उपस्थित सदस्य:

सुनील सहस्रबुद्धे, चित्रा सहस्रबुद्धे, लक्ष्मण प्रसाद, प्रेमलता सिंह, बी. कृष्णराजुलु, जे. के. सुरेश, जी. शिवरामकृष्णन, अभिजीत मित्रा, नरेश शर्मा, अविनाश झा, गिरीश सहस्रबुद्धे, कृष्ण गांधी, मचर्ला मोहन राव

अनुपस्थित सदस्य:

विनोद कुमार चौबे, अमित बसोले, अवधेश द्विवेदी, टी. नारायण राव, एल. के. कौल, प्रवाल सिंह, मोहम्मद अलीम, एहसान अली, विजय जावंधिया

निमंत्रण, एजेंडा और अन्य संलग्न दस्तावेज एवं रपटें सभी सदस्यों को ईमेल द्वारा भेजे गए थे, सिवाय मोहम्मद अलीम और एहसान अली के, जिन्हें यह सामग्री व्यक्तिगत रूप से दी गई थी. सुनील सहस्रबुद्धे के बैठक कि अध्यक्षता ग्रहण करने के साथ बैठक की शुरुआत हुई.

बैठक की कार्यवाही का कार्यवृत्त यहाँ पोस्ट किया जाएगा. 

कार्यवृत्त का अंग्रेजी प्रारूप आप नीचे पढ़ सकते हैं.

The Invitation, the Agenda and other accompanying documents and reports were sent by email to all except Mohammad Aleem and Ehsan Ali to whom these were hand-delivered. The Meeting was called to order and the President, Sunil Sahasrabudhey was requested to take the Chair.

