Tag: SDG

  • Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj- Ambassador of Peace

    Transforming Lives through Meditation, Ethical Living & Selfless Service

    Sant Rajinder Singh ji Maharaj
    Sant Rajinder Singh ji Maharaj
    By Dr. Renee Mehrra

    Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj is an internationally renowned  spiritual teacher, an ambassador of peace, scientist, and an acclaimed author, offering a compelling vision for global harmony and oneness. He is the head of Science of Spirituality (www.sos.org), a nonprofit, non-denominational organization that focuses on personal transformation through meditation, ethical living and selfless service under his spiritual guidance. Science of Spirituality has a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 2013, and also maintains a presence as a club with the United Nations Staff Recreational Council. The organization’s global outreach is extensive with over 3400 centers worldwide. It regularly responds to natural disasters with financial assistance, food, clothing, and volunteer relief workers. In addition, it sponsors blood drives, annual free eye clinics, and provides medical resources to needy communities.

    Born in India and educated as a scientist in the United States, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji  has a keen understanding of both mysticism and science. He  embodies a lifelong commitment to inner and outer peace, bridging science and spirituality, and sharing to a global audience the timeless spiritual wisdom in a clear, logical, and accessible manner.

    Those who have had the privilege of attending his inspirational talks experience a profound sense of calm, joy, and quietude that lingers long after his programs have concluded. In today’s world of strife and stress, the powerful impact of his teachings helps cultivate a more positive and compassionate outlook on life, making individuals understand that challenges can be turned into opportunities for their spiritual growth. His simple, non-denominational meditation technique empowers people to find their center and cultivate inner resilience for a more harmonious and meaningful existence.

    A prolific author, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji’s publications include books in fifty languages, among them are; Inner and Outer Peace through Meditation, Meditation as Medication for the Soul, Spark of the Divine, and Building Bridges through Meditation. Since 2020, Global Meditation in Place has been streamed every Sunday at 10 am EST featuring his weekly talks and meditation sessions that help to nurture one’s spirit, and foster spiritual growth. His unwavering dedication to the human unity movement has led to his global efforts to help humanity transcend racial, cultural, religious and economic differences. He  regularly convenes International Human Unity Conferences in India to bring civic, social, religious, and spiritual leaders together to share their views on integrating human unity into their communities.

    In his various keynote addresses around the world, including at academic and medical institutions, United Nations, US Coast Guard Academy, and the National Institute of Health, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji outlines a sustainable blueprint for world peace, successful leadership and social transformation through meditation that leads to inner peace paving the way to building bridges of outer peace and unity in the world, A strong advocate for conscious living, and eco-friendly lifestyle, he has promoted Veggie Fest, one of North America’s largest vegetarian and vegan lifestyle festivals in Chicagoland. Take the Vegetarian Challenge,” and Take the Meditation Challenge initiatives underscore the importance of responsible consumption and production, and address environmental and health concerns. These represent a significant contribution to the Sustainable Developmental Goals of the United Nations particularly those related to Good Health and Well Being (SDG 3) and Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12).

    As founder of 24 Darshan Academy K-12 schools across India and South America  Sant Rajinder Singh Ji has been tirelessly cultivating a generation of peacemakers for tomorrow, enhancing their spiritual quotient and making them embrace universal values of truthfulness, non-violence, interconnectedness, and respect for all.

    Sant Rajinder Singh Ji is being felicitated by former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee, 2016

    Sant Rajinder Singh Ji  has been felicitated and honored for his global efforts toward unity and peace from international and national leaders. These accolades include recognition by the former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee,  Award from the President of the State of Mexico, Extraordinary Grand Cross Award by the Governor of Quindío, Colombia, US Congressional Citations, Exemplary Service to Humanity from New York State and New Jersey, Peace Award  by the UN-NGO community & Interfaith Center of New York, Distinguished Leadership Award  for Peace and Spirituality, Illinois Institute of  Technology Chicago, and many more…

    Sant Rajinder Singh Ji’s message of inclusion, and personal transformation through spirituality and meditation  has profoundly impacted global efforts to promote human unity, dismantle the walls of racial prejudice, bias and intolerance, and foster an environment that contributes to a better and more peaceful world. In his words: “True happiness comes when we connect with the source of joy within us: our soul and God.” 

    This holiday season, let us all embark on an introspective journey of self-discovery and unwrap the priceless gifts of joy and inner bliss that await us, and embody the change we want to see on earth.

    (Dr. Renee Mehrra is an Award-winning Broadcaster and Civic Leader)

  • Blitz India: Pioneering development news

    Blitz India: Pioneering development news

    Blitz India is the world’s first chronicler of development news. Launched in 2022 by veteran media person Mr Deepak Dwivedi, the news weekly gives sustained coverage to the ideas, policies, programs and activities that deal with the improvement of people’s lives. It provides a fair, accurate, and contextualized picture of today’s India and the world, without hyping the negatives.
    Under Mr Dwivedi, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Blitz India offers constructive suggestions on what best can be done to ensure that no one is left behind in the development process, as professed in the transformative motto of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations in the form of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all UN Member States. Blitz India provides an effective platform to channel all efforts in India towards SDGs’ implementation through its social foundation.
    The English edition of Blitz India was launched in February 2022 in New Delhi by Mr Amitabh Kant, the then-CEO of Niti Aayog. In September 2022, Blitz India saw the Mumbai launch. Its Hindi edition was started the same year. The launch of the online UK edition of Blitz India in London in June 2023 attracted the who’s who of Britain and India. The speakers included Gopichand Hinduja, Chairperson, Hinduja Group, and Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India. Lord Swaraj Paul sent a congratulatory video message.
    Blitz India has become a must-read for policymakers, thinkers, and the intelligentsia. Its development journalism has been welcomed by the readers, inspiring editions from all major cities in India and international editions.
    The India of the 21st century has given rise to a new kind of politics and a new governance agenda, to shape a new nation. Blitz India acts as a catalyst in this transformational process and lends momentum to it. The weekly directs its efforts towards ‘building a new nation’, as proclaimed in its tagline.
    Mr Dwivedi started his three-decade-long journalism career with Blitz, a weekly tabloid with focus on investigative journalism, where he worked closely with the founder Mr R.K. Karanjia.
    Mr Sandeepp Saxena is Group CEO Blitz India Media. He has media industry experience of over two decades, including a stint at the Indian Express Group, and part of the launch team of Financial Express, Chandigarh Edition.
    Sandeepp Saxena is also

    • President RCGP 23-24 | Rotary International Distt 3011 India

    • Global Convenor SDG Choupal, a flagship initiative of the Nagrik Foundation (Philanthropy arm of Blitz India Media)

    • Country Director, Eye Foundation of America

    • Founder Blitz Edu Initiatives