Sri Sri University on Tuesday signed commencement of its academic activities with the installation of the first batch of students in its Faculty of Management Studies on its campus at Bidyadharpur on the banks of Kathjodi river.
As many as 75 students were taken for the MBA streams in General Management, Entrepreneurship and Agri-business through the installation ceremony in the presence of eminent soil scientist and Dean Emeritus of California State University, Sacramento, USA, Dr Braja Mohan Das. The ceremony was marked by an address by Guruji Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to the students from Bangalore through Skype. Dr Das also interacted with the students on the occasion.
With the rollout of Faculty of Management Studies, the university has now proposed to launch courses in different fields. It has submitted plans to the State Government for starting new departments such as Sri Sri Natya Academy, Yoga and Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Faculty for Governance Studies and Ved Vigyan Mahavidyalaya. The university is already running an institution Vidya (CSTC) in collaboration with L&T to train underprivileged and unemployed youth in job-oriented trades and vocations.