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1 Om Sri Sai Ram Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, Odisha Proceedings of the 36 th STate Conference From 20.1.2012 to 22.1.2012 at Sai Srinivas Mandap, Bolangir Theme: Drawing Divine Grace through SAI Activities The 36 th State Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, Odisha was held at Sai Srinivas Mandap, Bolangir (dedicated to the memory of Late Prof. I. S. Rao, former State President, Odisha) in an atmosphere of love, devotion, and discipline for three days i.e from 20 th January 2012 to 22 nd January 2012. A total of 1830 delegates across Odisha (1357 gents and 473 ladies) participated enthusiastically in the deliberations, unmindful of the mercury dipping below 10 degrees and expressed their views and suggestions for the all-round growth of the organisation. The programme of the State Conference was so designed as to give every delegate an opportunity to express his/her views in a free, frank and candid atmosphere. The conference was conceived, formulated and officiated by honorable State President Sj. P. Jagannath Prasad Rao whose active involvement was instrumental in making the conference a big success in terms of the brain storming group discussions and the important resolutions evolved, which have been elaborated below. Sj. Trivuban Sachdevaan alumni of Bhagavan’s institute was invited as the chief guest who illumined each heart with the message of the Lord. Revered State President in his inaugural talk appealed to all the members of the organization to expand love and brotherhood. He declared that this Sai year be celebrated as the ‘Sadvabana Varsh’ (the year of Harmony). He emphasized that to draw Divine Grace we all have to join hands together for the noble cause of serving God by serving the society, while at the same time intensifying our personal Sadhana through strict adherence to the nine point code of conduct in our lives. Most importantly we all should speak softly and lovingly and get rid of the habit of speaking ill of others. On this auspicious occasion, an exhibition named ‘Prgnya Pradarshani’ was inaugurated depicting the message of Bhagavan, the inner meaning of popular vedic chants and vedic deities, Sai parenting and also different activities undertaken by the state organization etc.. Rudrarpitham was done by the youths to radiate spiritual vibration all around. A grand rally with Bhagavan enshrined in a beautifully decorated chariot was taken through the town to the amazement of one and all. The whole town along with the Sai brothers and sisters was singing and swinging to the tune of Bhajans. As many as 12 Vedic chanters loudly chanted the vedic hymns filling the air with divine vibrations. Many new publications contributed by eminent writers were released on the occasion including ‘Sai Spandan’ our official souvenir. Six elderly local devotees of the organization were felicitated by the State President for their life time contribution to the organization. Cultural program and devotional songs were rendered by the Bal Vikas students and the Sai Symphony team of the state respectively. On 21 st evening a presentation of the spiritual and service activities undertaken in different corners of the state was made by the State Digital Archive Coordinator much to the applause of all including the Chief Guest. Honorable State President conducted a meeting of all the State Coordinators, District Presidents and resource persons and appealed to

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Om Sri Sai Ram

Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, Odisha

Proceedings of the 36th STate Conference

From 20.1.2012 to 22.1.2012

at Sai Srinivas Mandap, Bolangir

Theme: Drawing Divine Grace through SAI Activities

The 36th State Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, Odisha was held at Sai Srinivas Mandap, Bolangir (dedicated to the memory of Late Prof. I. S. Rao, former State President, Odisha) in an atmosphere of love, devotion, and discipline for three days i.e from 20th January 2012 to 22nd January 2012. A total of 1830 delegates across Odisha (1357 gents and 473 ladies) participated enthusiastically in the deliberations, unmindful of the mercury dipping below 10 degrees and expressed their views and suggestions for the all-round growth of the organisation. The programme of the State Conference was so designed as to give every delegate an opportunity to express his/her views in a free, frank and candid atmosphere. The conference was conceived, formulated and officiated by honorable State President Sj. P. Jagannath Prasad Rao whose active involvement was instrumental in making the conference a big success in terms of the brain storming group discussions and the important resolutions evolved, which have been elaborated below. Sj. Trivuban Sachdevaan alumni of Bhagavan’s institute was invited as the chief guest who illumined each heart with the message of the Lord. Revered State President in his inaugural talk appealed to all the members of the organization to expand love and brotherhood. He declared that this Sai year be celebrated as the ‘Sadvabana Varsh’ (the year of Harmony). He emphasized that to draw Divine Grace we all have to join hands together for the noble cause of serving God by serving the society, while at the same time intensifying our personal Sadhana through strict adherence to the nine point code of conduct in our lives. Most importantly we all should speak softly and lovingly and get rid of the habit of speaking ill of others. On this auspicious occasion, an exhibition named ‘Prgnya Pradarshani’ was inaugurated depicting the message of Bhagavan, the inner meaning of popular vedic chants and vedic deities, Sai parenting and also different activities undertaken by the state organization etc.. Rudrarpitham was done by the youths to radiate spiritual vibration all around. A grand rally with Bhagavan enshrined in a beautifully decorated chariot was taken through the town to the amazement of one and all. The whole town along with the Sai brothers and sisters was singing and swinging to the tune of Bhajans. As many as 12 Vedic chanters loudly chanted the vedic hymns filling the air with divine vibrations. Many new publications contributed by eminent writers were released on the occasion including ‘Sai Spandan’ our official souvenir. Six elderly local devotees of the organization were felicitated by the State President for their life time contribution to the organization. Cultural program and devotional songs were rendered by the Bal Vikas students and the Sai Symphony team of the state respectively. On 21st evening a presentation of the spiritual and service activities undertaken in different corners of the state was made by the State Digital Archive Coordinator much to the applause of all including the Chief Guest. Honorable State President conducted a meeting of all the State Coordinators, District Presidents and resource persons and appealed to

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them to adequately equip themselves for successfully performing the ever growing stream of activities of the organization. The highlight of the conference was the 11 important topics chosen for discussion among several groups. Each topic was deliberated in different venues and headed by a Chairperson, a presenter with PPT, a Coordinator and one to sum up the discussions at the end. These group discussions were held simultaneously and each topic was deliberated for about 2 and half hours. These discussions were exhaustive in the sense that all the participants were free to express their views, problems, solutions and suggestions on the topic. There was also an open session on the next day to invite and consider suggestions from the open forum. The views expressed in the group discussions have been considered carefully by the organization to form part of the state conference resolutions as detailed below.

