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IHEU is pleased to welcome as an Associate Member organization The International School of Humanitarian Thought and Practice. The International School was represented at IHEU Congresses in Mexico, Mumbai and Amsterdam and their application was endorsed by B. Premanand of Indian CSICOP, Prof. Jayanti Patel of the Indian Radical Humanist Association, leaders of Kerala Yukthi Vadi Sangom, Bihar Buddhivadi Sangom and Prof. Babu Desai of Satya Shodhak Sabha, Gujarat, all Member organizations of IHEU.

Despite some raised eyebrows at the saffron robes worn by the president of this organization, and at his assumed title, “Swami” Manavatavadi (Manavatavadi meaning Humanist), his secular credentials are well known and accepted by many Canadian and American as well as Indian Humanists. As Manavatavadi explains, “I was given the saffron robes as a child and have always worn them. I see them as a useful sign that outward appearances can be misleading, we must be judged rather by thought and deed. I and my organization accept the IHEU Minimum Statement”.