Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, is a deemed university founded in 1981 by Sathya Sai Baba, and it is unlike conventional colleges: education is explicitly values-based, campus life is residential and disciplined, and character formation is treated as inseparable from academics. It holds an A++ grade from NAAC, the accreditor's highest band. Its teaching spans the arts and sciences, with English and economics among the undergraduate and postgraduate routes. Puttaparthi is a small pilgrimage town built around the ashram, quiet and inexpensive, far from any metro. The institute suits students — often from families connected to the Sai movement — who actively seek its spiritual and service-oriented environment, and not those wanting a conventional campus or corporate placement culture.