I. Rejuvenation of Spirituality – need of the time a. Sai Bhajans

1. To intensify Namasmaran Movement by arranging Bhajan training and training for playing musical instruments. For this purpose three zonal level trainers’ training program shall be held in March, April & May this year followed by district level trainings to be undertaken by the trainers. The districts covered under the zonal schedules are given in the Annexure-I.

2. Formation & recognition of Sai Symhony at district level to be made and a panel of singers to be maintained at the district and state level.

b. Expansion of Organisation 1. Displaying of hoardings, banners of Divine Message of Sai to be intensified. District

should take it as a project & give targets to their samithis. 2. Seven household bhajan & seven household Topavan Parayan to be encouraged. 3. The target to contact one lakh devotees in the Sai year 2011 could not be achieved.

It is proposed that this year, collective planned efforts should be made to achieve the target of one lakh over a period of five years. The district-wise allocation of Devotees Contact Programme (DCP) for the Sai year 2012 and the monthly reporting format are produced in Annexure-II.

4. Rallies & processions at the district & samithi level should be intensified. Like last year Mahanagar Parikrama in all districts will be simultaneously held on Avatar day (20th October 2012). The instructions in this regard can be referred from the earlier circular.

5. Circulation of Sai Literature including Sanatan Saraathi to be increased. All districts should donate the Vahinis written by Bhagawan to different school run libraries.

6. As a part of celebration of the Year of Harmony, it is decided to organise seminars & symposiums on the topic “Unity-The Panacea for all ills”. Also it is decided to have a common theme song “Hum ko man ki shakti dena” to boost our sentiment of harmony. The audio shall be circulated to all later.

c. Study Circle The topics & the modules of the study circles as followed during 2011 will continue for the Sai year 2012. However for observation of youth day a separate set of topics (Annexure-III) should be followed.

d. Cultural Programme 1. Cultural programs should be based on values rather than entertainment. Palla &

Daskathia to be encouraged by mobilizing the local talents.

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2. Districts interested to present cultural programmes during the forthcoming two Parthy Yatras are to send their scripts to the State for final selection. Cultural Programme will include dance dramas of 15 to 20 minutes duration with the participation of maximum number of children from schools or Bal Vikash. These dance dramas should depict our rich cultural heritage. Youth can present short scripts of 30 minutes duration on the life and mission of Swami, activities undertaken by our state, lives of great devotees of Lord Jagannath, Real stories of transformation or any other value based subject of interest. These plays will be in Hindi or English. There will be musical programme by Sai Symphony of 20 minutes duration in each phase of Parthy Yatra. However, new talents are to be spotted and given the chance to perform during the Yatra. Any district interested to present folk dances during processions can also place their proposals to the State.

e. Propagation of Vedas 1. Zonal level cadres will be formed for training of vedic chants including Sri Rudram. 2. This year importance shall be given to the inner meaning of the chants prepared in

odia. For this purpose a panel will work to simplify & prepare the text. 3. It is proposed to conduct 1008 Rudrarpitham during the Sai year 2012. The target of

each district is given in Annexure-IV.

f. Sai Mandirs - as centers for Spiritual excellence i. It is expected that all recognized Sai temples must have the 9-point code of

conduct & 10-fold path to divinity displayed inside. ii. Display of “Thought for the day” should be done regularly.

iii. A photo gallery to be maintained displaying photos of latest activities in each samithi.

iv. There should be perfect silence in and around the Bhajan hall both before and after the Bhajan.

II Drawing Divine grace through Sai Seva

a. SSSVIP i. One Group Leader supported by a minimum of two sevadals to be appointed for

each care at samithi level. ii. Village In charge must submit the monthly progress report in the prescribed

format already circulated, so that the work will be monitored, analysed & kept for future reporting.

iii. Depending on the ability & aptitude, one sevadal must be focused for one specific Care.

iv. Continuous efforts should be made by the districts to upgrade the villages under SSSVIP to the Excellence Zone (A Category).

v. Exit plan has to be prepared for 21 excellent category villages to convert them into BM with continuation of all activities on their own.

vi. It should be made mandatory for all Samithis & BMs to include service in SSSVIP in their weekly schedule.

vii. Digital connectivity has to be provided where ever possible to the SSSVIP villages (at least six villages during the year).

b. National Narayan Seva i. A fresh census to be prepared of National Narayan Seva beneficiaries and

communicated to state. Proper care should be taken in selecting the beneficiary

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and the possibility of providing alternative employment should be explored in selected cases.

ii. Amruta Kalasam supplied to the beneficiary in sustained manner throughout the year may be included in the NNS achievement.

iii. The distribution process must be done in a spiritual way. Avenues can be explored to spiritualize the distribution

iv. Besides providing food, total care of the beneficiaries should be taken up in deserving cases.

c. Innovative Projects A state level Think Tank to be constituted involving experienced persons to device and design service projects suitable to the socio-economic need of each particular region.

d. Disaster Management i. A state level task force on disaster management to be formed to impart

knowledge and skill on the subject and to do overall monitoring of the relief operations.

ii. Disaster prone districts should constitute a core team and equip it with sustained training and effective equipments so that they can immediately rush to the affected areas for extending the rescue/relief operations.

e. Prasanthi Seva i. Seva dal training & orientation program to be conducted by each district in two

phases (June & December). ii. The published Sevadal book has to be given wide circulation in all units.

iii. All workers should participate in the Sevadal exam. iv. All PS Members must attend the PS Sadhana Camp which will be held once a

year at state level. v. All PS members must attend Prasanthi Seva at least once a year.

