The Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam Group of Institutions (a unit of Prashanthi Balamandira Trust) cinched two prestigious Top Education Brands Awards 2023 organised by Business World, in the categories of: (1) Winner, in the category of Emerging Higher Education Institution in India and (2) Silver, in the category of Innovative School in India. The Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam Group of Institutions was selected after a rigorous process by an eminent jury lead by Mr Shiv Shivakumar, Group Executive President, Aditya Birla Group and the award was presented on 18 January 2023 in New Delhi. The enormous amount of work that has been accomplished in under ten years in the field of education alone is astounding. To give an idea of the numerous institutions established so far the following list is documented, which is still being updated on a monthly basis.
109 Composite Campuses Grade 6 to Pre-University Sri Sathya Sai Sriniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2014 Location: Chikkamagalur district, Karnataka Girls Campus Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Prashantiniketanam Pre-University College (for Girls) … Year of Establishment: 2015 Location: Chikkaballapur District,Karnataka Girls Campus Curriculum Board: State Board Sri Sathya Sai Premaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2015 Location: Vijayapura district, Karnataka Boys Campus … Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS Sri Sathya Sai Sathyaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2016 Location: Hassan district, Karnataka Boys Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Vaniniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2017
110 Location: Gadag district, Karnataka Girls Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Niketanam (for girls) - Grade 11 and 12… Year of Establishment: 2017 Location: Siddipet district, Telangana Girls Campus … Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).. Sri Sathya Sai Vishwaniketanam …. Year of Establishment: 2018 Location: Vijayanagar District, Karnataka Boys Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Sevaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2018 Location: Koppal district, Karnataka Boys Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Karunyaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2018 Location: Tumkur district, Karnataka Boys Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
111 Sri Sathya Sai Sattwaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2018 Location: Karwar district, Karnataka Boys Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Higher Education – Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence… Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence Central Campus… State-Owned Private University … Year of Establishment: 2019 Location: Kalaburagi district, Karnataka Boys and Girls Campus Curriculum: UGC Model Curriculum Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam for Boys Grade 11 and 12… Year of Establishment: 2019 Location: Kalaburagi district, Karnataka Boys Campus Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS Sri Sathya Sai Sarvaniketanam… Year of Establishment: 2019 Location: Shivamogga district, Karnataka Boys Campus Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
112 Sri Sathya Sai Nityaniketanam …. Year of Establishment: 2019 Location: Belagavi district, Karnataka Boys Campus Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Ananyaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2019 Location: Udupi district, Karnataka Boys Campus Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Anantaniketanam … Year of Establishment: 2019 Location: Mysuru district, Karnataka Boys Campus Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Gayatriniketanam… Year of Establishment: 2021… Location: Bengaluru Rural district (Doddaballapur), Karnataka… Girls Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Meenakshiniketanam… Year of Establishment: 2021… Location: Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu ..
113 Girls Campus … Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Vedaniketanam… Year of Establishment: 2021… Location: Haveri district, Karnataka… Girls Campus…. Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Sri Sathya Sai Krishnaaniketanam…. Year of Establishment: 2021…. Location: Kolar district, Karnataka… Girls Campus… Curriculum Board: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) A total of 5000 students in 27 campuses across three states are enrolled in these institutions including 30% girls and 75% rural children with this list being continuously updated on a monthly basis. The architecture and majestic beauty of every one of these structures is simply astounding to say the least and these have all been designed to last for the next 1000 years. No one who sees these buildings of majestic art can fail to be totally overawed and impressed by the experience and joy it gives.
114 Bharat is truly being prepared to be the Vishwa Guru for the next 1000 years. There is no doubt about it. Baba had stated earlier in His discourses that this would happen and it is now finally taking place for all to see. Foreign Institutions Sri Satya Sai School Laos… Toogoolawa Australia… Embodiment of Love Academy Nigeria… Upcoming Institutions Udipi……SSS Ananyanniketanam Mysore ……SSS Ananaaniketanam Shivamogga………SSS Sarvaniketanam Belgavi………..SSS Nithiyaniketanam With Sri Madhusudan and B.N. Narsimhamurthy spearheading this part of the Sai mission there is absolutely no doubt that the Mission of the restoration of dharma throughout Bharat and the rest of the world via the education system is well and truly secured and is destined to succeed. The goal is to establish one Educational Institution throughout every single district of India which will
115 mean well over 600 schools will have to be built in the coming years. These schools will be set up as role models for the other institutions to follow as an example of how to restore the secular and spiritual cohesive system of education for the re-establishment of the New Bharat. The future of Bharat therefore lies in the majestic hands of Baba and His chosen instruments and the future looks to be bright as ever and one to eagerly look forward to in the coming years by all Bharatyans and citizens of the world as Bharat’s rightful place and position in the world is finally restored. Health With respect to the health sector, the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centres and Hospitals have been established under the dynamic leadership of Dr. C. Srinivasan, who has worked tirelessly to establish many hospitals and medical centres throughout India and the world at large. Everyone knows about the enormous business oriented machine that health has become in the capitalistic world, where health-care is no longer considered as a service to the people, but rather as a gigantic capitalist commercial enterprise throughout the entire world.
