History
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning was founded on November 22, 1981, by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. An autonomous body, it has been recognized by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and the University Grants Commission (UGC), as a Deemed University, vide their notification no. F9-11/81-U.3 dt.10.11.1981. The institute has been admitted as a regular member of the Association of Indian Universities, vide their letter no. Meet/Reg.Memb/86/97596 dt.20.4.1986.
The institute has grown out of the colleges founded earlier by Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), Whitefield (Karnataka) and Prashanthi Nilayam (Andhra Pradesh). The latter being considered as the primary objective of education.
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