III Shaping the future of the Organisation through Bal Vikas

i. A cadre shall be developed for the state level trainers and developing a team of master trainers through continuous workshops / trainings.

ii. Training should be made more activity oriented. Every district shall have teams of such trainers constituted preferably among youth.

iii. The data base of BV gurus shall be updated and released during August every year.

iv. Training shall be imparted on the use of Multimedia & animation for the urban BV gurus. A CD containing some animated teaching techniques may be compiled and circulated this year.

v. Each samithi should have one library on BV books. vi. A panel of writers for BV magazine to be maintained. The contents of the

magazine should include topics on BV class management, nature oriented education, small poems and aids for gurus and students. If necessary, selected articles from English, Telgu, Hindi BV may be translated.

vii. District BV advisory committees should be more effective. viii. There should be flexibility in the timing of BV classes according to convenience

of majority of students.

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ix. Vedic training shall be given to the BV gurus on the topics covered in the syllabi. BV students should be preferred to chant Vedas in various functions of the organisation.

x. Each district shall maintain a list of BV alumni and will conduct a retreat by the end of 1st quarter. The objective shall be to include them in various activities of their choice in the organisation.

xi. There will be a one day workshop at the state level on parents counseling. The participants nominated for each district will constitute a district level parent counseling team under the dynamic parenting.

xii. A state level research institute shall be established to prepare the future road map of BV.

IV Technology in taking Sai Seva to villages

i. A panel of agriculture & horticulture experts to be finalized in each district at the earliest to develop awareness in the farmers specially on organic farming, vedic farming etc.

ii. Arrangements can be made for farmers to visit the Organic farms one in Nayagarh district and the other in Phulbani district.

iii. Selected SSSVIP villages should be provided with Terra filters or Purion type of filter.

iv. Awareness for use of sanitary latrines & construction of more such latrines will be stressed upon.

v. Solar lamps will be provided to students in identified villages with remote chance of electrification in recent future.

vi. Digital connectivity to be done at least in 6 SSSVIP villages in the Sai year 2012. vii. Each Samithi should have one Digital Archive member (preferably youth with IT

knowledge).

V Sai Schools – as centers of excellence i. Steps should be taken to bring excellence both in academic & human values.

ii. Guidelines of the Govt. of Odisha, Institute of Sathya Sai Education Mumbai, the CBSE & ICSE Board and Right to Education Act to be strictly followed.

iii. School fees may be increased keeping in view the minimum fees collected in other schools of the locality.

iv. Sathya Sai schools are part of Sathya Sai organisation. Therefore Sathya Sai Organisation and the management of respective schools should work hand in hand for development of the school.

v. All State level subject training programs for school teachers be conducted by the state.

vi. Same teachers should not be sent for the certificate course again and again. vii. All Sathya Sai schools teachers of the state will undergo the certificate course by

the end of 2013. viii. Reward will be given to the student with all round excellence in each school by

the state trust. ix. Common text books for English & odia medium schools will be introduced. x. Common question papers for English & odia medium schools will be introduced.

xi. School uniform as described recently should be introduced if any school has not done so.

xii. Annual inter school sports meet will be organized from 2012-2013. xiii. Similarly annual exhibition on values, maths, science, social studies, languages

will be organized commencing from 2012-2013.

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xiv. Schools interested for presenting cultural programs during Parthi yatra may submit their names to the State President immediately. Such programs should involve maximum number of small children. Solo program should be avoided. The programs should be value based.

xv. Common magazine of all schools should be published on the occasion of Bhagawan’s birth day. The list of editorial board will be announced very soon. The members of the board will collect articles, photos, drawings etc. from schools for the magazine.

xvi. Value festivals will be organized every year on 15th Dec and 24th Dec. So the

principals are requested not to keep any other programs in schools during this period.

xvii. Common school calendar shall be prepared from the 2012-2013 sessions.

xviii. Following Trainings will be arranged from 2012-13.

Training for Principals & vice-principals

Training on Examination & evaluation

Training on English grammar, composition and spoken English for all teachers of English medium schools and teachers teaching English in odia medium schools.

Training on Value education

Training of Nursery teachers

Training of P.E.Ts

Training for drawing teachers

xix. Value education training for trainers will be organized on the following areas separately about two days each to prepare experts in relevant areas.

Bhajan & devotional song/silent sitting

Stotra, sloka & vedic chanting

Storytelling, group activity, parenting workshop etc.

Indian culture, educare, five values, excellence in academy, environmental and human areas.

These trainers will in turn train other teachers of the school on zonal basis.

xx. All the parents may be persuaded to subscribe for the monthly Balvikas magazine at the time of admission.

xxi. All schools are requested to submit the abstract of receipt and payment, schedules of outstanding and advances at quarterly rest to the state trust.

VI Sri Sathya Sai Organisation – The instrument for transformation

i. All the district presidents shall prepare five year action plan keeping in view the qualitative and quantitative growth of the Organisation. These action plans are to be submitted by 29th February 2012.

ii. Important activities of the Organisation at Samithi and Bhajan Mandali levels should be given publicity in the local channels and dailies.

