About

Prashanthi Balamandira Trust (PBMT) is one of India’s most established humanitarian organisations, founded in 1981. It serves as a primary executing arm of the One World One Family Mission led by Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai, working to realise the vision of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – the world is one family.

The Trust manages a vast network of service projects including multi-speciality hospitals, rural educational campuses (Gurukulams), and large-scale morning nutrition programmes. Its mission is clear: to provide quality healthcare, values-based education, and daily nutrition to the needy and underserved, absolutely free of cost, leaving no one behind regardless of background, geography, or financial circumstance.

PBMT is registered as a Public Charitable Trust under the Indian Trusts Act, holds 80G Tax Exemption and 12A Registration, and is FCRA compliant for international contributions.

Reach & Impact

PBMT’s footprint spans healthcare, education, and nutrition across multiple states in India. Its institutions include specialised hospitals, a university, and a network of residential schools serving thousands of students and patients every year.

Full mission overview

What We Do

Healthcare

PBMT oversees the Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SMSIMSR), a fully free medical institution combining a teaching hospital with a medical college. It also manages the network of Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Heart Centres, which provide specialised paediatric cardiac surgery at zero cost to patients and families.

Education

The Trust operates the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam Group of Institutions, a network of residential campuses across rural Karnataka providing free, values-based schooling from primary through to secondary level. It also supports the Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence, offering free higher education and professional degree programmes to rural students.

PBMT operates 26 free educational campuses under the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam network.
These campuses provide completely free, values-based integral education.
The system serves 3,800+ rural students from underprivileged backgrounds.
PBMT also includes higher education institutions:
Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence
Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SMSIMSR)

SMSIMSR – Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research:

Outpatient visits: 1,458,898
Inpatient admissions: 66,055
Surgeries performed: 41,844
Newborn deliveries: 8,022
Average outpatients per day: 1,322
Total beds: 360
Doctors: 716
Staff: 1,678
Reporting period: October 2021 – April 2026

Nutrition

PBMT supports the implementation of the Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Morning Nutrition Programme, ensuring that children at its campuses and in surrounding communities receive daily nourishment to attend school healthy and ready to learn.