Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

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campus. Every teacher and student, every administrator and worker here seem to

know intuitively that this Institute of Higher Learning is also a centre of

Higher Behaviour and a seat of Higher Understanding. This Institute is known

for imparting integral education. Welfare of the poor and the downtrodden

through several humanitarian projects is the running theme of this Institute

which shapes the outlook of the students and forms a part of their mental

make-up; they are trained to think in terms of giving more to the society than

to take from it. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, President of India (Convocation,

November 2002)The purpose of real education is to initiate a learning process

that transforms students into good human beings with knowledge and value

systems. Is value based education possible? Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher

Learning has given an answer in the affirmative. I am in a place where

university learning takes

place in a divine environment. Here students get education with a value system.

I would like to congratulate Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning for

this noble education. Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of

India(Convocation, November 1998)The students of this University are not just

students, but seekers of truth. The divine guidance of Bhagavan Baba has

elevated even education to the level of worship of God. The education imparted

here is of the liberative kind. It addresses both 'apara' and 'para' aspects of

man & society. The higher learning which the pupils here receive facilitates

their integral development, and enables them to become better human beings with

a finer, culturally richer character. Rt. Hon. Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister

of Mauritius (Convocation, November 1993)It is indeed rare to find Institutions

of higher learning

like the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, where students receive

free education, where voluntary service prevails, and where the acquisition of

knowledge and wisdom is combined with duty and devotion. What is unique at this

Institute is that it is founded by Bhagavan Baba; it is inspired by His

teachings, and is guided by His concept of a wholesome education based on the

fundamental values of Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Dr.

Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (Convocation, November 1992)I am

deeply impressed by the infrastructure, atmosphere, equipment and human

resources organized for imparting education at Vidyagiri. The Campuses at

Prasanthi Nilayam, Brindavan and Anantapur are an invaluable asset in the

crucial task of promoting Integral Education. Indeed, these constitute a

blessing of far-reaching significance. There is much to be learnt here by the

student, the teachers,

educationists and policy-makers. Sri P V Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India

(Convocation, November 1991)This Institute is a pioneering and unique seat of

Learning; spiritual and ethical values permeate this University. The atmosphere

here is calm, solemn and serene, and is surcharged with spiritual ethos. It is

in such an environment that our ancient Rishis transmitted knowledge to their

disciples. It is for this reason that I feel happy to be here. For myself, I

would like to humbly study this Institution, understand the process of how it

grew from strength to strength, and then see what can be done to extend the

influence and the halo of this Institute far and wide in India. Sri R

Venkatraman - President of India (Convocation, November 1990)To the Graduates,

I would like to say: ... You have received all-round instruction through the

System which your

Institute appropriately calls “Integral Education”. But above all, you have

received here a sense of Human Values - Values which are common to all the

religious faiths of the world, indeed common to human-kind. Certificate of

Acreditation The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has

granted accreditation at the A++ level to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of

Higher Learning for five years, from 2002-03. This places the Institute in the

top bracket of the Indian Universities. "The Peer Team feels that this

Institute stands out as a

crest-jewel among the University education system in the country and this model

is worthy of emulation by the institutions of higher learning in the country

and elsewhere, so that these benefits would be reaped fast and on the widest

possible scale" Website: http://www.sssihl.org/