Thousands
of students to join human chain, pledge to draw inspiration from Swami
Vivekananda
· UP Governor Ram Naik to administer oath
· Students recreate book of Vivekananda in
hand-written format
Mumbai,
Sept 17: Pledge
by thousands of students to proactively involve themselves in the social welfare
activities, a human chain involving hundreds, unveiling of a book on Swami
Vivekananda in a hand-written format and an exhibition.
A city-based leading group of
educational institutions has chalked out a series of innovative initiatives to
inspire the students with the teachings and life of Swami Vivekananda, all
under an ambitious national campaign called `Yuva for Seva’ that was recently
launched to engage students in welfare activities.
Hon’ble
UP Governor Ram Naik
will administer the oath to thousands of students at the Vivekanand Education
Society (VES) campus, Chembur in the city, on September 18, besides joining the
human chain with the students around the sprawling campus. He will also unveil
a huge statue of Swami Vivekananda at the campus, apart from visiting an
exhibition of paintings, teachings and crafts about Swami, created by the
primary school students.
Hundreds of junior school students
have also reproduced the pages of book ``Narendra to Vivekananda’’ about the
saint-philosopher, in a hand-written format to motivate the students. The big
pages have been compiled as a voluminous handwritten copy which will be
formally unveiled by the Governor on the occasion.
“The teachings of Swami Vivekananda as
a philosopher and nationalist are always relevant to the society as a whole and
students in particular. We are taking these initiatives to instill the values
of the great Saint among the younger generation who are going to drive the
course of our future,” said VES secretary Amar Asrani.
The programme has been planned as part
of the recently launched national campaign `Yuva for Seva’ under which the
students will join a series of social welfare activities like skin donation,
blood donation, outreach programmes, adoption of the villages, visiting of
orphanages, legal aid services, health camps, and awareness creation. The
campaign was launched by Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Irani who promised to
include the same in the proposed new education policy of the government. VES has
25 institutions and has over 18000 students.
About
Vivekanand Education Society
The Vivekanand Education Society
started its educational activities in 1962 with only 256 students in a High
School. Today, the Society has over 18,000
students on the roll of Primary School, High School, Jr. College, Deg. College
of Arts, Science and Commerce, Polytechnic & Engineering College, College
for Management Studies, Law College, and College of Pharmacy.
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