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iii. However to telecast any program in cables or to give inter views in the print/electronic media and publishing articles in news papers or magazines, prior permission of the State President shall be obtained.

iv. Live telecast of any program in TV channels to be avoided.

v. This year being the Sadvabana year, extracts from Swami’s discourses on Organisation may be read after weekly Bhajns.

vi. District Presidents should seriously think of getting substantial contribution

for Sathya Sai Trust, Odisha by motivating devotees for small contributions and contacting potential donors for large contributions. Every district should plan for a big project this year which will benefit many people and raise contributions for the purpose from willing donors. Such donations should be routed through the State Trust which will be immediately reimbursed to the concerned district. By doing this we can give the tax exemption benefit to the donor also. The State Trust will extend financial help up to a maximum of Rs.15000/- per district for any proposal of self- employment to unemployed youth.

vii. Resource persons and office bearers while speaking on different occasions should highlight the aims, objectives and activities of the Organisation.

viii. The organization has to reach to the grass root levels this year and hence

the District Presidents are to increase their contact with devotees in the Bhajan Mandalies and Bhajan Centers through frequent visits.

ix. District Presidents should see that there is fairness and transparency in all

financial transactions whether at District. Samithi or Bhajan Mandali levels.

x. Training program for Samithi & BM conveners shall be conducted to impart training on leadership, team work, inter personal relationship, conflict resolutions, time and stress management, goal setting etc. at Bhubaneswar.

xi. Minutes of the Samithi Meetings to be circulated to all the seva groups/Bhajan Mandalis within seven days of the date of meeting along with the date and agenda for the next meeting.

xii. District presidents should be in constant touch with the district administration and offer the services of Organisation to act as facilitator (without any financial involvement) in the implementation of the Govt. sponsored welfare schemes in our SSSVIP villages.

xiii. This year railway authorities will extend concession for the following festivals : February ( Maha shivarathri), April (Rama Nabami) July ( Guru Purnima), August (Onam and Janmastami) , October (Dasahara) November (Swami’s Birthday and Deepavali)

xiv. This year Parthi Yatra shall be held in two phases i.e in July and November. The dates shall be circulated later after obtaining approval from Prasanthi Nilayam

xv. April 24th shall be observed as Maha Samadhi Divas throughout the state.

Detailed guidelines in this regard will be intimated in due course.

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VII Expansion of Holistic Health Care in the state – the vision beyond horizon

a. Health Camps i. Emphasis should be given on periodicity & quality of treatment (complete cure)

rather than the numbers. ii. Tie ups with doctors & hospitals in towns has to be strengthened for referral

patients. iii. Medicine banks shall be created in every district. iv. Health checkup with provisions of Health card to be introduced in all 18 Sathya Sai

schools of Odisha. v. Each district, with due permission from the hospital authority will display a Flex

inside the hospital premises highlighting the facilities available in the super specialties hospitals at Banagalore and Puttaparthy. The Flex will be provided by the state.

b. Eye Care i. Each district conducting eye camp successfully (Khurda, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar,

Bhadrak, Jajpur & Kendrapada) will help another neighbouring district to arrange eye camps.

ii. More eye hospitals will be tied up for this purpose. iii. Video/Flex will be prepared for spreading awareness regarding eye donation to

be displayed at health camps. iv. “MY LAST WISH” certificate & eye donation pledge forms will be supplied to the

districts.

c. Sharing Liquid Love i. Each district / samithi should assign a HHC worker especially for blood donation

who will be trained and having complete information regarding blood groups of devotees.

ii. There should be a state level central cell for coordination of the activity. iii. Zonal level Blood donation camps can be conducted at three medical colleges

(to which most of our patients are referred).

d. Telemedicine Center i. Back-up team should be prepared in advance for Puttaparthy connectivity

ii. Shelter to the out patients for overnight stay to be provided in case of need. iii. Possibility of conducting ECG, PT&INR, Blood tests (pre requisite for check up)

at TMC can be explored to reduce the financial burden of the patients. iv. Patient Contact programme on continuous basis and patients meet once in a

half year must be conducted in each Samithi. v. Proper information regarding days, timing, contact no. etc. of the TMC to be

displayed in samithis .

e. Skill Development of Holistic Health Care workers i. District HHC team should be reinforced (at least one doctor, two workers, one

blood donation counsellor, one youth from each SSSVIP village) ii. All training programs (First aid, Eye care, Blood donation) should be conducted

regularly at district level. iii. Emphasis will be given for attracting more doctors, preferably retired doctors by

a group of resourceful persons from organisations. iv. At least one seminar/symposium to be conducted in each of the medical

colleges in the state. v. State level doctors meet will be done annually in a more planned manner with

more number of doctors participating.

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VIII SSS Vidya Vahini – The unique gift of Lord i. All the Sathya Sai School teachers along with MC members will be oriented on

SSSVV. ii. On hand experience will be provided to teachers and volunteers to develop

lesson plans in workshops. iii. Volunteers will be identified for translation team and oriented accordingly.