116 So, when the SSS Sanjeevani Centres threw their doors open in Nava Raipur for the first time catering for free Congenital Heart Disease operations for children, the world stood up and took notice. Were they hearing the correct thing, that these operations would be totally free of cost with absolutely no billing counter at the front desk? Something must be drastically wrong with these people who are doing promoting and carrying out these operations? They must be out of their mind. Who in their right senses would do free operations together with pre and post-operative care in this day and age. Surely, this can’t be true. But, yes it is true! To understand the logic, reasons and understanding of the Sai Health Mission one must look back at the history of Bharat for a little while. See, it wasn’t too long ago, a few hundred years actually, when education, health and food was actually free of cost throughout Bharat and I deliberately say Bharat, because the word India was not known yet to the world. This was pre-colonial and even pre-Islamic invasion times. This was the time when Bharat truly ruled the world in terms of economics, trade, finance, education, arts, philosophy, education, spiritualty, culture, dance, fine arts, architecture, science, medicine, mathematics and many other areas.
117 During this period of history education was provided totally free of cost via the Gurukul system throughout the country in temples and ashrams. Food was also provided free for anyone who faced famine or hunger via the temples who regularly and daily gave free meals to any pilgrims or anyone desirous of partaking and especially to those who could not have afforded it. Likewise, the Ayurveda system of medicine provided herbal remedies and cures for almost every single disease known to man and there were any number of Ayurveda practitioners in every single village throughout Bharat, so there was no need to go to any doctor when these herbalists were abundant everywhere free of cost to anyone including children, adults and pregnant mothers. All were taken care of speedily and effectively. Fast forward to today’s health system where one of the biggest medical scandals presently plaguing the world is the concept of caesarean section or as is popularly known now as C-section. This practice was unheard of in the past where the baby is considered as having breached a terminology used in many medical centres to justify C-sections operations which cost an enormous amount of money to do. Almost every single mother has to go through this procedure now as it is common practice in all medical institutions.
118 But the truth of the matter is that the village female elders use to always handle these situations without ever having to go by a doctor. Years of experience and practice had provided these elders with all the necessary knowledge and skills to successfully deal with these situations on a regular basis for all mothers in the villages. Everyone knows the scam that is going on in these medical institutions but as yet no government has had the will-power to implement any kind of legislation to prevent these kind of white-collar crimes and malpractices in the world, since literally every person involved is making huge amounts of money and getting rich off the poor and vulnerable. To think that such a noble profession which is compared and likened to God has now been tarnished to a great extent for the sake of economic aggrandisement is truly sickening and disgusting to say the least. But that is the sad reality that most expectant mothers have to face in these so-called “modern” times. Documentaries and reality movies based on true stories have been made over the years on this matter but nothing has changed, as the system continues to tolerate and accept these white-collar crimes. This is just but one example of the financial scams and atrocities being forced on the unsuspecting public from many medical institutions.
119 It has reached a stage today where many students now enter the medical profession with the sole intention of making money and not to save patients’ lives. It is a far cry from the so-called western “Hippocrates oath” that students take upon the completion of their medical education and enter into the field of work. It can be said that this oath has now become the “Hypocrites oath”. Who can blame the public for thinking about doctors now as only medical-businessmen and women, the bottom line being the financial gains to be made from this so-called “noble” profession. The respect has by far and large been severely eroded for the medical profession as a service oriented profession and it will be almost impossible to reverse or change this trend of thinking and practice in the near future. It is for precisely this reason that the SSS Sanjeevani Hospitals were constructed by Sri Madhusudan Sai and his few dedicated band of brothers and sisters who have devoted their entire lives to the service of the poor and needy. It takes tremendous fortitude, strength, courage, bravery and visionary foresight to be able to embark on such a mission of providing free health-care to the rural villages throughout the entire country.
