Shastri Memorial
Foundation
Spreading
value-based wellness in body, mind & soul
Registration No: E 19832
Donors get tax benefit u/s 80G.Regn
no:E-19832.PAN:AACTS2217F
About us: In the words of Vernon
Coleman, an expert on mind matters, "in some ways,
largely material, we are richer than our ancestors. In
other ways - largely spiritual - we are infinitely poorer.
We have created a world in which we cannot cope without
artificial aids. Loneliness, anxiety and depression are
now more common than at any time in the history of
mankind".
One need not be an intellectual or a philosopher to recall
countless occasions in our own lives to attest what
Coleman said. But then, why is it so? Why can't we, with
all our cleverness and smartness, work out a mindset
package for ourselves that will guarantee inner peace and
balance?
We at Shastri Memorial Foundation believe that it is
possible for us to find answers for these questions. We
also believe that these answers should be customized for
the individual as well as synergized for social behavior.
Pt K A Sivaramakrishna Shastri
(1899-1984) was a man given to simple living and high
thinking. He walked his talk throughout life: 'if you want
to think high, you have to live simple; if you lived high,
you could only think simple'. He became a Shastri by
learning, not by birthright. After retiring as faculty
member at Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, Pt Shastri was
asked to take over the editorship of the encyclopedic
effort on Sanksrit that was going on in Deccan College,
Pune, for decades. He was honored with the Rashtrapati
Award for lifetime contribution to Sanskrit and Indian
values in 1977. Till his last breath, he was a true Karma
Yogi, teaching, writing, thinking, and adding value to
himself and others around him.
Shastriji and his wife Sharadaji were blessed with five
sons and two daughters. The youngest of them, Dr S
Srinivasan, established this foundation in 2001, with a
view to serving the community in the areas of healthcare,
education and human values.
Dr Srinivasan obtained his MBBS and MD (Pharmacology) from
the University of Pune in the 1960s. He was an academician
for nearly a decade, half of which he spent as faculty
member at CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
He worked as the medical / medico-marketing director of
many healthcare companies in India for nearly a quarter
century, serving last as Senior Vice President with
Aventis, Mumbai.
Dr Srinivasan is a natural orator, writer, motivator and
facilitator. He has authored 'health @ your finger tips',
a practical and reader-friendly book that blends all
aspects of health in the modern world and is targeted at
today's busy professional / executive. His two other books
on value-based management and wholesome wellness for the
service sector executive are to be released in the coming
year. His musical profile is presented elsewhere in this
website. Dr Srinivasan's classmate-wife, Dr Usha, cancer
pathologist, nature lover, watercolor artiste and
humanist, supports him to the hilt in all his efforts.
Their two sons and daughters-in-law are busy with their
own executive careers in India and abroad.
Vision: We want Mumbai to be not merely
a rich city but a place of wholesome wellness in body,
mind and soul.
Mission: Through value adding seminars
and workshops
Services:
We are
focusing more on rural areas and have identified two
villages, Patas and Dhalewadi in Pune district for
educational and healthcare support.
Education: Sharada Memorial Prizes to students of the
Poona School and Home for the Blind, Koregaon Park, Pune
Sitalakshmi Memorial Scholarships to students of the same
institution.
Interactive seminars for parents, teachers and students on
the importance of value education and practical
applications
Career counseling
Healthcare:
Medical camps in collaboration with NGOs. Nutritional
supplements to rural communities in Pune and Riagad
district.
Financial assistance to poor patients in Mumbai & Pune
on a case by case basis
Human values:
Interactive seminars and workshops on a variety of topics
such as value-based management, evolution of the perfect
manager, multiple intelligences, value based leadership,
creating quality time, value based stress management,
relaxation techniques / breathing exercises, music as a
tool for self-management, art & science of parenting,
balancing work & personal life, living with
uncertainty, spiritual music for the soul,
Hindustani classical / semi-classical interactives' and so
on. The details are given elsewhere in this website.
Impact:
Given away scholarships, prizes, free medicines, and
conducted wellness workshops and interactive sessions
numbering more than 200
History: Started in 2001. Named after
late Pandit K A S Shastri of Deccan College, Pune,
Rashtrapati awardee for lifetime contribution to Indian
values.
Projects/Achievements: Given away scholarships,
prizes, free medicines, and conducted wellness workshops
and interactive sessions numbering more than 200.
What is it that you exactly do for a beneficiary?: Scholarships
to poor students, free medicines to poor patients,
lectures and seminars to workers and their families
How can you work with others? :
Offer our services free to other NGOs for raising
funds etc. Help in corporates in CSR activities. Help Govt
in educational and health care efforts
If they want to visit you?: yes
Do you have any weekend or evening activities which
families can attend and be sensitized?: yes
Talk of 15-20 minutes to a Rotary Club: yes
Financials:
Yearly Budget Rs.: 0.5 lacs
Revenue Sources: Self and a few donations
Corporates can adopt us at yearly sponsorship of Rs.: Yes.
0.5 lacs.
Organization:
full time: one
part time: --
volunteers: --
Help Needed:
Volunteer: yes
Donations-in-kind: no
Services needed: no
Advisors needed: no
Jobs Available: no
Donation possibilities: Rs 5000 per awareness campaign /
seminar
Contact Details
Shastri Memorial Foundation
21 Purushottam Nagar,
S V Road, Bandra West,
Mumbai 400050
Phone: 26415926, 26423565
Fax: 26423565
email: srinivasan@shastrimemorial.org,
healtha2z@vsnl.net;
mmcon@vsnl.com
Contact: Dr S Srinivasan, MD
phone: 26423565, 26415926, cell: 9820283548
website: www.shastrimemorial.org
Trustees: Dr S Srinivasan
Dr Usha Srinivasan
Mr Venkatesh Srinivasan
Mrs Nanda Janani
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