SLIDE 3 Theme: “Love in Action – Finding Divinity”
Region 7 – Sathya Sai International Organization, USA
Mrs Pallavi Vedantam is an alumni from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur campus. She completed her M.S in Food and Nutritional Sciences (2003) and also earned a Bachelor's in Education (2005). She has been in bhagavan's fold since 1989 as a SSE student, young adult and seva dal member. She pursued her Doctorate in Microbiology at Clemson University in USA. After which she went on to pursue her Postdoctoral research at Harvard School of Public Health as a Microbiologist, consequently she pursued further Postdoctoral research at University of Connecticut Health Center as an Immunologist. Currently she works as Senior Research Assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and conducts research in Immuno-oncology.
- Dr. Shashank Shah is an eminent researcher in the field of Corporate Responsibility and Stakeholder Management Strategy. He
completed his PhD and Post-Doctoral Research in the area of Corporate Stakeholders Management at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam. Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba awarded him the Governor’s Gold Medal for standing first at the Master of Philosophy Programme in Business Management in 2006; and the President of India Gold Medal for standing first at the MBA Programme at the Sri Sathya Sai University in 2004. From 2014, Dr. Shashank Shah has been Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Business School; and held joint appointment as Project Director and Fellow at the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI), USA. Sri Ajay S Yekkirala was fortunate to complete high school and B.Sc. in Biosciences at Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL) respectively. With Swami's blessings, he was part of the SSSIHL Brass Band as a percussionist and guitarist, and has performed several times in Swami's Divine presence. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology from University of Minnesota and is a research fellow in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Ajay is also co-founder and CSO of Blue Therapeutics, a startup focused on developing non-addictive painkillers
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