Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan Annual Report
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Annual Report 2011-2012 Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan Annual Report 2011-12 1. Introduction 1.1. The Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan was established in January 1987 by the Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi. It is an autonomous organisation registered under the Societies' Registration Act, 1860. The objectives of the Pratishthan are as under : a) Preservation, conservation and development of the oral tradition of Vedic studies. b) Study and teachings of the Vedas through Pathashalas as well as other means and institutions. c) Creation and promotion of research facilities so as to bring out the rich wealth of knowledge contained in the Vedas and to relate it with the contemporary needs. d) Collection of information and to arrange basic facilities to store relevant material and to disseminate and publish it in various forms using different resources. 1.2. The Objectives of the Pratishthan as given in the Memorandum of Association are appended at Annexure - I. 1.3. In May 1993, the office of the Pratishthan was shifted to Ujjain, and it was renamed as "Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan". 2. Authorities of Pratishthan 2.1 General Body and Governing Council are Authorities of the Pratishthan. In accordance with its Memorandum of Association and Rules and Regulations, the various powers and functions for carrying out affairs of the Pratishthan are vested in its General Body and Governing Council. Hon'ble Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi is the Chairman for General Body and Governing Council both. The General Body is vested with the general powers for reviewing the broad policies and programmes of the Pratishthan. It also suggests measures for its improvement and development. The Governing Council is the principal executive body of the Pratishthan and responsible for the general superintendence, direction and control of its affairs. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan 2.2 There is a provision in the rules of the Pratishthan for “Finance Committee”. The Finance Committee is headed by the Hon'ble Vice-Chairman. The Committee is responsible for all matters pertaining to the management of the properties and investments, preparation of estimates for annual budget and statements of accounts and expenditure of the Pratishthan. 2.3 Under its general powers, the Pratishthan has constituted a Project Committee, which comprises members of eminent scholars of Veda and related subjects for consideration of its academic projects and programmes. The composition of the present Project Committee is given at Annexure II. 2.4 The General Body, Governing Council and the Finance Committee were reconstituted by the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi for a term of five years on May 22, 2010. The composition of these bodies are given at Annexure III , as it was notified by the Government of India on May 22, 2010. These bodies continued to function during the year under report. 3. Officers of the Pratishthan 3.1 There is a provision for a Chairman as head of the Pratishthan under rules of the Pratishthan. The Chairman is to be nominated by the Government of India for a term of 5 years. He presides over meetings of the General Body and Governing Council. Hon'ble Minister, Ministry for Human Resource Development, Government of India, is a Chairman of the Pratishthan at present. 3.2 The rules of the Pratishthan also provide a clause for a Vice Chairman to be nominated by the Chairman. The Vice Chairman has to perform such duties and exercise such functions and powers as the Chairman may specify generally or in any individual case. Professor S. Sudarshan Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Shree Venkateshwar Vedic Vishwavidyalaya, Tirupati is on the post of Vice-Chairman of the Pratishthan since 24.05.2010. 3.3 There is a provision in rules and regulations of the Pratishthan that there should be a full time salaried Chief Academic & Executive Officer who will act as a Secretary and he/she shall be the head for academic as well as administrative activities. The Secretary exercises general supervision and controls over the affairs of the Pratishthan and implements all decisions taken by authorities of the Pratishthan. 3.4 Professor Roop Kishor Shastri has been appointed as full time Secretary of the Pratishthan by the Government of India and he has taken over the charge as a Secretary of the Pratishthan since 05.01.2011. 