120 Baba had begun this mission in the early 1990’s with the establishment of the Super-Specialty Hospital in Puttaparthi and later in Bangalore, but this has been scaled up many times over with Dr. C Srinivasan spear-heading this mission. He was also involved in the construction of the previous hospitals at Puttaparthi and Bangalore. As with all things, there are always exceptions to the rule and although the medical profession has taken many negative hits over the years, it must be said that there still many medical doctors and other health-care professionals who have not succumbed to this money “craze” and have remained true to their oath and to themselves in continuing to serve their fellow-man on a daily basis. It is in tribute to them that we honour those individuals and organisations who have managed to maintain their integrity in the midst of this financial “storm” and who have emerged out of it unscathed and unblemished in their careers. We truly salute those persons who have not fallen “prey” to the glamour and glitz of western capitalism and who have kept the spirit of Bharat alive by serving humanity and remaining true to the ideals of their most noble profession of saving peoples’ lives first and foremost. By engaging and partnering with these individuals it is envisioned that a new vision of Medicaid will take birth and a new dawn of health-care
121 professionals will emerge in the future like a butterfly from its cocoon. A new example must be set for others to follow especially the young students presently in the medical schools and colleges and it is for this very reason that a free medical training hospital has been established in Muddenahalli, where students can study free of cost for their entire tenure of studies including post graduate studies. The only stipulated condition for these students is that they must serve in the rural villages upon graduation for the same period of time they studied at the institution in order to assist in caring for the vulnerable, poor and needy. This free medical training facility is the first of its kind in India and probably the world and has no parallel whatsoever. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself came to inaugurate the hospital and was deeply impressed with its vision and mission of providing free medical training for students who will eventually go out into the society to serve the poor and needy in the villages. A unique feature of the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospitals is its comprehensive and holistic approach to healthcare as apart from curated service.
122 All the hospitals through its department interventions, also provide free community-based education and training for the benefit of the youth and adults in the villages. Sanjeevani's flagship community outreach initiative “The Divine Mother and Child Health Program” works in supporting and strengthening the maternal and child health in rural and tribal areas, as well as in urban slums. A comprehensive health check-up of children in the age group of 0-18 years is also conducted in rural schools under the concept of “prevention is better than cure.” “Anganwadis” or rural child care centres and "Well Baby Clinics' are also present at the hospitals where children who are found to be suspected of congenital Heart Disease defects during the outreach sessions are referred to the Sai Sanjeevani Cardiography Centres and given the "Gift of Life" operative surgeries upon definitive diagnosis and essential treatment. Hospitals & Centres - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Child Care Hospital was opened in Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar in the state of Chattisghar in 2012 to cater to the needs of congenital heart disease children and babies.
123 - The International Centre for Child Heart Care and Research in Palwal, Harayana, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016, where totally free of cost surgeries are done for children who have congenital heart diseases and who would otherwise die if they were not operated upon. Other centres were opened subsequently and are listed below: - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centre for Child Heart Care & Training in Pediatric Cardiac Skills in Khargar, Navi Mumbai, was opened in November, 2018. - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Screening Centre, was opened in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, in April 2019, to cater for the early diagnosis of children suffering from CHD. - The Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Medical Centre, was subsequently opened in June 2019 in Clarksdale, Mississipi, USA. - The Aruike Specialty-Hospital, Imo, Nigeria was inaugurated in August, 2020 to cater to the needs of children and babies suffering from CHD. - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Mother and Child Hospital Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh was opened September 2021 to cater to the pre-natal and postnatal needs of the mother and child. -The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Hospital Suva, Fiji, was opened by the Prime Minister of Fiji
