WORK DONE SO FAR
CURRENT PROJECT STATUS
NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Work done since 2018.
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We started our work in 2018 by making Gita content, and so far, we have made three styles of Gita content in five languages. We have created 18 MP3 files and 18 mp4 files for every style of Gita, thereby producing 18x5x3=270 MP3 files and an equal number of MP4 files. We have made them available on our YouTube channels. The MP3 files of the Fusion Music Bhagawat Gita were kept open on our Gita university website for free download.
A team of 8 people worked for over a year and called 3.6 lakh people from all 29 states, and 87,000 people have downloaded thus far.
We have also sent WhatsApp and text messages to a two-crore database, recommending that they visit our YouTube channels and the Gita University website. So far, over 23 lakh people visited our website to listen to the audio files of Bhagavad Gita, which could be a reason for having fewer visitors and subscribers to our YouTube channels.
We have started digitalising Valmiki Ramayana in English, Telugu, and Hindi with an estimated budget of 4 crores. However, due to a lack of funds, this project is suspended until we get sponsorship from a business firm or affluent dharmic individual.
Since 2018 to February 2025, we have spent about Rupees 6.76 crore on all the above activities, of which the public gave 1.44 crore rupees, Rupees 2.35 crore as interest-free loans from friends, and 2.97 crore rupees from the personal funding of the company’s directors.
We have made the Gita University Project document the first initiative in our Global Peace Mission and released a teaser on String Channel in December 2021. We planned to construct the same in 6 phases, each worth 200 crores. We have received immense support from the public at large. Over 200 prominent people have contacted us nationwide, and we have taken their suggestions for 18 months since then.
We have met a few CSR heads of the companies who advised us to commence Initiatives 2 and 3 to be eligible for CSR funding. Many architects and engineers have advised us to complete the entire construction in one go for many logistics reasons.
A team of 12 people emailed the Gita University document to 7,542 people, including IAS and IPS officers, MLAs, and MPs from all over India. We also called all these influential people and advised them to look at the project and send suggestions, if any.
From June 2023, we started working on the suggestions we received from a broad spectrum of people and made a final project draft with three objectives estimated at a budget of 2200 crores, other than the land component.
Work done in the past 20 months: In the past twenty months, our back office team has contacted the offices of India’s richest 4,000 people and listed their postal details and a few personal information of the CEO. We informed them that we would return to them after getting the required land from the Government and with proper 3D plans.
We completed the printing of 1000 comprehensive project booklets and 4000 concise booklets in the initial week of June 2024 for distribution to India’s top 4000 wealthiest individuals (Ultra HNIs). These booklets will be dispatched once the brand ambassadors are finalised or 1 or 2 dynamic individuals are added to the board of directors or immediately after the press meeting. Following the distribution of the booklets, our fundraising team will reach out to them individually based on their wealth rank status, resulting in 1108 donors supporting this project by March 2025.
We received blessings from HH Sri. Gaurangadas Prabhu (ISCON GCM and Director, GEV—Mumbai) to collaborate two years ago and have been taking his advice since then. Recently, we met Prabhu Ji and resolved to collaborate with ISCON with train-the-trainers training and various other aspects. Prabhu Ji also assured us that he would soon introduce us and the project to Nita Ambani Ji for her support and endorsement. Prabhu Ji has confirmed to us that he would love to be on our advisory board, and he assured us of his complete support.
We also received blessings from HH Sri Chinnajeeyar Swamiji and Sri Ramesh Gupta Ji, eminent dharmic individuals from Hyderabad. We also received blessings from our Gurus, Shri Shanmukha Sharma, Shri. Chaganti Koteswara Rao, Swarupanandendra Swami ji of Sarada peetam Visakhapatnam, and His Highness Sanchidananda Swami ji of the Datta peetam or Mysore.
We also received blessings from His Highness Prince Aditya Varma ji, Travancore Sansthan and Managing Trustee of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple board. He assured us he would put the proposal on the upcoming new trustees’ board and do everything possible. We are also talking to Hero Arjun and Shri Anupam Kher (Actor) for their support.
CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT "INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR KARMA YOGA"
We tried to seek help from TTD in the previous government but failed to meet either the TTD chairman or the then-honorable CM. For 4 months, we have been persuading Sri Madhusudan, Sri Balakrishna and Sri Venkata Krishna Secretaries of Shri Pavan Kalyan ji, Honorable Deputy CM of AP state, to explain the project and its takeaways and seek support from TTD. We are also writing and planning to meet Ayodhya Temple Trust members for 400 crores of funds for Project-2, which aims to produce Ram-like Indian Civil Services officers. We are also talking to the CEO of the Sringeri Matt Shri Murali garu to meet Bharati Tirdha Swamiji and present the project and also invite him for the Bhumi puja for our proposed “International Gita School” on 18 acres campus at Shankarpally, Hyderabad.
We are putting all our efforts into bringing 36 of the most credible dharmic celebrities and businesspeople onto the core advisory board that will function for five years until the first batch of 1000 Gita gurus is given to the world. The list includes Shri. Rajinikanth, Shri.Chiranjeevi, Shri.Venkatesh, Shri.Akshay Kumar, Shri.Anupam Kher, Smt Smruti Irani, Smt Kangana Raunath, Shri.Varaprasad Reddy, Smt.Sudha Reddy, Shri.Murali Mohan, Shri.Chandra Pemmasani, Smt.Upasana, Smt.Vidya Reddy, Smt.Riya Kodali and 18 others. This becomes easy if we quickly get a credible celebrity on the board of directors or get one as our brand ambassador. We are also adding two more directors to the director’s board and will finalise by the end of August 2025.
