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 click to enlarge Varalakshmi Vratam in Prasanthi Nilayam-20 Aug 2010 &
SBMAF enters its Silver Jubilee
Year..A Report - 21 Aug 2010 |
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Published on Sunday, Aug 22,
2010 at 1618 Hrs. IST
This worship is performed by married Hindu women seeking blessings of the Goddess Mahalakshmi, consort of Lord Vishnu, who is verily the deity for wealth and prosperity. Legend tagged to this festivity says that that this Vratam was recommended by Lord Shiva to His consort Parvati helping her to win wealth and prosperity. Another legend attached to it tells about a very pious lady Charumati who was asked by Goddess Varalakshmi, in her dream, to do the Vratam in order to fulfill her wishes.
Emerging at 1715 hrs. to the holy chants of Vedam,
escorted by classical Mangalavadyam rendering, preceded
by Poornakumbham, Bhagawan moved through the concourse
before completing a full round before coming onstage at
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Upon coming onstage Bhagawan lit the lamp sanctifying and blessing
the occasion. Further proceedings began in next five minutes with a
specially designated priest taking over, as Bhagawan sat onstage as
'Sai Varalakshmi'. Speaking on the significance of the ritual
conducted in the immediate Divine presence, the priest went on
extolling The Lord, calling Him to be Lord Dakshinamurthy in
physical form. With His presence, Prasanthi is verily the Kailasha
and Vaikunta, announced the priest talking on the significance of
the ritual in Prasanthi NIlayam. Rituals began with Lakshmi Puja and
Shodashopachara Puja followed by related rituals including Sai
Ashotathara Shata Namaavali. An elderly longstanding woman devotee
performed the rituals onstage, sitting at Bhagawan’s Feet, anointing
the same with turmeric and kumkum, while in the background the
priest went on reciting various names of Mother Goddess. Twenty-five minutes of rituals ended with three jaikars by the priest that was well received and reciprocated by the capacity audience with devotional vigour. There were a thousand hand raised hailing "victory" to The Lord of Puttaparthi! While prasadam was distributed to the entire assemblage some traditional items along with the “Flowers that fell at His Divine Lotus Feet” were distributed among women devotees who are verily the stakeholders of Mother Goddess' Divine benediction on this auspicious 'august' evening. A carnatic musical offering by Ms. Bhagyalakshmi of Chennai followed that lasted for fifty minutes. Beginning with Ganesha Vandanam, the artiste went on singing an array of songs including many compositions on the 'Mother' theme covering the next fifty minutes before Bhagawan nodded for Mangala Arathi, at 1850 hrs. Moving off the dais, Bhagawan glided into the ladies' end, at 1855 hrs. retiring for the day. Prasadam was distributed to the entire assemblage. |
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| SBMAF enters its Silver Jubilee Year..A Report...21 Aug 2010 | ||||
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Published on Monday, Aug 23, 2010 at 0955 Hrs. IST
With Bhagawan’s Business School, known as School of Business Management Accounting and Finance, enters its Silver Jubilee Year of existence under the Divine guidance of Bhagawan, the SBMAF sought His Divine benedictions for Bhagawan’s guidance for it’s continued journey, role modelling the world of business with its own concept of “Value Based Business Management” – A Report: It was in the year 1985, in the tenure of the second Vice Chancellor of SSSIHL - Prof. Somnath Saraf that Bhagawan first expressed His desire of starting an MBA programme at SSSIHL. Most people wondered - 'What is the need of starting a 'Business Programme' in an educational institution which is based on the ancient Indian Gurukula System of Education. After all a business is all about making money?!' However, few would have realised that the Vaishyas - the traders and business class formed a very important section of ancient Indian civilisation and performed the important role of paying taxes and other dues to the king righteously and thus assist in the functioning of the kingdom. Even the Purusha Sukta extols the Vaishyas to be the thighs of the Supreme Person. Thus they symbolise as providing a strong base for the society. In recent times, business and management have a very important role to play in the world scenario. With some corporations having 'Networths' which are greater than the GDPs of entire nations, the corporate world is undoubtedly the focus of most world economies. Bhagawan envisaged the importance of this vital segment in society; but, He did so with a difference. He emphasised that values should be the undercurrent of all business activities and it is only then that Commerce would be truly productive.... It was with this purpose that the erstwhile Faculty of Business Management (now known as the School of Business Management, Accounting & Finance) was started by Bhagawan in August 21, 1986.
