Shirdi Sai Parivaar

Lecture on “Human Excellence: Lessons for Day to Day Conscious Living” by Dr. Chinmaya Pandya, Pro Vice Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya

As part of its Community Activities, Shirdi Sai Parivaar is pleased to provide a lecture on “Human Excellence: Lessons For Day to Day Conscious Living” by Dr. ChinmayaPandya on Sunday, July 27th from 7:00-8:25 P.M. The lecture will be held in the Multipurpose Room at the Shirdi Sai Center.  The focus of the topic will be on building excellence in every sphere of life.  The lecture is open to all but specific examples will touch the needs of students, parents, and working class.

Dr. Chinmay Pandya was born and raised in the spiritual academy (Ashram) of Shantikunj in Haridwar, India.  After completing his medical degree at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, he decided to pursue his post graduation from the United Kingdom. Dr. Chinmay went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Wolverhampton, UK and eventually completed MRCPsych (Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists) from London. As a Consultant and as Associate Specialist for the Alzheimer Disease Treatment Service and Older People’s Service in the West London Hospital Trust, London, he helped patients to recover from the rare and difficult diseases. Later, after gaining valuable experience and expertise in the UK, Dr. Chinmay Pandya returned to India in 2010 and joined Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya (DSVV), to answer his inner call to serve the society.

Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya (D.S.V.V.) is a non-conventional centre of higher learning, education and research located in the Himalayan surroundings along the banks of River Ganges. It is an exceptional creation, which has born out of a unique vision of the groundbreaking scholar and visionary, Pt Shriram Sharma Acharya ji (1911-1990), who was also a renowned social reformer and a celebrated freedom fighter. He had a vision to establish a University devoted to the preservation and propagation of the Indian Culture, which to him was Dev Sanskriti, that could combine the percepts of practical knowledge (shiksha) and spiritual education (vidya) to create truly enlightened individuals.