Personalia
Revered President Maharaj will be visiting Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Kothar from 6 to 13 August.
Swami Suhitanandaji is scheduled to visit Delhi on 6 and 7 August, and France, UK, Ireland and UAE from 8 to 31 August.
Swami Bhajananandaji is at Belur Math.
Swami Girishanandaji will visit Kamarpukur and Jayrambati from 1 to 15 August, Baghbazar in Kolkata from 16 to 18 August, Sikra Kulingram from 22 to 24 August, and Somsar from 27 to 30 August.
Swami Divyanandaji will be visiting Naora from 1 to 3 August, Balaichak on 5 and 6 August, Tamluk, Haldia, Chaitanyapur and Chandipur from 8 to 11 August, and USA from 18 August to 17 September.
Swami Vimalatmanandaji is scheduled to visit Bardhaman from 13 to 18 August.
All of them are keeping well.
Headquarters
Justice N Kotiswar Singh, a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, visited Belur Math on 26 July.
News of Branch Centres in India
In the annual convocation of RKMVERI (deemed university) held at Belur Math on 4 July, degrees and diplomas were awarded to 293 candidates from Belur main campus and off-campus centres in Narendrapur and Ranchi. Revered President Maharaj and the General Secretary addressed the students.
In a programme held at Sikra Kulingram centre on 7 July, the sacred Ratha Yatra day, Revered President Maharaj inaugurated the shayan-ghar at Sri Ramakrishna Temple, the kitchen cum dining hall and the renovated senior monks’ quarters. The General Secretary, 165 monks and 2000 devotees attended the programme.
The General Secretary inaugurated the new conference room at Purulia centre on 24 July and a three-storey extension to the dispensary building at Asansol centre on 25 July.
Swami Divyanandaji dedicated Vivekananda Hall (auditorium) at Dhaleswar centre, Agartala, on 25 July.
As part of its golden jubilee (1973−2023) celebrations, Hyderabad centre held a day-long workshop on “India’s educational vision and role of educators” on 27 July and a spiritual retreat on 28 July. About 1100 educators and 600 devotees participated in these programmes respectively.
Justice N Kotiswar Singh, a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, visited Imphal centre on 28 July.
Students of our ITI at Viveknagar centre, Agartala, secured the first prize in the Student Project Programme conducted by the Tripura State Council for Science and Technology on 27 and 28 June.
The Indian Medical Association, Ranchi, felicitated Ranchi Morabadi centre on 1 July for its contribution to education and culture.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) declared the main structure of the Institute of Culture, Gol Park, a ‘Heritage Building’ in 1996. Recently, the KMC installed a blue plaque at the entrance of the building stating that it is a Grade-1 heritage structure.
Hatamuniguda centre observed Van Mahotsav on 6 July by planting 400 saplings.
On the sacred occasion of Jagannath Ratha Yatra in Puri, Puri Math served lemonade and drinking water to 41,200 pilgrims from 7 to 15 July. Puri Mission Ashrama served lemonade to 12,000 pilgrims on three special days of the Ratha Yatra. Ahmedabad centre served energy drinks and drinking water to 7000 devotees who participated in the Ratha Yatra festival in Ahmedabad on 7 July.
The newly set-up STEM laboratory at Chengam centre was opened on 13 July. (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.)
Narendrapur Ashrama conducted a football tournament on 13 and 14 July in which fifteen teams from the secondary schools run by our centres in West Bengal participated. The Rahara school won the tournament.
Jhargram centre conducted yogasana competitions at the 8 blocks of Jhargram district from 19 to 28 July in which a total of 343 boys and girls took part. The finals were held at the ashrama on 28 July.
Our Viveknagar school, Agartala, was conferred the International Achievement Award for the outstanding performance of its students in the SilverZone Olympiad.
Students of the school also bagged several prizes in different academic Olympiads hosted by the International Olympiad Foundation: one student secured an international topper prize and two zonal topper prizes, and other students won 5 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals.
Our college in Rahara started a certificate course on amateur radio for undergraduates in collaboration with Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management, Kolkata.
News of Branch Centres outside India
Health Minister of Bangladesh Dr Samanta Lal Sen visited Dinajpur centre on 14 July.
Communication Addresses
Phone Numbers:
Garbeta centre has discontinued its phone number: 90022 31422. It has two new mobile numbers: 76795 40831 & 87775 98715.
Websites: The following centres have changed their website addresses:
| Centre | Old address | New address |
| Cossipore, Kolkata | www.rkmcudyanbati.org | www.rkmudyanbati.org |
| Khetri | www.rkmissionkhetri.org | khetri.rkmm.org |
| Pune | www.rkmpune.org | pune.rkmm.org |
Garbeta centre has launched a website with the address: www.rkmmgarbeta.org.
