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    <b><span style=mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin>Eminent Anandians in the service of humanity  </span></b></p>
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    <span style=mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin>From its very inception, Ananda sought to ensure a 
    high standard of scholarship and discipline among its students, in addition to 
    inculcating a liberal Buddhist outlook in their worldview. This has generated a 
    steady stream of students who have been able to serve with distinction at the 
    highest levels, in almost all the professions.   </span>
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    <span style=mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin>We 
    will look at a sample of the higher professions as understood in this country, 
    those that require a prolonged period of learning at an institution of higher 
    education: Medicine, Engineering, Law, Accountancy and Teaching. We would also 
    look at a few other walks of life, such as Business and Commerce, which are 
    commonly not classified as professions, where Anandians have served with 
    distinction.  </span></p>
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    This would certainly not mean that there are no other professions of equal or 
    even higher status, or that there are no Anandians adorning those professions, 
    or that even in the professions listed above; there are no other Anandians of 
    high or even higher achievement than those presented here. These would merely 
    serve to illustrate, by way of example, the proud achievements of Ananda in 
    fulfilling its aspirations.  </span></p>
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    <span style=mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin> 
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    <span style=mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin>The 
    incompleteness of the professions selected and of the individuals selected for 
    each profession mentioned is acknowledged. Yet it is felt that the benefit of 
    having a record, as complete as possible, outweighs this drawback of 
    incompleteness.  </span></p>
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    <span style=mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin>[The 
    different sections of this essay have been compiled by different authors, and 
    from varied sources. Hence, they exhibit different styles, and even though there 
    was an agreed criterion for the selection of names for inclusion, the 
    interpretation of this criterion naturally varies from writer to writer. Subject 
    to these reservations, it is believed that this is a fair representation of the 
    spectrum of old Anandians.]  </span></p>