124 in April, 2022 for the specific needs of children suffering from CHD. - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka was inaugurated in August 2022. - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centre for Child Heart Care and Research was inaugurated at Siddipet, Telangana on 17 November 2022. - The Sri Satya Sai Sanjeevani Heart Care Centre, Muddenahalli was Inaugurated in Chikkaballapur District of Karnataka in November 2022. - The First and Only Free Heart Care Centre For Adults And Children was inaugurated in the village of Chikkaballapur on March 11, 2023. - The Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research was inaugurated on March 25, 2023 to cater to the needs of patients as well as for students to pursue their medical studies free of cost. - A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between SMSIMSR and AIIMS Delhi July 1, 2023 for the purposes of research collaboration and development between the two institutions. Mother & Child Health Mothers and Children matter and so does their health because the healthy future of the society and
125 nation depends on the health of the children of today and their mothers, who are the guardians of that future. Apart from curative care, it is also imperative to focus on the preventive and educative healthcare spectrum. It is in this context that the Divine Child Health Program was launched in 2013 which includes a comprehensive early detection and systemic health screening program for rural school going children. The program expanded into the Divine Mother & Child Health Program in September 2017, focusing on Preventive Care for Pregnant Women and Children. Thereafter the first Mother & Child Hospital was dedicated to the Nation in September 2021 by Hon. Governor of Chhattisgarh, Sushri Anusuiya Uikey at Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Other Centres are listed below: Raipur…. Chattisgarh Raiwala… Uttarkhand Palwal… Haryana Yawatmal… Maharashtra Jamshedpur…Jharkhand Telangana….. Karnataka
126 Upcoming Centres Odisha Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Assam Children Already Treated From The Following Countries Afghanistan Fiji Bangladesh Barbados Cameroon Ethiopia Iraq Kenya Malaysia Nepal Nigeria Sri Lanka Tanzania Uganda Uzbekistan Yemen
127 Awards & Recognition - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centre for Child Heart care was adjudged as ‘The Best Hospital’ in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra by the eminent media channel, IBC 24, after the Hospital had completed 1000 paediatric cardiac surgeries in June 2015. - The Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centre for Child Heart care was also awarded the SACH BHARAT SAMMAN in 2015 by the ASSOCHAM, Times Foundation and SREI Foundation in recognition for ‘Spirituality at Work’. - The ASSOCHAM’S MEDCON Congress, the flagship Health Summit of ASSOCHAM at the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India, held in March 2016, recognised the Sanjeevani’s Specialty Children Hospital as the ‘Best Single Speciality Hospital of the Year’ in India. Many other accolades and awards have also been awarded to the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centres all over India and other countries. Nutrition Annapoorna started operations in July 2012 by a few volunteers and as the activities increased in scale and complexity, it quickly blossomed into a
128 platform for more than 650 volunteers to serve, in addition to the thousands of teachers at the schools who offer their services free by collaborating with Annapoorna in this venture of providing free meals to students every morning. Thanks to many caring individuals, like-minded institutional partners and government servants who have constantly supported this noble initiative, Annapoorna works closely with over 800 local vendors in a decentralized model, with customized menus to suit the regional palate and as well as a standardized menu within a region to ensure the highest quality is maintained at all times. Apart from the morning breakfast programme, Annapoorna is also engaged in setting up RO drinking water plants, constructing toilets at village schools and conducting health screening of children. The Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust was set up in November 2015 after beginning its efforts in one school with 50 children. It now, provides nutritious, well-balanced breakfast to more than three million school-going children in rural India as well as disadvantaged sections of the society across 15,000+ government schools in 23 States and four Union Territories. It also enables the holistic development of children by actively engaging with the school authorities and helping them integrate an ethos of
129 academic as well as human excellence in the normal curriculum. The trust is a charitable trust headquartered in Muddenahalli, in the Chikkaballapur District of Karnataka, India and has active programs throughout India. The Trust focuses on the rural uplift and transformation of villages by aligning its activities along the four pillars of Vidya (Educare), Vaidya (Healthcare), Vaari (Water) and Vidyuth (Clean Energy), thereby leading to ideal villages being created through the sustainable growth, expansion and progress of all facets of rural development. The SaiSure Nutraceutical Facility was opened by Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai on January 14th, 2023. This six-floor ‘state of the art’ Nutraceutical facility at its full capacity can produce 750 tons of multi-nutrient food per month thereby addressing and fulfilling the micro-nutrition needs of close to five million beneficiaries comprising government school children, toddlers, pregnant women and lactating mothers. Our Approach SaiSure’ is a unique and much needed multi nutrient supplement programme for pregnant women, toddlers and children offered totally free of cost.