Bhagawan's involvement in moulding this unique programme at the Institute was total. In the very first Discourse while addressing the first batch of Management students, He declared that this Institute would be different from other B-Schools in the country. It would focus on Indian Ethos and Values as the basis of business and management. Further, the focus of the Management Programme would be 'Man Management'. Bhagawan says that of all the 6 M's of Management - Money, Methods, Minutes, Material, Machine and Man, Man is the most important as it is Man that gives value to the other 5. Men are more valuable than all the wealth of the world. A unique compilation of Bhagawan's Discourses to His management students has been named by Him as 'Man Management' (available at the SSSST-Publications Division Book Store in the Ashram). Over the years Bhagawan continued to guide the curriculum of the management programme and introduced important subjects such as Self-Development, Values-Based Management, Leadership, Total Quality Management and Re-engineering, National Perspective and Rural Development and many more which are unique to this Institute in more ways than one. The pedagogy and approach applied to train students in the subject is quite different from the patterns of other conventional institutions.
The focus of the B-School was to mould prospective corporate citizens with professional competence coupled with social sensitivity based on a strong personal character and integrity. Nearly a quarter century down the line the SBMAF stands a beacon light in the world of business and management wherein other B-Schools across the globe are waking up to the necessity of making their students more ethical in their approach and more sensitive to the needs of all business stakeholders rather than the shareholders alone; the SBMAF has been under the Divine Guidance spearheading such an approach successfully for nearly a quarter century. The laurels received by the alumni in diverse national and international organisations for their professional excellence and personal value systems are a testimony to the unique blend that Bhagawan has lent to this Institution... On this auspicious occasion, the senior faculty members sought Bhagawan's blessings and grace. A compilation of 45 research papers based on the theme of Values Based Business and Management were compiled in two volumes. One was based on the 'Insights from Ancient Indian Wisdom' and the other one was on the theme of 'Conceptual Perspective and Case Studies'. These research papers authored by the faculty and research scholars of SBMAF have been published in very reputed national and international journals and conferences over the past one decade. Bhagawan very lovingly blessed both the volumes while blessing the senior faculty members from the department, Prof. US Rao, Principal, Prashanti Nilayam Campus, SSSIHL, Prof. Sudhir Bhaskar, Dean, SBMAF; Prof. Kumar Bhaskar, Editor, Man Management; Prof. VE Ramamoorthy and Dr. Deepak Anand.
He also blessed a doctoral research thesis of SBMAF on the topic
- Corporate Stakeholders Management: A Study of
Contemporary Practices for Stakeholder Welfare and Development
of an Implementation Framework which was offered
by Shri Shashank Shah, Doctoral Research Scholar, SBMAF, SSSIHL.
The Dean, mentioned to Bhagawan that the thesis was unique.
While it was based on Bhagawan's message on Dharmic
Management, it was also perhaps one of the only thesis in
the country where 24 research papers have been published in
national and international journals and conferences by the
researcher based on the PhD topic even before the submission of
the thesis. The research scholar shared with Bhagawan that the
statistical analysis done in the research work (based on the
responses received from 400 corporate executives from 125
corporate organisations and MNCs) has revealed that
'Employee-related value systems and policies' of an organisation
have the greatest impact on the Comprehensive Stakeholder
Welfare in organisations. This is what Bhagawan
has repeatedly highlighted in Man Management - the importance of
the human factor in organisations. Bhagawan was very satisfied
on hearing this finding from the researcher... He expressed His
satisfaction by putting His right hand on the thesis with the
words, 'Chala Santosham!' (Very Happy)
During the occasion Bhagawan also blessed a special card designed for the occasion by the students of SBMAF and also the 25th Year Special Issue of INSAIGHT - The SBMAF Newsletter (downloadable from the SSSIHL website). The day was a memorable one for all the faculty and students alike. It was a reassurance from Bhagawan that He would always continue to be a part of the 'SBMAF Family'.
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