Wednesday 11 September 2019

Eknathji Ranade

Spirit behind Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra


When the whole country was busy enthusiastically preparing for the celebration of the  Birth Centenary of Swami Vivekananda, Shri Eknathji Ranade compiled the book "Rousing Call to Hindu Nation" (which was published in January 1963) as his own personal homage to the great patriot-saint .






Chronology of Eknathji's Life


19.11.1914 – Born at Timtala, Amaravati District Maharastra. 


1920 – Came to Nagpur: Had primary education in Pradanavispura School.

1926 - Joined RSS(Ratriya Swayam Sevak Sangh) as a Swayamsevak

1932 – Passed Matriculation examination from New English High School, Nagpur.

1938 – Passed B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy (equal to M.A.)

1938 – Became a Pracharak of RSS at Jabalpur.

1946 – Passed L.L.B. From LAW collage, Jabalpur. Prant Pracharak of Mahakoshal and Madhya Bharat.

1948 – Went underground during the ban on RSS. Also worked for lifting of the ban. Held negotiations with Saradar Vallabhbhai Patel and others.

1949 – Was in Jail for about a month.

1950 – Kshetra Pracharak for Poorvanchal Kshetra comprising Bengal, Orissa, and Assam. Did outstanding work for the refugees coming from Pakistan by establishing a very effective “Vastuhara Sahayata Samiti”.

1953 – Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh.

1955 – Sarkaryavah (General Secretary) of RSS.

1962 – All india Baudhik Pramukh of RSS.

17.01.1963 – Compiled “Rousing call to Hindu Nation” , containing the thoughts of Swami Vivekananda, on the eve of his birth centenary.

18.08.1963 – Organising Secretary of Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee.

1972 – Founded “Vivekananda Kendra”- a Spiritually Oriented Service Mission.

1973 – Founded Editor of “Yuva Bharati”, “Kendra Bharati”, “Vivekananda Kendra Patrika”. Editor of revived “Brahmavadin”.

28.05.1975 – General Secretary of Vivekananda Kendra.

1978 – President of Vivekananda Kendra.

1982 – President of Vivekananda Kendra International.

22.08.1982 – Nirvana at Madras.

23.08.1982 – Cremated at Vivekanandapuram, Kanyakumari.


"Freed from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with courage and enthusiasm and unperturbed by success or failure, the worker is known as a pure (Sattvika) one. Four outstanding and essential qualities of a social worker are enunciated in the verse."

Sunday 16 June 2019

Vivekananda Kendra Shiksha Prasar Vibhag (VKSPV): An Overview

Vivekananda Kendra Shiksha Prasar Vibhag (VKSPV) 

strives to facilitate nationalistic education in Northeast India with a cultural mooring.  It is an educational project of Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari (VKK), a spiritually-oriented service organization. With the objective of ‘Man Making-Nation Building’ envisaged by the great Patriot Saint Swami Vivekananda,

 VKSPV administers the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas (VKVs) of Assam and Nagaland.  It is presently extending educational support to 5 more Vidyalayas in Assam. Presently VKSPV has in its fold 20 Vidyalayas (19 in Assam and 1 in Nagaland), the most recent addition being Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Sadiya (District: Tinsukia). All these Vidyalayas are co-educational and follow CBSE curriculum. Among these 4 VKVs are financed by various government enterprises, 3 of them—at Bokuloni, Umrangso and Doyang—by North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO), and the other at Baragolai by North Eastern Coalfields (NEC). A total of 10294 students are receiving education in the VKVs that have presently 476 teachers and 171 non-teaching staff.

SCHOOL WISE STRENGTH OF STUDENTS & STAFFS

 

SL.No.

NAME OF THE SCHOOL

BOYS

GIRLS

TOTAL

TEACHING STAFF

NON-TEACHING STAFF

TOTAL

01.

VKV TINSUKIA

919

364

1283

64

29

93

02.

VKV DIBRUGARH

661

376

1037

48

17

65

0

VKV GOLAGHAT

534

468

1002

36

13

49

04.

VKV UMRONGSO

317

307

624

40

13

53

05.

VKV BORAGOLAI

632

517

1149

49

21

70

06.

VKV BOKULANI

216

159

375

19

8

27

07.

VKV DOYANG

172

191

363

17

9

26

08.

VKV MAJULI

223

101

324

16

6

22

09.

VKV NALBARI

431

258

689

22

10

32

10.

VKV RAMNAGAR

299

202

501

20

6

26

11.

VKV DHEMAJI

279

201

480

18

6

24

12.

VKV TINGRAI

265

140

405

18

6

24

1.

VKV KAJALGAON

199

100

299

16

4

20

14.

VKV BOROJALENGA

178

118

296

19

4

23

15.

VKV SUKLAI

146

79

225

11

3

14

16.

VKV BADARPUR

37

36

73

8

2

10

17.

VKV SIVASAGAR

172

191

363

12

5

17

18.

VKV SADIYA

359

160

519

18

5

23

19.

VKV TEZPUR

136

126

262

11

3

14

20.

VKPV JENGRAI

60

42

102

5

1

6

 

Grand Total

6235

4136

10371

467

171

638