IX Mahila Bibhag – the loving heart to draw Divine grace

This year being the Sadbhavana Year, Love and Compassion should be the basic components of all our activities. For this, a collective approach with team spirit should be the guiding principles. This year the focus should be to strengthen Mahila Activities from the grass root level ie. Bhajanmandalies and Bhajan Centres and.

a. Spiritual Activities i. To intensify our personal sadhana and family sadhana, all members, especially

the Office-bearers are requested to daily observe 21 times Omkar followed by Suprabhatam, Japa and Dhyana at home and participate at least once a week in Nagar Samkirthan.

ii. New members should be encouraged to learn and sing Suprabhatam on Shakti Swarupini Divas and such other occasions.

iii. Seven household bhajans, in the houses of non-devotees or new devotees to be intensified.

iv. In the weekly Mahila Bhajans Ram Katha Rasa Bahini Parayan is to continue as before.

v. Seven Household ThapobanParayan, Siridi Sai Satcharitra Parayan and Sathya Sai Satcharitra Parayana involving new devotees or non-devotees should be expanded.

vi. Sri Sathya Sai Bratakalpa Puja, Bara Laxmi Puja (Once in a year), Lalitha Sahasranama, Kumkum Puja, Swami Paduka Puja and Lakhyarchana should be done on a mass scale, preferably in SSSVIP Villages.

vii. Rudarpitham by sisters are so far very encouraging and they should intensify further.

b. Shakti Swarupini Dibas i. Once in a quarter Shakti SwarupiniDibas should be observed in a SSSVIP village.

ii. Lives of the following Mahila Devotees who had close association with Bhagavan should be discussed on ShaktiSwarupinidibas (1) Iswaramba (2) Karanam subamma (3) Sakamma (4) Leelamma (5) Pedda Bottu) (6 ) Dr. Rajeswari (7) Rajmatha Of Jamnagar (8) M.S. SubbaLaxmi (9) Jayalaxmi Gopinath (10) any other local devotee.

iii. Mothers of Bal Vikash children, Lady Doctors, Teachers, Students, Professionals should be invited to the Shakti Swarupini Divas to participate in different activities like Spiritual and Awareness Talks, Study Circles, Seminars, Mahila Sadhana Sibirs and different competitions.

c. Sai Premdhara i. Each Samithy should take up at least one SSSVIP village for implementation of

Sai Premdhara Project. Each Samithy should constitute a Sai Premdhara team of 21 members comprising of 18 mahilas( Three Mahilas for each care) and three

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gents involving the Samithy Convener, Samithy Gents Seva Dal Coordinator and Samithy Youth (Gents) coordinator.

ii. The District President should submit a quarterly report on the implementation of Sai Premdhara in his District.

iii. District level workshop on Sai Premdhara should be conducted in each district before April 2012 involving the Sai Premdhara teams of each samithi.

d. Prasanthi Seva i. Prashanti Seva Training for Mahilas at the district level should be conducted

twice a year in the months of June and December. ii. More and more mahilas from SSSVIP villages should be motivated to participate

in Prashanti Seva.

e. Mahila Convention Each District should organize a Mahila Convention during the year in which large number of Mahilas should participate. A theme song for Mahila Convention should be composed at the State Level. A uniform programme for mahila Convention should be designed and followed by all districts. As far as possible, services of the local Resource Persons should be utilized for holding district level mahila conventions.

f. Mahila Magazine “ Sanathani” i. This will be a State Level Magazine to be released on 19th Nov’2012. An

Editorial Board with representation from coastal, southern and western Odisha is to be constituted for the purpose. Articles, poems and photographs to be collected by the District Spiritual Coordinator of each district and sent to the State Spiritual Coordinator at least two months before publication. After proper scrutiny, only selected items will find place in the magazine.

ii. This year being the Sadbhavana Year every mahila devotee should strictly follow the nine point code of conduct and maintain spiritual diary for the purpose of self-audit.

X Holistic Animal Care – Challenges & Opportunities a. Self Employment Programme

More emphasis will be given for self employment of educated unemployed youth through dairy entrepreneurship in SSSVIP villages. The farmers having dairy units will be provided with technical support for their sustenance. The youths interested for dairy farming will be imparted training on Dairy Development at Goshala, Cuttack. The interested persons may contact Dr. L.D.Mohanty, contact No.8763534887. It was also resolved that, a 2 days training programme on Dairy entrepreneurship will be organized centrally at Bhuabaneswar to accommodate and facilitate the training of unemployed youths.

b. Small Ruminants Development Programme After fresh survey of land less labourers, Small marginal farmers, below poverty line persons either having sheep or goat or interested for their farming will be given technical support to rejuvenate their farms for better income. The farmers having small animals will be trained at Joda under Keonjhar district and at Rayagada in southern Odisha to reorient them regarding scientific know how, care and management of animals. The interested persons may contact Dr. L. K. Aich, VAS, Joda, contact No. 9437075882. In addition, the labourers/ farmers showing much interest in small animal farming will be supported in all respects for their firm establishment.

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c. Organisation of Health Camps

Need based camps will be organized as usual in SSSVIP villages. As such, 2-3 camps comprising deworming of animals, correction of infertility in animals and general health camps will be organized in a village as per the requirement of the SSSVIP village farmers.

d. Preventive Vaccination It was finalized that, our organization will ensure preventive vaccination of large and small animals as Govt. is providing all necessary Biologicals along with personnel for vaccination of animals. In case of large animals the vaccine like HSV, BQV, FMDV, Theileriosis & ASV will be covered as per the prevalence of the disease. For small animals the vaccines like ENTV, PPRV & GPV will be covered as per the need of the area concerned. In face of any outbreak of disease in animals, the organization will come forward for vaccinating the susceptible animals and subsequent control of the disease. In case of emergency emanating from disease outbreaks in animals, Dr.Anil Kumar Das, contact No. 9439749165 may be contacted.

e. Farmers Orientation Programme It was decided that, farmers orientation training programme will be conducted in SSSVIP villages to impart necessary awareness and training regarding calf/ dairy management, infertility, mastitis, clean milk production, Bio-gas production, vermiculture, organic farming, fodder cultivation etc. to the interested farmers.

