SAHA in coordination with Sai RAM Trust is presently supporting the following programs:-

1. Empowerment program for the village schools to shape better citizens

The programs are offered totally free of cost to the remote schools. They aim to bring about qualitative behavioral changes in the teachers and students. The programme uses effective management tools like 360 Degrees feedback for the teachers to enable their self evaluation and improve their performance through the feedback from various stake holders of the school. The programs also attempts to strengthen the students’ pursuits by motivational lectures, career counseling, value education and shaping them as responsible citizens.

2. Centre for English, Learning skills and Career Programmes

The Centre offers specialised diploma and certificate programs that are focused on the needs and expectations of the Industries so as to equip the students with right skills and knowledge and enable them to aspire better and relevant careers that match their academic pursuits.

The courses are offered totally cost free to the students who are meritorious and talented but economically disadvantaged. For the other students who can afford to pay, they are offered on a non profit basis.

3. Research Consultancy services to Government bodies

A research project to conduct a survey of Human Resource needs and expectations of Biotech Industry was taken up in association with Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission. The Project aims to understand the needs of the Industries and provide specific inputs in the academics and curriculum of the students.

4. Citizenship Education Programs

A training programme for students and youth of different age groups to make them sensitized to their roles and responsibilities in making the Nation stronger.

5. Seminars for promoting Research acumen amongst students

We encourage and conduct various seminars for paper presentations and publications of various research contributions of the young researchers in India. We endeavour to bring forth a Journal for such papers to be organised by eminent Academic and Industry experts.

6. Motivational sessions to youth on Career building and Community participation

We are conducting various motivational programs for strengthening the youth in terms of their career goals, provide them counseling and guidance and actively encourage them for participation in community based activities organised for the benefit of the poor and needy.

Have you ever seen a child or a young student aim small or settle with some petty profession that comes to them as an accident or coincidence?

We are sure you agree that any child with a minimum awareness wants to be big, wants to be very special and wants to change the whole World around - in a second -just single handed. Obviously they do have such potential and yes, they can. They are the unlimited reservoirs of skills, talents, creativity and have a burning desire to excel.

Unfortunately, these powerful minds are often limited by the frames of education, ideologies and the severe limitation of financial affordability that restricts the understanding of ones self (Wisdom in taking decisions). Thus they become a part of mechanistic functioning. Many talents are compelled to just forget what they want to do and settle up with only what they can afford. These talented youth are compelled to compromise their dreams with whatever available to them of whatever quality or purpose. Most of them settle down for petty jobs which pay them a meager amount, just to ensure their own survival, and to feed their families.

Less relevance between what one desires to learn and the realities in learning

You know that any field of study needs a constant updating through research and development; else the subject would tend to become obsolete over a period of time. Research needs a very high degree of learnability and inquisitiveness to pursue until finding the solution for a problem. It requires a high degree of knowledge, skills and talents to make a breakthrough.

The young minds are the reservoirs of such talents. This is now an established truth. Unfortunately, many of these reservoirs of knowledge are seriously suppressed by economic pressures and limitations. In developing countries there are gold medalists in Technology compelled to work as a Bus Conductors and distinction holders at Masters in Sciences are forced for working as clerks in government offices. This is in no way to undermine such jobs, but just to put forth the fact that the talents are reaching no where and getting dried up, just for the reason that they cannot afford higher education and research?

Further to all these, we really cannot expect the Governments to do everything either. You are well aware that the developing nations are in severe resource crunches to overcome their survival problems of food and poverty etc., it cannot really afford the higher costs of Research and Specialised Higher Educational avenues.

Certain Institutions are available to a bare minimum but are far off from the economically disadvantaged. These alone are not sufficient to cater to provide adequate educational avenues to all those meritorious and talented, who aspire to pursue higher education.

Getting a job-the only productive outcome of learning activity

The truth is that economic compulsions shape the lives of people in the Countries like India. Academic Institutions in India are practically rated to be successful on the scales of their placement “Values of pay packages” that give an individual the sense of pride in the society.

There are several Institutions blooming in India and in many other countries that offer ‘Placement guaranteed Education’ which assure a placement to its students from a position of a Government office clerk to any thing on offer.

Any humanist would invariably agree that getting a job is of course a necessity but then it should not hamper the real learning activity or the process of shaping a youngster as a strong mind and a better citizen, for we need better citizens today to create a better world and not just professional job holders.

Development without proper educational avenues

What is the Importance of Research in education today? In spite of all the difficulties of survival and economic limitations, even if a few youngsters get through their school education with bright colors, they are forced to stop there, as they can never afford higher education and hence cannot even dream of pursuing a research.

Can a society ever prosper if it cannot provide adequate educational and research avenues to the talented and meritorious students suppressed by economic limitations?

Is it not an imperative to provide quality education to all those who are looking forward for it?

Economics and Human Values

We are getting entangled in our pursuits of dynamics of economics - and grossly missing something very important – our Values, Wisdom, Health, Humanity and the very essence of life, kindness and helping hand  to others.
The end result of our education system needs to be redefined - to effectively contribute to the growth of the society and Nation.

The society shaped us to what we are today. It is partly known and many unknown contributions and sacrifices that shaped us to success. Now, it is our turn to  transform the lives of others.