Values Education and Youth Programmes
The following centres held programmes mentioned against their names:
Basavanagudi, Bengaluru: (i) A youths’ convention for college girls on 13 July in which 600 students participated. (ii) A teachers’ workshop on 20 July attended by 90 teachers.
Cuttack: A youths’ convention on 28 July in which 90 students from different schools, colleges & universities and 40 others took part.
Gurugram: (i) Twelve teachers’ training programmes for teachers, principals and others on values education in different parts of the country from 18 May to 27 June attended by 546 participants in all. (ii) Five online workshops from 1 May to 21 June in which altogether 154 principals and others took part. (iii) Two online workshops for women on 29 May and 5 June in which a total of 49 women were in attendance. (iv) Two workshops for senior citizens on 14 and 19 June attended by a total of 12 senior citizens of Gurugram and adjoining areas. (v) A summer camp from 3 to 8 June in which 17 children were in attendance.
Hyderabad: A three-day youths’ camp from 27 to 30 June attended by 250 students and professionals.
Jammu: A teachers’ orientation programme on 11 and 12 July in a local school in which 100 teachers took part.
Raipur: Seven personality development camps in Mungeli and Raipur districts from 8 to 27 July attended by 1242 students and 117 teachers in all.
Rajamahendravaram: Two values education programmes on 9 and 14 July attended by 300 and 116 students respectively.
Rajkot: Five values education programmes at the ashrama and three such programmes in different schools and colleges from 15 to 22 July in which altogether 2122 students took part.
Shillong: A youths’ convention on 13 July in which 250 students and teachers from 22 institutes participated.
Tamluk: A youths’ convention on 22 July in which 290 students, 60 teachers and 50 others participated.
Thanjavur: (i) Three values education programmes from 28 June to 23 July in which altogether 270 students took part. (ii) A two-day youths’ camp on 13 and 14 July attended by 100 college students.
Viveknagar, Agartala: A day-long youths’ camp at Bishramgunj, Tripura, on 30 June in which 315 youths participated.
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri: A values education programme on 6 July attended by 80 students.
Eye Camps and other Healthcare Services
The following centres conducted medical camps. A summary of the services provided by them is given below.
Asansol: A blood donation camp on 6 July in which 79 people donated blood.
Bajepratappur, Bardhaman: A blood donation camp on 30 June; 68 people donated blood.
Bankura: Eye camps from 29 June to 29 July in which a total of 404 eye patients were screened, 59 were operated on and 48 were given spectacles.
Chennai Math: An eye camp at Peruveli village in Chengalpattu district, with the help of Chengalpattu centre, on 28 July in which 99 patients were checked, 16 were referred for eye surgery, and 65 were given spectacles.
Coimbatore Mission: Seven medical camps (1 dental, 1 ENT, 2 eye, 1 orthopaedic and 2 general camps) in and around Coimbatore from 7 to 21 July in which a total of 413 patients were treated.
Guwahati: A medical camp in Pabakathi village of Morigaon district on 13 July in which 259 patients were treated.
Hatamuniguda: A medical camp on 21 July in which 31 patients were treated.
Jammu: A medical camp on 20 July in which 282 patients, mainly diabetic or with skin diseases, were treated.
Kalady: A drug awareness programme on 28 June attended by 200 parents.
Koyilandy: A medical camp on 28 July in which 81 patients were treated.
Lucknow: 4449 eye patients were checked and 64 were operated on and given spectacles in June.
Madurai: An eye camp on 28 July: 178 patients were checked, 59 were referred for surgery in an eye hospital, and 29 were given spectacles.
Manasadwip: Conducted three eye camps in June and July in which a total of 376 patients were treated. Also, the centre arranged cataract surgery for 50 patients in association with another institution during the same period.
Nattarampalli: An eye camp on 21 July: 262 patients were checked; subsequently, 69 were operated on for cataract in an eye hospital, and 58 were given spectacles.
Porbandar: An eye camp on 12 July where 22 patients were checked and later 16 were operated on for cataract in an eye hospital.
Puri Math: A medical camp near the Gundicha temple on the occasion of Ratha Yatra, from 7 to 15 July, in which 230 patients were treated.
Rajamahendravaram: A medical camp for epilepsy patients on 14 July in which 608 patients were treated.
Ranchi Morabadi: 1490 eye patients were checked, 12 were operated on and 46 were given spectacles from 23 June to 22 July.
Thanjavur: Four medical camps (2 dental and 2 general camps) in and around Thanjavur from 29 June to 18 July in which a total of 427 patients were treated.
Thirumukkudal: An eye camp on 14 July where 95 patients were checked, 20 were referred for surgery in an eye hospital, and 49 were given spectacles.