130 The composition was meticulously conceived keeping in mind the demands of the vital nutrients necessary for normal progeny and the potential future of a healthy adult life. The distinct formulas were developed with the highest medical standards and safety as the top priority, incorporating the scientific inputs from a panel of specialist doctors, nutritionists and various experts in public health. The formulations have both macro and micro nutrients essential for the growth, development and normal healthy life of both mother and child. “This Fortified Ragi cereal health mix has all the required micro-nutrients like Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc, Iodine, Selenium and Copper along with Vitamins like Vit A, Vit B1, Vit B2, Vit B3, Vit B6, Vit B7, Vit B9, Vit 12 & Vit C Launched through the Annapoorna Breakfast Programme and Divine Mother and Child Health Programme in Government Schools and Primary Health Care Centres, SaiSure has seen very encouraging results in terms of the ease of use, scalability and most importantly, in terms of the improved health parameters of the recipients. That it effortlessly complements the various national nutrition programmes that address the undernutrition in children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women in rural India only adds to its strength.
131 SaiSure’s vision is to ensure that no mother and child ever suffers from a lack of access to good quality nutritional supplements. Pregnant women A malt-based vanilla flavoured, ready to drink product integrated with the milk powder was made to fill the needs of both pregnant women and mothers. The nutrient is blended with the required Macro and Micro Nutrients including DHA (omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid) needed for the essential growth and development of a healthy foetus during the pregnancy of expecting mothers. SaiSure for Pregnant women will be launched across India through the Divine Mother and Child Health Programme with a goal of covering more than 100,000 expecting mothers. Toddlers The malt-based SaiSure product for toddlers in the age group of 6 months to 3 years will come in Rice with Milk flavour. Blended with the vital nutrients to ensure optimal growth, this SaiSure for toddlers will also be made available at the Primary Health Care Centres and ‘Anganwadis’ across the country through the Divine Mother and Child Health Programme.
132 Children The malt-based composition for children and adolescents in the age group of 3-16 years is designed to meet 50% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of most of the Micro Nutrients. SaiSure for children comes in two flavours of Almond and Chocolate. It is being integrated with the Government of Karnataka’s Ksheera Bhagya Programme which presently serves milk for up to ten million government school children. SaiSure for Children will be launched in four districts of Karnataka including Chikkaballapur, Gulbarga, Ramanagar and Tumkur covering more than 500,000 children. Its benefits include the following: Improves Immunity Enhances Cognition Optimizes Weight Gain Increases Bone Mass Healthy Blood The ripple effect caused by feeding hungry schoolchildren is simply breath-taking. It alleviates hunger and wasting among children, improves academic performance and motivates teachers to put in their best.
133 It also increases enrolments and attendance and brings quality to the overall efforts by amplifying the impact of the government’s funding of the schools’ nutrition programs. The Annapoorna Breakfast Programme has provided 250 million meals to date. At this stage the program feeds up to 30,00,000 children across 35,000+ Govt Schools in 23 States and 4 Union Territories. Annapoorna Trust has created a three-phase program to end hunger in poverty-stricken schoolchildren. - The First is the introduction of SaiSure Health Mix. - The Second is to introduce cooked meals twice a week. - The Third is to fully provide daily hot meals. Mission Statement The Annapoorna Morning Nutrition Programme aims to: 1. Address the extensive malnutrition among children in India and elsewhere, through its sustained nutritional interventions. 2. Provide Morning Nutrition for needy school children, attending typically interior government schools, completely free of charge.
134 3. Sustain enrolments in the schools through nutrition, thereby delivering literate, healthy and productive citizens for the next generation. Benefits Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust ("Annapoorna") has been running one of India's leading morning nutrition programme for rural school children working at the grass roots level in the area of child nutrition security and "hidden hunger" management. The Morning Nutrition is served in the form of either the "SaiSure" nutrition health mix presented with milk or "Ragi" Finger Millet Wholesome Cereal Drink or cooked breakfast or any other available nutritious food items. This is prepared freshly at the school in the morning, and served to children at the school premises before commencing studies. It has been observed that a small morning nutritional intervention had many positive ripple effects, which can be summarized as below: 1. Drop-out rates arrested; Enrolments protected. 2. Increased enrolments, driven by spread of word of mouth on the morning service at school and support from parents. 3. Improved punctuality of children, in the future anticipation of service.