1. 1. Opening Remarks by the Chair: In his opening remarks Sunil Sahasrabudhey highlighted the close relation which we as thinkers and activists have had with Farmers’ Movement and and the fact that this shaped our thought around notions of Lokavidya and Ordinary Life. He briefly traced the progress of Vidya Ashram thought to our more recent engagement with related notions of Swaraj, Panchayat and Bahujan and their coming together in the program of Bahujan Swaraj Panchayat. Another important addition to our thought in relation to how we conceive a social transformation is that of Kala Marg of social resurgence. He also said that the organizational changes contemplated are expected to bring in freshness.
   2. Program for the next year/three years: The draft of Program of Vidya Ashram over the next three years was discussed earlier by the Executive Committee held on 11 March 2026. Girish Sahasrabudhe spoke of the meaning of the context of Lokasmriti, Bahujan Swaraj and Bahujan narrative for the Bahujan Gyan Vimarsh and Bahujan Gyan Samvad activities in the Bahujan Shodh initiated at Varanasi. The Bahujan Swaraj Panchayat program initiated in October 2025 occupies a significant part of the future activities at all levels. This program recognizes and includes Kala Marg in terms of its conception of social transformation. The Program lays stress on developing knowledge dialogue in as many regional languages as possible, as well as to take it to the educated sections. AI technologies and the developing multipolar world situation has generated a global debate around knowledge and politics. A major part of the Program is to undertake to intervene in this debate with Vidya Ashram thought and a perspective of Swaraj at the initiative of the Bahujan Samaj.
   3. Election of the new office bearers: The Meeting discussed and approved the names of the Office Bearers recommended by the Executive Committee in its meeting held on March 11, 2026 for the offices of the President, the Coordinator and the Treasurer. The Meeting then consisdered constitution of other Committees including the Executive Committee and the Vichar Samiti. The following two resolutions were unanimously adopted
      • Resolution 1:
        • The following Office Bearers are declared elected and will assume Office from April 1, 2026 for a period of three years ending on March 31, 2029.
          1. President : Girish Sahasrabudhe
          2. Coordinator: Lakshman Prasad
          3. Treasurer : Abhijit Mitra
        • Further, the Executive Committee will comprise of the following Ten Members of the Vidya Ashram Samiti, and term of the Committee in Office will be the three year period from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2029.
        • Executive Committee
          1. Lakshman Prasad (Chair)
          2. Chitra Sahasrabudhey
          3. B. Krishnarajulu
          4. J K Suresh
          5. Abhijit Mitra
          6. Avinash Jha
          7. Krishna Gandhi
          8. Naresh Kumar Sharma
          9. Premlata Singh
          10. Ehsaan Ali
        • Resolution 2:
          • Further, This Meeting unanimously constitutes the Finance Committee and the Funds Mobilization Committee as under for the same term in Office as the Executive Committee.
          • Finance Committee
            1. Abhijit Mitra (Chair)
            2. Lakshman Prasad
            3. Premlata Singh
          • Funds Mobilization Committee
            1. Girish Sahasrabudhe
            2. Lakshman Prasad
            3. Abhijit Mitra
            4. Sunil Sahasrabudhey
            5. Krishna Gandhi
            6. Amit Basole
          • Also, it is unanimously decided to constitute the Vichar Samiti. Further deliberations will be done among the Members to finalize the number and choice of members of Vidya Ashram Samiti, as well as the number and choice of individuals who are not members of Vidya Ashram Samiti, who may be in the Vichar Samiti subject to provisions of the Constitution of the Trust. A list of possible members of the Vichar Samiti was presented at the Meeting. Further names may be added to it during these deliberations.
   4. Finaces, audit and accounts and donations: Sunil Sahasrabudhey, the President informed the Meeting that we may expect a sum of about Rs 15 Lakh for expenses during each of the next three years. He placed the Auditors’ Report and Statement of Accounts [1, 2], circulated earlier among the Members, for consideration and approval of the Meeting. The same were unanimously approved and adopted. The Meeting also decided to continue with Satish C. Jain & Associates, Chartered Accountants as Auditors for the FY 2026-27. The following two Resolutions were passed unanimously:
      • Resolution 3:
        • This Meeting appoints M/s Satish C. Jain & Associates, Chartered Accountants, 5 Gopal Vihar Colony, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi as Auditors for Vidya Ashram for FY 2026-27 at the same remuneration as for FY 2025-26.
      • Resolution 4:
        • This Ashram Samiti Meeting authorises the Coordinator, Shri Lakshman Prasad and the Treasurer, Dr Abhijit Mitra to jointly operate the Bank Account of Vidya Ashram in State Bank of India, Sarnath, (Account Number: 10255119477), and to issue Bank Cheques of this account signed jointly by both of them on behalf of the Vidya Ashram Trust for the period of three years from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2029.
   5. Discussion on the present situation of the nation and the world: Talking about the present situation Krishnarajulu discussed the concerted effort led by the USA to sustain the capitalist market system and control of the market and resources by the USA, Russia and China. He expressed concern about the absence of dialogue and stressed the importance of our programs to start a dialogue within and with Bahujan Samaj. He said that Bahujan Samaj needs to grasp the dehumanization wrought upon the society, and to look for local ways out of this. Suresh said that the it is very difficult to make categorical judgements about what might be the shape of things tomorrow. But, the possibility of a tacit sanction by the West to killing of a very large number of people in such wars is more real than ever. He stressed the need to keep watching the events both at international and the national level trying to understand the relation of Indian elite with the Western one, the worsening condition of Bahujan Samaj caused by short-sighted diplomatic policy over the last decade and to work out how one may talk to and work with the Bahujan Samaj. Sunil said that if we admit to the centrality of the capitalist market system, then it is appropriate to add ‘local market’ as a point of dialogue in our campaigns to lokavidya, bahujan, swaraj, panchayat, ordinary life, etc. It seems that a pervasive global aspiration is a part of all the dominant worldviews today, and it seems to be not absent even in Islamic worldview as it is today. As against that the global debate caused by the breakdown we witness has admitted many ideas like Mandal, plurinational state, rights of nature, etc. The debate has enough crevices for us to get in with our ideas of swaraj, bahujan, autonomy, panchayat, ordinary life and so on. Girish concluded by saying that though the situation is amorphous, and the future difficult to guess about, the uncertainty about persistence of the unipolar order itself is an important thing and should give us an opportunity to take our ideas into the global debate.
   6. Any other matter: Naresh introduced the following motion, which was adopted unanimously.
      • Resolution No 5:
        • Vidya Ashram Trust expresses its deep and sincere gratitude to outgoing office bearers President Shri Sunil Sahasrabudhey, Coordinator Dr. Chitra Sahasrabudhey, and Treasurer Smt. Premlata Singh, and to all the Members of the Executive Committee.
        • In the journey of Vidya Ashram so far, among the many individuals who have contributed to it, the names Shri Sunil Sahasrabudhey and Dr. Chitra Sahasrabudhey stand out by far. From its very inception to the present day, they have dedicated their lives to the Vidya Ashram, played a leading role in all its activities, and provided visionary intellectual leadership. Needless to say that their invaluable contribution will continue in the times to come. For this, the Vidya Ashram Trust remains deeply grateful to Shri Sunil Sahasrabudhey and Dr. Chitra Sahasrabudhey.

   The Meeting concluded with a vote of thanks.

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