We also started communicating with the state congress leaders and their high command to seek the allotment of a suitable endowment land. We are also in continuous touch with Shri Rahul Gandhi through his assistant Shri Kaushal Vidyarthi, who was introduced to us by Shri K L Sharma ji, Member of Parliament, Amethy. We also met a few senior T G state cabinet members to seek their support in the cabinet meeting for the allotment of the land. We are persistently following up to get their time focused on listening and comprehending this magnanimous project. We shall introduce the project to all central cabinet ministers by the end of September 2025, which will help us get the PM Cares fund after showing 80% progress in constructing the “International School for Karma Yoga” at Shankarpally. We have emailed PK Mishra ji, Principal Secretary to PM, and Ajit Doval ji, NSA. We are in the process of meeting them in person and keeping them informed about the Project.
We are also communicating with a few popular national and South Indian media channels to become our TV media partners. We are soon signing up with one popular digital media channel to inform affluent and ordinary Dharmic people about the project and its magnanimous goals.
On July 26, 2024, we met with the endowments minister, Smt. Konda Sureka, along with our Mentor and Advisor, Mrs. Renu Desai. During the meeting, we presented the Gita University Project and requested the allocation of sufficient endowment land. The minister assured us that she would take all necessary actions and promised to arrange a meeting with the Endowments principal secretary and Commissioner to discuss the matter further. However, for reasons that remain unclear to us, she has not demonstrated an interest in meeting with us for the second time. We remain hopeful about advancing this matter while extending an invitation for her to participate in the Bhumi puja for the establishment of the “International School for Karma Yoga” during May June 2025.
Upon receiving the initial approval letter from the state government regarding the land, we will swiftly arrange a national press conference to announce the project, featuring 18 distinguished individuals, including celebrities, business leaders, politicians, and spiritual leaders. Following this event, our fundraising volunteers will reach out to high-net-worth individuals to secure the necessary funding.
CURRENT STATUS (START DATE DEC 2025 – END DATE DEC 2026): Due to delays in garnering attention from the government, we have initiated work on our land and are eager to formally introduce the foundational version of the Gita University Project, named “International School for Karma Yoga.” We will seek suitable dates for the Bhumi Puja from our esteemed Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah ji, and HH Shri Shri Bharati Tirtha Swamiji, aiming for this event to take place in May or June 2025. In the interim, we have completed the land leveling, acquired all necessary survey reports from the Mandal, and installed fencing around the property. We anticipate receiving clearance from the Irrigation Department by the end of March 2025. The plans for the campus walk-through, cottages, and overall layout are currently in progress and are expected to be finalized by the first week of April 2025. We aim to obtain approvals from HMDA by the end of April 2025. Subsequently, we will approach Pujya Shri Amit Shah ji to request his esteemed presence at the Bhumi Puja ceremony. We will extend invitations to 18 of the most influential dharmic leaders from across India to attend the ceremony at our Shankarpally campus in Hyderabad.
Funds required
200 Corporate / Celebrity donors required: We are preparing to launch a scaled-down version of the Gita University Project at Shankarpally, Hyderabad, 32 km from Kokapet SEZ and 66 km from International Airport. To facilitate this, we are seeking 200 affluent dharmic individuals from across India, particularly from Hyderabad, to invest in constructing 200 cottages on the International School for Karma Yoga campus. Each investor is invited to contribute two crores for a 2000 square-foot cottage on a 165 square-yard plot. The 200 cottages, along with the Clubhouse and additional conference facilities on the 18-acre campus, will be owned privately by the 200 investors. We request this amount as an investment rather than a donation to foster trust and confidence in their financial commitment. Should our Foundation demonstrate the value of their investment, the investors may consider transferring ownership of the 18-acre property to the Foundation. Conversely, if they choose, the 200 Investors Association retains the right to reclaim the asset from the Foundation and utilize it as they see fit.
Funds to Register 3000 sft new office space: We have finalized a 3000-square-foot office space (@Rs.8500/- psft including all) located on the main road of Srinagar colony, just 500 meters from Punjagutta Metro station. We have assured the owners that we will complete the registration process before August 15, 2024. We again took an extension for the same till May 2025. We seek help from 1000 people who can donate Rs.25,000/- each.
Small monthly donations will greatly help us: Our current average monthly public donation amount for 18 months is Rs.40,000/, while our monthly expenses are above 5 lakh rupees. Many people stopped donating because we could not execute Plan A (Gita University) as scheduled. Now that we are executing Plan C without giving up Plan A, we request all our old donors to continue donating Rs.1000/— to Rs.1000/— a month. Please pick the below link to make a small monthly donation.
Namaste.
Shri. Chalasani Balaramayya (Chairman) & Anand Reddy (Director),
Bhagawat Gita Foundation for Vedic Studies
A section-8 Non-Profit Organization.
Hyderabad, India, www.gitauniversity.in
Ms.Reshma (Project coordinator)
8977931068, 8520933933
Note: Any discrepancies in the document may be brought to our coordinator’s notice.
We had the opportunity to meet Smt. Konda Surekha garu, the Honorable Minister for Endowments, alongside Smt. Renu Desai ji advocating for endowment land for the Gita University Project. The Minister has graciously expressed a positive response. However, for reasons that remain unclear to us, she has not demonstrated an interest in meeting with us for the second time. We remain hopeful about advancing this matter while extending an invitation for her to participate in the Bhumi puja for the establishment of the “International School for Karma Yoga” during May and June 2025 on 18-acre campus at Shankarpally, 32 km from Kokapet SEZ, Hyderabad.