135 4. Rise in motivation level among teachers, who are no longer teaching to empty stomachs in the morning. 5. Increased focus in the class seen among children. 6. Improved academic performance by the children. 7. Improved health profile, as measured by parameters such as height, weight, mid-arm circumference, Haemoglobin etc. 8. Maximized probability of completing school, thereby delivering literate, healthy and productive young citizens to the nation. - Accordingly, Annapoorna entered into an MoU with some of the State Governments, that permits Annapoorna to enter the government schools and leverage the school kitchen infrastructure and cooks to prepare the foods in a decentralised manner. Number of meals 250 Million+ - Morning nutrition served till date 30,00,000 + - Children served morning nutrition 35,000 + - Government Schools 400,000 + - Villagers now have access to clean drinking water.
136 The much-awaited launch of the Morning Nutrition in the form of SaiSure Multi-Nutrient Health mix with Government sponsored milk kick-started from the 1st week of June 2023 in the Chikkaballapur and Ramanagar districts of Karnataka. A total of 13213 children in 277 rural gov’t schools are benefited with this intervention. Taluk, District Schools / Children Chikkaballapura 222 10390 Sidlaghatta, Chikkaballapura 36 1671 Channapatna, Ramanagara 19 1152 Total 277 13213 Recent Developments On 12th June 2023, SaiSure Multi Nutrient Health Mix Morning Nutrition Program was launched at four government schools benefiting around 500 children at Gauribidanur Taluk, Chikkaballapur district by Annapoorna trust in collaboration with the New Space India Limited (NSIL). The children will be served for all 5 working days of the week. The NSIL is a Public Sector Undertaking of the Government of India and the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
137 NSIL addresses the concerns of social, economic, and environmental wellbeing of the society through its CSR initiatives in the areas of education, sports, healthcare, skill development, sanitation, sustainable development, disaster management support, and social justice and empowerment. The NSIL team, led by Ms. Deepali (HR) and Mr. Geetesh upta (CSR), attended the inaugural function. The four schools, Namgonglu GHPS, Minakangurki GHPS, Venkatapura GHPS, and Guttenahalli GHPS, with around 500 children, will receive morning nutrition which is sponsored by NSIL for the entire academic year 2023-24. Annapoorna Trust in collaboration with the Geno Foundation started the Morning Nutrition in North Goa as a pilot launch in March 2023. On the 19th June 2023, the Morning Nutrition programme was launched officially in Bicholim taluk in North Goa. This programme is sponsored by Geno Foundation. Each child will receive two oats’ cookies and three Nutri cookies on alternate weeks for all six days. In September 2022, yet another Morning Nutrition programme was launched for 1076 children across 65 schools in Canacona in South Goa.
138 Launch of SaiSure For 2.5 Million Gov’t. School Children Of Telangana Going forward, 25 Lakh students of all government and local body schools across Telangana will now be served hot and nutritious 250 ml “Ragi Java” as breakfast every alternate day. This historic initiative was inaugurated by Smt. Sabitha Indra Reddy, Hon’ble Education Minister of Telangana, respective district ministers, and MLAs on June 20th, 2023, to commemorate “Telangana Vidya Dinotsavam” as part of the TelanganaFormation-Day-Decennial Celebrations also known as “Telangana Rashtra Avatarana Dashabdi Utsavalu”. With the approval from the Poshan Abhiyan Project Approval Board (PAB), the annual cost of the programme is estimated at Rs. 30 crores. The implementation will be undertaken in joint a partnership by Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust with the Government. The Gov’t of Karnataka recognises “SaiSure” Multinutrient Health Mix as its flagship initiative in “combating malnutrition”.
139 Numbers by State State No. of Students / No. of Schools Karnataka 3,76,348 5,172 Telangana 36,154 369 Bihar 1,800 9 Andhra Pradesh 36,084 533 Puducherry 19,422 213 Tamil Nadu 12,548 161 Kerala 3,067 33 Nagaland 2,624 72 Uttar Pradesh 1,595 8 Tripura 1,491 10 Haryana 1,288 9 Sikkim 1,002 42 Punjab 990 9 Uttarakhand 1,039 19 Jharkhand 453 6 Jammu and Kashmir 343 7 Chhattisgarh 340 2 Maharashtra 1,214 14 West Bengal 111 2 Odisha 86 2