The School of Business Management, Accounting and Finance, offering MBA (Master of Business Administration), was started on 21st August, 1986, Bhagavan took a keen interest in fostering the business leaders of the future into change agents who would spread His message of values into the corporate world. For many years after the inception of the department, Bhagavan would visit the Institute every week to deliver talks on management to the students. It was during these talks that Bhagavan succinctly summarized the science of management as ‘Man Management’. This concept is only now catching on in business thought, but Bhagavan had already identified it as the key to successful management more than a decade ago. It was to offer their gratitude to Bhagavan for all the care and attention He had showered on them during their stay as students that more than 450 members of the alumni from all over the world gathered at Prashanti Nilayam to bask yet again in the sunshine of His Love and thus ‘reconnect’ and ‘recharge’ themselves.

In the afternoon, the management students of the Institute presented a drama entitled, “Karishye Vachanam Tava” meaning, “Command, and I shall obey!” The drama depicted how two young management graduates who had recently joined Navajivan Pharma Co. face many difficulties and disappointments due to the unethical behaviour of a manager, how they overcome these difficulties, and become instrumental in guiding the company to make decisions that go beyond just financial criteria and contribute to the welfare of the society. The drama addressed many issues and ethical dilemmas that face the managers of today’s corporate world and how they should be dealt with by discrimination and a clear conscience.


After the drama, Bhagavan granted photos to the participants. Bhagavan also blessed and launched the website of the Institute – www.sssihl.org . The programme concluded with arati and Bhagavan retired to His residence.