service available for a manager in Govardhana (UP, India)

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The Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham in Govardhana is looking for a general

manager. Here are a synopsis of the project's current progress and a job

description:

 

The Vidyapitham is a school sponsored by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

International, Special Projects Division. The purposes of the school are to

train Sanskrit translators and editors for the BBT, promote deep study of

Srimad-Bhagavatam, help devotees learn to function as brahmanas in ISKCON,

and for the accomplishment of these main purposes teach proficiency in

reading and speaking Sanskrit.

 

In its initial phase of operations, the school is offering a three-year

Bhagavata-sastri program, the students of which learn the Sanskrit grammar

of Srila Jiva Gosvami and are trained how to read the Sanskrit commentaries

on Srimad-Bhagavatam. This program will begin for the first time on October

1, 2005, at the Vidyapitham's campus in Govardhana. The program's four

teachers are already in place and are currently working on developing in

detail the curriculum and teaching methods. A fifth teacher is developing a

coordinate introductory program in Mayapura.

 

No tuition is being charged, and the students who participate in this

three-year program are being maintained for the duration free of charge.

Apart from the teachers who are also students, thirteen other students have

been enrolled and intend to be in Govardhana by October. Our teachers and

students, all ISKCON devotees, coming from twelve countries, have been

carefully selected.

 

The school already has a functioning brahmacari asrama with eight

residents at present, and twenty expected beginning October. A regular

ISKCON Deity worship and sadhana program is being maintained. The asrama has

an asrama commander and a devotee cook.

 

Funding for the school is being arranged by the BBT Special Projects

Division. We have assurances of adequate funds for ongoing operations and

for carrying forward the plans of purchasing land in Govardhana and building

a permanent campus.

 

The organizer of the school is Gopiparanadhana Dasa. He is responsible to

Gopala Bhatta Prabhu, head of the BBT Special Projects Division, and is

currently running the project together with Arya Siddhanta Prabhu, the

asrama commander.

 

The Vidyapitham is in immediate need of a mature, experienced devotee to

accept the responsibilities of the school's general manager in Govardhana.

Suitable financial support can be provided to the manager. The job

description is as follows.

 

The Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham's general manager will have the

responsibility to:

 

With the assistance of the asrama commander, see that the resident

teachers and students have their basic needs provided, are suitably engaged

in services, and are kept in a happy, cooperative mood.

 

Also with the asrama commander's assistance, see that the Deity worship

and sadhana programs of the asrama are properly maintained.

 

Supervise the upkeep of the school's facilities and the engagements of

support staff--cook, driver, and purchaser, and so on.

 

Arrange for purchases of equipment and supplies.

 

Take care of the immediate need to find a suitable interim location in

Govardhana, until the permanent campus is built, for the school's operations

and for housing twenty brahmacaris, needed to be ready by October 1.

 

Recruit additional staff when necessary.

 

Organize the school's banking, accounting, and budgeting.

 

Select land in Govardhana for purchase, arrange the purchase in

consultation with the BBT Special Projects Division, have architectural

plans made in accordance with vastu-sastra principles, and organize and

supervise construction.

 

Look into the possibilities of academic affiliation and accreditation.

 

Organize preaching, including book and prasadam distribution, in

Govardhana and Mathura city.

 

Coordinate the school's annual one-month winter migration to Karnataka.

 

Develop promotion of the school and distribution of information.

 

Explore possibilities for additional sources of funding in India.

 

 

Anyone interested in further discussion of this management service can

contact Gopiparanadhana Dasa at gopipa (AT) pamho (DOT) net or by phone at 983-777-9112

or 935-870-6123.