4. Other Officers and Staff 4.1 In pursuance of the recommendations of its Internal Work Study Unit, the Department of Education had on 14.8.98 accorded sanction of the Government for creation of one post each of Director, Programme Officer, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Annual Report 2011-2012 Section Officer and Accountant as part of interim organisational set-up for the Pratishthan. The Governing Council of the Pratishthan in its meeting held on 21.2.2000 approved byelaws for recruitment of all sanctioned posts of the Pratishthan. With regard to appointment of these posts, the Ministry vide their letter No. 6-10/2010-SKTII dated 13.01.2011 accorded its approval, under which each of the post of programme officer, section officer and accountant have been filled up. The recruitment for the post of director and accounts officer is under process. 4.2 Total sanctioned posts and employees in position are as under : 1. Secretary 2. Director (Administration / Academic) 3. Deputy Director (Administration & Finance) 4. Programme Officer 5. Accounts Officer 6. Section Officer 7. Personal Assistant 8. Accountant 9. Assistants (3) 10. Senior Stenographer (1) 11. Junior Stenographers (2) 12. Assistant Librarian 13. Upper Division Clerks (2) 14. Staff Car Driver 15. Lower Division Clerk/Typists (2) 16. Library Attendant 17. Group 'C' Employees (5) 18. Safai Karamchari 4.3 In the year under review, work of the Pratishthan related to academic, administrative and financial matters have been carried out under the supervision of Member Secretary. An Officer on Special Duty (Academic), Internal Audit Officer - 1 and 5 Contract Employees (on daily wages basis) have been appointed. 5. Headquarters 5.1 The headquarters of the Pratishthan has its own building located at second floor in 'B' Wing of Pradhikaran Bhawan at Ujjain (M.P.) which had been ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan purchased by the Pratishthan from Ujjain Development Authority in February, 1993. As a long-term measures, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh had allotted a piece of land measuring 9.553 Hectares (23.6 acres) to the Pratishthan. The possession of the land was handed over by the State Government to the Pratishthan in April, 1994. 5.2 During the meeting of Standing Finance Committee held on 18-12-2007, the construction of buildings and development of land premises were considered and sanction of estimated Rs. 25.02 crores was granted. On this basis, the Central Public Works Department submitted various maps to the Pratishthan, which were sanctioned by the Pratishthan in March 2008. It is expected that after completion of construction of buildings and development of premises, administrative building would be handed over to the Pratishthan by Central Public Works Department, Indore during the year 2012-13. 6. Corpus Fund of the Pratishthan 6.1 At the time of establishment of the Pratishthan, Government had envisaged that a Corpus Fund of Rupees Ten Crores would be placed at its disposal so that recurring income from its investment may be utilised for financing various activities and programmes of the Pratishthan. A sum of Rupees Ten Crores was provided by the Government in installments by the end of year 1996-97 for this purpose. 6.2 As per decision taken on 18-10-2001 in the meeting of the Finance Committee, a sum of Rs. 10, 51, 44, 931.74 lying in the general fund has been added in the Corpus Fund. During the year 2011-12 the Corpus Fund has total sum of Rs. 20, 51, 44,931.74 . 7. New Programmes Approved 7.1 The Standing Finance Committee (SFC) of the Government of India in its meeting held on 24.11.1998 had considered proposal of the Pratishthan for enhancement of its Corpus Fund. After detailed discussion, the Committee was satisfied about the need and justification for enhanced requirement of funds by the Pratishthan for sustaining the on-going programmes and to introduce new academic programmes, which are required to fulfil objectives of the Pratishthan. 7.2 The Standing Finance Committee (SFC) decided to provide the additional requirement of funds by annual budgetary support from Government instead of through enhancement of Corpus Fund. It was also emphasized by SFC that the Pratishthan's activities and Programmes would not be allowed to suffer due to paucity of funds and the budgetary allocations would be protected. In accordance with the decision of SFC, the Department of Education under the Ministry of HRD released Rupees 12 Crores during 2011-12 as grant-in-aid to the Pratishthan towards additional expenditure for on-going programmes. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Annual Report 2011-2012 7.3 The new academic programmes, which were accepted by the SFC, have been given below. The status of their implementation obtained during the year under report has been indicated in brackets below, where applicable: (1) Financial assistance to Special Gurukulas for sustenance of Shakhas of Vedas, which are on the verge of extinction. The following Gurukulas have been identified for financial assistance at (a) Trichur [Kerala] for Samaveda {Jaimniya Shakha}, (b) Baripada, Mayurbhanj [Orissa] for Atharva Veda {Paipplada Shakha} and (c) Guiyahpal, Singhbumi {Jharkhand} for Atharva Veda {Paipplada Shakha}. At present, these Gurukuls are being provided financial assistance under the scheme of "Preservation of oral tradition of vedic recitation".