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Sadguru (Dr) Sri Madhusudan Sai spearheads a global chain of service initiatives called Sri Madhusudan Sai Global Humanitarian Mission (SMSGHM). This mission is spread across 33 countries, and contributes to empowering people by improving their lives through the verticals of nutrition, education and healthcare (NEH), and spirituality. The nutrition wing covers about 55 lakh school-going children by serving them breakfast. In the field of education, he has established a chain of educational campuses covering the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Apart from these, he has also founded a university, Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence (SSSUHE), and a first-of-its-kind totally free private medical college, Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SMSIMSR). Under the healthcare wing, he has established six super-specialty hospitals in India and four other hospitals in Fiji, Sri Lanka  , Nigeria, and USA. 12 Centres of Human Development are also established in 12 countries across the world to help spiritual seekers on their path. All the initiatives inspired by Sadguru are rendering services free of all costs with the motto of vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam - One World, One Family.

Introduction and Education
Sadguru was born in a middle-class family as Madhusudan Rao Naidu on 26 July, 1979 to Mrs Padmavati and Mr Maheswar in Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, a state in Central India. After completing his schooling and higher secondary education in Chattisgarh, he went on to join Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Whitefield for his BSc Chemistry(Honors). Later he completed his MSc Chemistry and MBA from the Puttaparthi campus of the same institute. A talented student, he fared well not only in academics, but also in extracurricular activities. He secured gold medals for BSc and his MBA courses too. He expressed his interests in art, theaters, music by participating in various activities organised in the college. After his graduation, as per the guidance of Baba, Sadguru worked in HDFC Bank in Bangalore.

Spiritual Life
Sadguru was introduced to Sathya Sai Baba, early in his life. He attended the bhajan sessions organised in local spiritual centres of Baba and even was a frequent lead singer. His association with Baba deepened when he joined Baba's institutions for his higher studies. He grew close to Baba. During his life after graduation when he worked in a bank in Bangalore, Sadguru started having visions of Baba (similar to that experienced by disciples of Jesus) a his home where Baba would guide him on various aspects of his spiritual life. After the physical demise of Baba on 24 April, 2011, Sadguru was guided by Baba to meet various followers of His to start few service projects. Since then, Sadguru, guided and inspired by Baba, has started various service projects for the benefit of all the people, without any discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, age, gender, or any other factors.

Sathya Sai Grama
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