A National Conference of All India Active Workers of Sai Organisation was held at Prasanthi Nilayam between the 19^th and the 21^st of November, 1987. 12,000 active workers from all states of India participated in this Conference. Baba inaugurated the Conference in Poornachandra Auditorium on 19^th November and gave His Inaugural Address. On 21^st November He blessed the delegates with His Valedictory Message.

Baba inaugurated in Poornachandra Auditorium on 17^th November 1985, the Fourth World Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Organisations. Baba arrived at the Auditorium in a procession led by a Veda chanting group. He lit the lamp and the proceedings commenced. Over 13,000 delegates representing 46 countries participated in this conference. Sri N. Kasturi welcomed the delegates. Sri Indulal Shah, Chairman, World Council, gave the review of the work done by the Organisation worldwide in the past 20 years. Sri V. Srinivasan, Vice Chairman of the World Council, also addressed the delegates before Baba’s Inaugural Address.

A reception for Baba was organised in Hill View Stadium on 19^th November by the delegates. The devotees associated with Baba for two or three decades offered their felicitations on this occasion. They were, Sri R. V. P. Rayaningar, Sri G. K. Damodar Rao, Smt. Kamala Sarathi, Sri M. M. Pinge, Mr. Wee Lin from Singapore, Miss Anima Mukherjee, Sister Chiyuka Tusiyuma from Japan, Sri Sanjeev Chowdhury, Mr. Robert Bozzani from America, and Mr. Jagadeesan from Malaysia. The World Council honoured with mementos five octogenarian devotees who had served Baba in various capacities. Sri N. Kasturi, Sri N. S. Krishnappa, Dr. B. Sitarama, Smt. T. Krishnamma, and Smt. Konamma, were the blessed devotees to receive the mementos from Baba personally on this occasion.

Baba arrived in the Hill View Stadium on 20^th morning, in a procession led by the Institute students chanting Vedic hymns. He blessed the gathering with His Darshan and performed the ceremony of ‘Go-danam’ (gifting of cows). He gifted away 60 cows along with calves and a bucket for milking the cow to the 60 chosen recipients from 60 villages.

The Valedictory Session of the Conference was held in the Hill View Stadium on 21^st morning. Baba in His Address mentioned 10 directives to be followed and practised by the members of the Organisation and other devotees.

Baba inaugurated the First International Seva Dal Conference in Poornachandra Auditorium at Prasanthi Nilayam on 18^th November, 1984. He also inaugurated at the Hill View Amphitheatre on the 18^th, an exhibition entitled “Sathya Sai Darshan,” organised as part of the Conference.

Baba accompanied by Sri. S. B. Chavan, Union Minister for Defence, came in a procession to the Auditorium. Sri Indulal Shah welcomed Sri. S. B. Chavan and the delegates. Sri V. Srinivasan, Vice Chairman of the World Council; Sri V. K. Narasimhan and Sri S. B. Chavan addressed the delegates at the inaugural session. In His Inaugural Address, Baba exhorted the Seva Dal to carry on their service activities in a spirit of sacred dedication, without regard for race, religion, class or caste.

During the joint session at Poornachandra Auditorium on the 20^th, Baba went around the hall and blessed the delegates, occasionally speaking to some of them. He gave His Valedictory Message at Poornachandra Auditorium on the 21^st. He explained the meaning of village adoption and said that the Sai Organisation should meet all the needs of the villages in the areas of education, water supply, health, roads etc., and the spiritual and moral needs of the villagers. He concluded His Discourse with a Bhajan.

Baba witnessed an unforgettable display of gymnastic feats by students, right from the primary classes all the way up to postgraduates at the vast Hill View Stadium on the 21^st evening. He not only sat through the entire programme, but also took part in the last item of the evening, as the helmsman in a boat who helps the devotees cross the stormy sea of worldly life. As Baba alighted from the boat when the lights came on, His appearance was a very delightful surprise to the vast gathering.

During this conference, various wings of the Organisation such as Bhajan Mandali, Seva Dal, Study Circle, Mahila Vibhag, Mahila Seva Dal, Bal- Vikas etc., were classified into three wings : (1) Spiritual Wing (2) Service Wing, and (3) Educational Wing.