f. Skill Development of Sai Youth on Animal Care It was felt essential to train a very good number of Sai Youth on Animal Care in order to assist the veterinarians during organization of health camps, farmers awareness camp etc. in SSSVIP villages. Such training programme will be organized in individual district or clubbing 3-4 districts at a time as per the requirement.

g. Organisation of Gosambardhana Utsav (Festival) It was decided to organize Gosambardhana Utsav in various districts with venue as per their suitability in addition to the Utsavs being organized at present in SSSVIP villages. The details of modalities of holding such Utsav at district level will be communicated later.

h. Survey of Animals It was finalized to conduct survey of animals in various SSSVIP villages as usual for the year 2012 as per the prescribed proforma placed below as Annexure-V. The District President should submit a report on animal surveyed, which should reach at State Office on or before 7th February 2012 positively.

i. Co-ordination with the Govt. To benefit unemployed youth through farming of animals under various Govt. schemes, it was decided to designate a contact person Dr. Hadibandhu Ranasingh, contact no. 9937571030. Interested youth desirous of availing such opportunity may contact him over telephone or in person.

j. Organization of Workshop on Value addition of Dairy Products It was found essential to organize workshop on marketing of milk and value addition of dairy product in selected district as per the requirement and availability of large quantities of milk , which is a perishable item. This will reduce the distress sale of milk creating employment opportunity to the un employed youth simultaneously benefiting the farmers

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in general and the individual sales man (unemployed youth) in particular. It has been decided to start the programme on pilot basis at Bhubaneswar.

k. Submission of Report Returns In the previous year, the report on animal health care received from various quarters in half hazard manner, which could not be complied in a systematic way. In order to streamline the same, all concerned are requested to submit their report to Dr. Purna

Chandra Mishra, contact No.9861194615, e-mail ID [email protected] in time as per the proforma.

l. Zone wise distribution of the state for animal farming It is found that the agro climatic conditions of various districts vary to a considerable extent not allowing farming of different species of animals in a particular district. In the back drop of this fact, it was finalized that all the districts in Odisha will be categories in to Group- A, B & C. The group-A districts such as Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Khordha, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal & Baragarh found suitable for dairy farming, where dairy activities will be given more thrust. Similarly, the Group-B districts like Koraput, Malkanagiri, Rayagada, Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Gajapati & Nayagarh, where small ruminants farming will be given more emphasis. Like wise, the Group-C districts such as Gnajam, Anugul, Bolangir, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Sonpur, Boudh & Mayurbhanj are found suitable for both dairy and small animal farming, where both will be given equal emphasis as per the specific need of the area.

XI Youth – The Harbingers of Golden Age

i. For the Sai Year 2012 each district should take up only one district, need based, cost effective project.

ii. The existing incomplete projects must be given priority for completion within a given time frame.

iii. The ideal common project for the year shall be to attract new youths to the organisation fold and to retain the existing youths.

iv. The youths of two or three neighbouring districts should join together to take up a pilot project. The sanitation project taken by Puri, Nayagarh, Khorda is worth emulating in this regard.

v. Zonal communication coordinators should be appointed for each zone and his duties, scopes will be to impart motivation to the youths and facilitate upward and downward communication (please refer Annexure-VI for the list of ZCC).

vi. Retaining the pass out BV students and mentoring them vii. As a part of our celebration of the year of harmony, the DYCs should use their e-

mail ids to exchange noble thoughts and ideas among them. Any good activity or inspiring article from authentic sources can be shared among all DYCs in [email protected].

viii. Students from academic institutions should be increasingly invited to the summer course. Any student/s of such institution who show their interest to visit Prashanti Nilayam may be sponsored by the district for such visit.

ix. Observation of youth day and quarterly meet should be held as a part of our Sadhana.

x. Every youth should select from the list of activities under different wings of the organisation (As given in Annexure VII) and try to devote at least three hours in a week for the Organisation activities. The list is only illustrative and not exhaustive.

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xi. The district level career guidance program for district workers shall be done in the 10 identified districts. They are Bolangir, Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Sundergarh, kandhamal and Baudh.

xii. Persons benefited through our career guidance programme shall be included during the November Parthi yatra 2012.

xiii. At least one SHG in the 10 designated districts mentioned above (total 10 SHG) should come up during this year.

xiv. Trolley Rickshaw shall be given to the remaining districts. xv. Three unemployed youths as identified in each district shall be given assistance

in the form of tool equipments etc. costing between Rs.10,000/- to Rs. 15,000/- xvi. Driving training shall be imparted free of cost to three unemployed youths from

SSSVIP of each district at Bhubaneswar. xvii. Success stories of seva projects, youth projects, may be recorded in the Digital

Radio Sai Studio for benefit of all during Parthi Yatra. Prayer

The decisions are placed at the Lotus Feet of Bhagawan Baba with the prayer to give us strength to translate them into action.

SAIRAM.

Note ( Samiti Conveners) Please convene a meeting of all workers and discuss the decisions in full and chalk out your action plan. Note ( District Presidents) Please ensure that the decisions in totality reach all units of your district. These decisions should form the programme for District Conference to come out with date wise concrete action plan. District Conference may be conducted in more interactive way as done during the State Conference

With regards and loving Sairam.

Yours sincerely Ever in Sai Seva

( P J. P. Rao) State President, S.S.S.O Orissa.

Copy forwarded to All State Office bearers, All Trust members, State Resource Persons, District Presidents, All Committee members etc. for their information and necessary implementation.

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Schedule of Zonal level Bhajan and Instrument training program Annexure – I

Note:

1. For the purpose of trainers’ training each district to depute 5 persons (preferably youths)

consisting of 3 lead singers and 2 instrumentalists. They will act as trainers for their

respective districts.

