Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust

Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT)
MottoLove all, Serve all.
Founder(s)Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Established1972
MissionFree world-class health care facilities for the poor, holistic education, public welfare projects, spiritual transformation.
Location
Puttaparthi
,
Sri Sathya Sai District
,
Andhra Pradesh
,
India
Websitewww.srisathyasai.org.in Edit this at Wikidata

The Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT), is a registered public charitable trust founded in 1972 by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Its humanitarian work includes[1] drinking water projects,[2] healthcare[3] and education.[4]

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences (SSSIHMS)[5] in Puttaparthi, inaugurated in November 1991 by the then prime minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, is one of the famous hospitals set up by SSSCT.

In 2020, Sri Satya Sai Central Trust was granted Special Consultative status by United Nations Economic and Social Council.[6] In November 2021, the SSSCT was confererred with the YSR Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Andhra Pradesh government for outstanding contribution to public service.[7]

  1. ^ Agarwal, Aditya; Pandey, Ashish (January 2022). "Philanthropic Activities by Indian Religious Organizations – Identifying the deep-rooted common threads". 7th Biennial INDAM Conference: 34 – via Researchgate.net.
  2. ^ C. H. Shah (2005). "Economic Analysis of a Drinking Water Project in Andhra Pradesh". Economic and Political Weekly. 40 (5): 474–481. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4416140. OCLC 5791318440. Retrieved 10 December 2022. The Anantpur District Rural Water Project was initiated and completed by the Sri Satya Sai Seva Organisation, Central Trust(subscription required)
  3. ^ Shenoy, Sunil (17 January 2017). "India's Free Specialty Hospitals Combine Medicine With Mindfulness". INSEAD Knowledge. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ Susarla, Ramesh (2 November 2020). "Sathya Sai Trust signs MoU with NCERT-CIET". The Hindu.
  5. ^ Rao, Umesh; Umesh, Gita (2013). Counselling the SAI way, in "Interdisciplinary Applications of the Person-Centered Approach". pp. 63–71.
  6. ^ Correspondent, Special (27 October 2020). "UN body confers special status on Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 December 2022. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Andhra Pradesh CM presents YSR achievement awards". Deccan Herald. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.