SSSUHE Welcomes Global Scholars from Jethavanarama Monastery

In January 2025, our Founder Chancellor Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai visited the revered Jethavanarama Buddhist Monastery, Srilanka — a sacred centre of spiritual inquiry and human development rooted in over two millennia of Buddhist monastic tradition.

We are humbled to share that, as a consequence of this visit and subsequent academic interactions involving our faculty, administration, and the Office of the Dean – Research & Innovation, 11 monastic scholars from the Jethavanarama Buddhist Monastery have been formally admitted to our academic programmes.

Of these:

• 7 scholars have enrolled in Doctoral (PhD) programmes

• 4 scholars have been admitted to Undergraduate programmes, including B.Sc. Mental Health and B.A. (English, Computer Application)

The cohort comprises Theros (senior monks with extensive monastic training) and Anagarikas (women living under monastic discipline, combining spiritual training with formal academic study), marking a meaningful convergence of contemplative traditions with contemporary higher education.

Among them:

One PhD scholar is a British citizen

One Undergraduate student is an Australian citizen

With this, Sri Sathya Sai University For Human Excellence (SSSUHE) now welcomes learners from Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, Australia, Nigeria, and beyond — evoking the spirit of ancient centres of learning such as Nalanda University, where seekers from across the world gathered in pursuit of wisdom.