Monday 24 February 2014

State Award to the Pioneer of VKV movement in the State



State Award to the Pioneer of VKV movement in the  State
The grateful state honoured the pioneer of VKV movement  Shri. A.Balakrishnan with State Award for his excellent service for the Educational upliftment of State. 
 
Shri. A.Balakrishnan is  a real Karma Yogi who firmly believed in the dictum “Service to man is service to god”. His association with North-east began way back in the year 1974. Under the guidance of his mentor Man.Eknathji Ranade, Sri.BalaKrishnanji took up the responsibility of Vivekananda Kendra’s work in the north-east. The seeds that he has sown then have born fruits and have spread its branches all over north-east, giving solace and encouragement to large number of people in the Northeast in general, and Arunachal Pradesh in particular.
He is personification of love and loved the people of Northeast very dearly. When the first seven residential schools were planned he extensively toured all over the state to select the places. At many places, he has to walk long distances on foot and also even enjoyed the elephant raids to cross rivers during those days. In spite of topographic and terrain difficulties, lack of communication and other  related problems he could surmount them and could set up the first seven residential schools in the year 1977.
As a pioneer, he closely monitored the progress of each and every school from dawn to dusk, giving clear instruction to teachers. The standards he set during those days became the hallmark of VKV’s and are being retained even today creating niche for itself in the state and Vkv’s have become a household name in Arunachal Pradesh.
He had immense faith and trust in the teachers whom he had selected and he remained as a fatherly figure to all of them rather than an employer. His attitude that it is his responsibility, to look after the welfare of those teachers whom he had selected made the teachers to stick to the organization as true Karyakartas. He had so much love and faith on the students and even today he remembers the names of the students of those early years. His charisma and magnetism could attract people towards Kendra and could bring a cadre of good Karyakartas in to the fold of Kendra. By his humanistic approach, simple living, down to earth thinking could create a large number of well wishers all over the state. This further helped in the expansion of Vivekananda Kendra activities in Arunachal Pradesh.
Today with 33 schools in Arunachal with more than 13000 students in its rolls have transformed the socioeconomic and educational scenario of Arunachal Pradesh to a great extent and will definitely mould itself into a model state of Northeast in the days to come. No doubt, sri.Balakrishnanji has played a key role and will definitely look up as a fulcrum in Vivekananda Kendra’s work in the Northeast and as a harbinger of transformation in the state.

Wednesday 12 February 2014

News Round up - January 2014



 News Round up - January 2014
Band Camp:   
In order to hoan the skills in band, performance of which has often stolen the attention of the spectators, a band Training Camp was organized at VKV Tafrogam from 4th to 9th January, 2014.  Three schools namely, VKV Roing, Tafrogam and Sunpura participated in the camp. 

The details of the same have been given below:
Sl No
Name of the item
Number of students participated
Total
Roing
Sunpura
Tafrogam

1
Bigul
4
5
8
17
2
Side Drum
1
4
7
12
3
Tenor Drum
-
-
3
3
4
Flute
2
4
4
10
5
Trumpet
-
2
5
7
6
Saxophone
-
-
3
3
7
Efonium
-
-
3
3
Total
7
15
33
55

Pushpanjali Karyakram:
Pushpanjali Karyakram was conducted in all the schools and different centres with great devotion on the culmination of the yearlong celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Birth Anniversary on 12 January, 2014.  In simple karyakram the students, staff, Parents, well wishers and a large number of people offered floral tribute to the portrait of Swami Vivekananda and resolved to spare time to organize the people to understand their potential to work for this mother land.  The statistical details of the same have been given below:- 

Sl No
Cluster
No of places
Male
Female
Total number of attendance
1
Papum Pare
14
1645
1790
3435
2
Siang
12
905
864
1769
3
Tirap
13
781
612
1393
4
Subansiri
7
433
232
665
5
Kameng
7
850
510
1360
6
Lohit
37
2807
2532
5339
Total
13961

Utsarg Samaroh, 2014:
The programme was designed in such a way that the participants get refining touch on the subject from carefully chosen resource persons , experience of living together in a well-planned daily routine, get such messages which would help them to consolidate the value education which they have been receiving as a part of the schooling for the last 10 years and experience  the program like Vande Mataram, in which, all pay floral tribute to Bharat Mata, witness the act of expressing gratitude to who  are contributing in one’s life etc  to create an everlasting impression in the minds of the participants.