2. For subsequent trainings at district level the help of core team of Sai symphony in the state

may be sought for.

3. A CD compiling more than 60 training modules of Prasanthi Bhajans shall be distributed by

the state symphony to each district.

4. The formation of district level Sai symphony shall be made forthwith and the list shall be

forwarded by the district to the state within 1 month of the completion of trainers training.

Zone‐I (18th March 2012 at Balasore)

Zone‐II (22nd April 2012 at Puri)

Zone‐III (20th May 2012 at Sambalpur)

Angul Bhubaneswar Bolangir

Balasore‐I Boudh Bargarh

Balasore‐II Gajapati Deogarh

Bhadrak Ganjam‐I Jharsuguda

Cuttack Ganjam‐II Kalahandi

Dhenkanal Kandhamal Nuapada

Jagatsinghpur Khurda Sambalpur

Jajpur Koraput Sundargarh

Kendrapara Malkangiri Sonepur

Keonjhar‐I Nabarangpur

Keonjhar‐II Nayagarh

Mayurbhanj Puri

Rayagada

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Annexure II

Target of Districts for Devotees Contact Program (DCP) during Sai Year 2012

Sl.

No.

District Target Sl.

No.

District Target

1 Angul 500 18 Kalahandi 800

2 Balasore I 600 19 Kandhamal 500

3 Balasore II 500 20 Kendrapada 400

4 Balangir 700 21 Keonjhar I 500

5 Bhadrak 700 22 Keonjhar II 700

6 Bargarh 600 23 Khorda 700

7 Baudh 400 24 Koraput 700

8 Bhubaneswar 900 25 Mayurbhanj 700

9 Cuttack 900 26 Malkangiri 400

10 Deogarh 400 27 Nabarangpur 400

11 Dhenkanal 700 28 Nayagarh 500

12 Gajapati 400 29 Nuapada 400

13 Ganjam I 900 30 Puri 600

14 Ganjam II 500 31 Rayagada 500

15 Jagatsinghpur 500 32 Sambalpur 700

16 Jajpur 700 33 Sundergarh 700

17 Jharsuguda 500 34 Suvarnapur 400

Total 20000

Monthly Devotees Contact Program (DCP) Reporting Format

Name of the District…............... DCP Report for the month of..............................

No. of devotees contacted

Out of the above:

No. of New devotees not in Sai fold before

No. of Mahilas

No. of Youths

No. of Senior devotees

Cumulative total no. Of devotees till..............

Whether database kept and updated Yes / No

A brief write up on the program and its impact and effect

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Annexure III

List of topics to be covered during youth study circle

Month Topics

January Journey from Youth to SAI Youth

February Health is Wealth

March Purity,Patience & perseverance –The Hallmark of Sai Youth

April Realising Fatherhood of God through Brotherhood of man

May Good habits shape good character – a pre requisite of a leader

June Extend your limbs outward, focus your vision inwards

July Self Audit- easy step for self realisation

August Understanding & Managing the 4Ms

September Personality development

October Conceptual clarity of Organisational activities

November How to develop innovative projects – A management study

December Swadhyaya – A compulsory daily Sadhana

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Number of Rudrarpitham to be offered by each district in Sai year 2012 Annexure IV

Dist No.

District Name No. Of Rudrarpitham

to be held

Name of Coordinators/Contact No.

1 Angul 50 Satya Bibhuti Sahu/9438708889

2 Balasore I 87 Partha Sarathi sahoo/8908185674

3 Balasore II 9 Bipin Bihari Behera/9437074171

4 Bargarh 9 Prakash Barai/9658697486

5 Bhadrak 87 Biswa Ranjan Pati/9853689172

6 Bhubaneswar 87 Bibhudatta/9777252188

7 Bolangir 68 Rasraj Thakur/9437242160

8 Boudh 9

9 Cuttack 87 Saurav das/9778023849

10 Deogarh 9

11 Dhenkanal 87 Sahadev Sahoo/9438253856

12 Gajapati 9

13 Ganjam I 50 A Anand Rao/

14 Ganjam II 21 Satyasis Pattnaik/9439715999

15 Jagatsinghpur 21 Nityananda Das/9437293317

16 Jajpur 21 Sunil Kumar Panda/9692855481

17 Jharsuguda 11 Itishree Dehury/9937360963

18 Kalahandi 21 Mahesh Agrawal/9658937073

19 Kandhamal 9

20 Kendrapara 50 Umesh Ch. Nayak/9777758911

21 Keonjhar -I 9

22 Keonjhar -II 50 Gauranga Ch. Khuntia/9437284467

23 Khurda 21 Sagarika Pattnaik/9861855500

24 Koraput 11 B. Balakrishna/9438377770

25 Malkangiri 9 Ajit Pattnaik/9438088286

26 Mayurbhanj 9

27 Nayagarh 9 Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi/ 9437694237

28 Nuapada 9 Mohan Jagat/8895224236

29 Nawarangpur 9 Pardesi Pujari/7504685021

30 Puri 11

31 Rayagada 9

32 Sambalpur 11 Narottam Maharana/8895397479

33 Sundergarh 30 Prasanjit Dash/7873183424

34 Suvarnapur 9

Total 1008

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Annexure V

Format for survey under Holistic Animal Care

A. Name of the SSSVIP village:-

B. Name of the Samiti :-

C. Name of the District:-

D. Name of the local Livestock Inspector of SSSVIP village with contact No.

E. Name of the local V.A.S of SSSVIP village with contact No.

F. Name of the Sai Youth I/C Animal care programme with contact No.

Name of the farmer

Average Monthly income

Desi Cow including heifer and calf

Exotic breed Sheep including lamb

Goat including kid

Male population Of cattle Including buffalo

Female population of buffalo

Remarks Cow Heifer Calf

Total --

Format for Reporting under Holistic Animal Care

District: ___________________ Period of Reporting: ___________________________

Health camp Farmers Awareness No of farms established by unemployed youth

No of farms Supported

(technically)

NO of Sai youth

trained on animal

care

No of other units established

Remarks

No of camp

No of animals treated including General cases, infertility , de-worming

No of farmers’ awareness

camp

No of farmers awarded

A B A B A B A B A B Fodder

Vermi Culture

Bio Gas

Others

Please Note A) Dairy animals B) Small ruminants.

