Satsangh with Prof. R. Gangadhara Sastry
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Prof. R. Gangadhara Sastry was chosen by Bhagawan to join as the first staff member in the erstwhile Sri Sathya Sai Arts, Science and
Commerce College, as it was known in the year of its establishment in 1979 at Prasanthi Nilayam. He was then absorbed into the Sri Sathya
Sai Institute Of Higher Learning, (Deemed To Be University), in the year 1981 and continued to serve Bhagawan.
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He obtained his M.A. in Political Science, from Andhra University. He then did his M.Phil. in History & Archaeology from Nagarjuna University. Later, at the insistence of Bhagawan Baba, he earned a Doctoral Degree in Public Administration on the topic of “Administrative Relations Between the Centre and States in India” at Osmania University.
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At Prasanthi Nilayam, he served as the Director of the Campus; as a Member of the Academic Council of the University; and as Chairperson of the Board of Studies. He has written many articles on academic and spiritual topics which have been published in reputable journals in English and Telugu.
Currently, Prof. R. Gangadhara Sastry is serving as an Honorary Professor at the Department of Political Science, Prasanthi Nilayam Campus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.
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Prof. Sastry has been an ardent devotee of Swami for almost four decades and has had many interactions with Bhagawan. He will share with us the Divine lessons he has learned and the blissful experiences he has had in the Lord’s Presence.