Venue
Date
Boys
Girls
Total
Participating VKVs
Itanagar
14 to 16 Jan
88
91
179
Nirjuli,  Oyan, Kuporijo, Yazali
Nirjuli
15 to 17 Jan
111
65
176
Itanagar, Banderdewa, Vivek Vihar, Sher
Roing
20 to 22 Jan
81
89
170
Roing,  Sunpura, Amliang, Balijan
Tafrogam
24 to 26 Jan
48
102
150
Tafrogam,   Seijosa, Nivedita Vihar, Ziro
Kharsang
29 to 31 Jan
91
92
183
Kharsang, Shergaon, Bana, Jirdin
Total
419
439
858


Dignitaries present in different venues:
Venue
Dignitaries

Itanagar
Dr Shalini Verma, IRS, Secretary of Social Justice and Empowerment and Women and Child Development, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh


Nirjuli
Sri Sanjay Goel, Deputy Commissioner, Papum Pare District

Roing
 Sri Laeta Umbrey, MLA, Roing and Sandeep Kumar, IAS, Assistant Commissioner, Lower Dibang Velley

Tafrogam
 Sri Rajiv Takuk, Deputy Commissioner, Lohit and Ojing Rukbo, Labour Officer, Lohit

Kharsang
Shri N. Ngemu, Vibhag Pramukh, Tirap Vibhag., (EE, Electric Division, Miao)



Matrupooja:
Matrupooja is another programme conducted for the Class X students. The students with lot of shradha wash the feet of their mothers and offer a simple pooja. The importance of Motherhood and the need of keeping everlasting values like Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava, Acharaya Devo Bhava, Rashtra Devo Bhava etc in life to lead a meaningful and joyful life is shared to the students and their parents.  It was quite emotional in witnessing the pooja and to listen to the sharing of the impact of the pooja by the students and the mothers after the pooja.

Sl No
Name of the VKV
Total  mother present on the occasion
1
Roing
76
2
Tafrogam
42
3
Sunpura
17
4
Amliang
17
5
Kharsang
47
6
Itanagar
69
7
Banderdewa
38

Total
306

Inter VKVs Essay Writing Competition:
Inter VKVs Essay writing Competition was conducted on 30th December, 2013 in all the VKVs. Well in advance, three topics of essays were assorted for preparation for each category.  First prize winner of each category of each school were evaluated centrally for Inter VKVs Result. Prizes were given for the school level winners. The result of the Inter VKVs Evaluation is as follow:
Group A: (Class III to V)
Position
Name of the Student
Class
VKV
First
Km.  Archisha U.K
IV
Oyan
Second
Kr.  Nishanka Goswami
V
Nirjuli
Third
Kr.  Shobit  Dubey
V
Wessang

Group B: (Class VI to VIII)
Position
Name of the Student
Class
VKV
First
Tadar Yaming
VIII
Nirjuli
Second
Km Roncha Tikhak
VIII
Tafrogam
Third
 Kr Puspak Mishra
VIII
Wessang


                        
Group C (Class IX to XII)

Position
Name of the Student
Class
VKV
First
Km Simranjeet Kaur
XI
Nirjuli
Second
Km Dani Yamang
X
Nivedita Vihar
Third
Km Tanya Mena
XII
Roing

Cash prizes were given for the winners in the Inter VKVs level.
Result of Prajnya Vikash Quiz Declared:
The result of the Prajnya Vikash Quiz, in which 7132 students participated, has been declared.  A summary of the result is given below:
Category
 Position
Name of the student
VKV
 Class
Sub Junior
First
Km. Gyammar Ania
Balijan
V
First
Kr Sushil Kr Singh
Liromoba
IV
Second
Kr Toko Jill
Joram
III
Second
Kr Goyi Bole
Liromoba
III
Third
Km Gyamar Cheku
Joram
III
Consolation
Total 16 students
Junior
First
Km Nabam Yama
Joram
VII
Second
Km Likha Ane
Joram
VII
Third
Km Joram Nijum
Joram
VII
Consolation
Total 4 students
Senior
First
Kr Bomnuk Don
Bana
X
Second
Kr Yagyaj
Kuporijo
IX
Third
Km Gyamar Nanu
Nirjuli
X
Consolation
Total 4 students

Problem Solving Assessment Examination:  
Students of Class IX, X and XI appeared in the Problem Solving Assessment Examination conducted by CBSE on 18 of January, 2014.
Alert VKV students saved Zoo at Itanagar from wildfire:   
The Class-IX Students of VKV, Chimpu,   garnered wide ovation by showing the presence of mind to inform the Zoo authority while detecting origin of wild fire occurred in the Biological Park at Itanagar on 29th January 2014 at about 10.00 am. The students were doing their project study on wild animals in the park along with their science Teacher, KK Subramanian. Timely information to the zoo authority saved a devastation that would have happened due to the fire engulfed on a very old tree. The leading dailies of Itanagar covered this exemplary act of our students.


We are all debtors to the world and the world does not owe us anything. It is a great privilege for all of us to be allowed to do anything for the world. In helping the world we really help ourselves.

~~ Swami Vivekananda