In case of any difficulty during survey, please contact Dr. Anil Kumar Das, Contact No. 9439749165 e- mail ID: [email protected]

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Annexure VI

List of zonal communication coordinators:

Zone name Cluster of Districts ZCC Name Contacts

Zone I Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh

Siba Prasad Mohanty 9437156584 Dhenkanal

Zone II Balasore I, Balasore II, Mayurbhanj

Khirod K Nayak 9776383195 Gopalpur

Zone III Bhadrak, Jajpur Rabindra Barik 9238937181 Manjuri road, Bhadrak

Zone IV Keonjhar I, Keonjhar II Gauranga Khuntia 9437284467 Anandpur

Zone V Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada

Bishnu Ch. Samal 9938493657 Kendrpada

Zone VI Cuttack, Bhubaneswar Rama Ballava Mahapatra 9178467127 Bhubaneswar

Zone VII Khorda, Puri, Nayagarh Jitendra K Das 9238303930 Khorda

Zone VIII Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sudergarh

Sai Krishna 9040634237 Sambalpur

Zone IX Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur Khirod K Sahoo 9658713230 Bolangir

Zone X Boudh, kandhamal, Ganjam II

Tapan K Sahoo

9439310021 Phulbani

Zone XI Ganjam I, Gajapati L K pattnaik 9438521660 Chatrapur

Zone XII Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri

Arun kumar Patra 9437233767 Koraput

Zone XIII Kalahandi, Nuapada Parthiswar Mund 9937660889 Dharmagarh

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List of activities for youths

Annexure - VII

SL No.

Particulars of Activities Consent

1 Packeting Bibhuti for Bhajan session and functions

2 Writing thought for the day on the display board

3 Developing Gardens around the Mandir

4 Maintaining shoe stand/cycle stand during Bhajan

5 Maintaining discipline in the Bhajan session

6 Selecting the message of Bhagwan to be read out after Bhajan

7 Sweeping and cleaning the Mandir Hall

8 Maintenance of Attendance Register for Bhajan & Nagar Sankirtan

9 Helping in Prasanthi Bhandar counter after bhajan

10 Lead singer

11 Instrumentalist

12 Help arranging Rudrarpitham

13 Act as facilitator for Rudrarpitham

14 To act as Study circle facilitator/co-facilitator

15 Inviting youths for Nagar Sankirtan, youth day observation etc.

16 Preparing garland for Bhagaban

17 Collecting experience from veteran devotees along with their

photos, audios, videos, for digital archive

18 Keeping in touch with new faces

19 Preparing Teaching aids

20 To act as Guru, Asst. Guru

21 To help the Gurus in specific specialised activities like games, vedic

chants training, bhajans, storytelling, video shows etc.

22 To take care of Rural Bal vikash

23 Free coaching to poor students

24 Arrange for BV rallies, cultural programme, picnics, retreats and

functions

25 Collecting rice, dal and vegetables for NNS

26 Identifying NNS beneficiaries and taking their complete care

27 Distribution of Amrut Kalash

28 Act as core sevadal for specific care under SSSVIP & mahila youth for

specific care under Sai Premdhara

29 Acting as facilitator for blood donation camps

30 Creating awareness for Eye donation

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31 Help in service activities during Local festivals

32 Mobilising youths for Prasanthi Seva

33 Help reporting on SSSVIP at BM or Samithi level

34 Forming Cadre for big state level dist. Level functions

35 Help in preparation of Prasadam in functions/Narayan Seva

36 Assisting the digital archive coordinator in preparing reports PPT etc.

37 Organising cultural programs

38 Mobilising subscribers for Sanatan Sarathi/ Bal Vikas

39 Acting as photographer in Samithi/district/state level programs

40 Acting as anchor in programs

41 Preparation Sai Protein

42 Teaching sewing, knitting and embroidery works to rural youth

43 Imparting training on food processing and preparation of recipes,

food items, drinks and beverages

44 Participating in Animal care camps

45 Preparing hoards, pla-cards on Divine messages

46 Creating health awareness in villages

47 Associating with SSSVV

48 Seva work in Tele Medicine Center & Sathya Sai Press (BBSR only)

49 Organising sports and events for Bal vikash and school children and

youths

50 Preparing exhibits and organizing exhibitions and wall magazine

51 To act as guide in exhibitions

52 To give advice on agriculture to farmers

53 To help village youths in vocational pursuits

54 To teach computers to interested office bearers and others

55 Distribution of Sanatan Sarathi and Bal Vikas

56 Ensuring receipt of Sanatan Sarathi and Bal Vikas at Samithi and

Bhajan Mandali level

57 Maintaining Mobile library

58 Contribute/collection of article for Bal Vikas and other publications

59 Mandir Puja including Sodash Upachar Puja

60 Preparation of banners, and decoration on functions

61 Preparing presentations in PPT for various topics