Vivekanand Kendra in Arunachal Pradesh

The organisation has undertaken a number of Service activities in the strategically-located eastern-most arm of Bharat – Arunachal Pradesh with the view to develop it as a Model State exemplifying the theme: Development Through Culture

The Vivekananda Kendra is associated with Arunachal Pradesh from 1974. Its role has been highly valued in the States. The association of the Kendra with Arunachal started when late K.A.A. Raja was the Lt. Governor of Arunachal. He came to KanyaKumari in Sept. 1973 and has a detailed discussion with Late Pujya Eknathji Rande, the founder of Vivekananda Kendra, After a serious discussion with Sri K.A.A. Raja, Pujya Eknathji ranade ,decided to give top priority for Arunachal Pradesh in Kendra's plan of nation building.

The Vision:
Let New India arise ……

Let Her arise – out of the peasants’ cottage, grasping the plough; out of the huts of the fisherman, the cobbler, and the sweeper. Let Her spring from the grocer’s shop, from beside the oven of the fritter-seller. Let Her emanate from the factory, from marts and from the markets.

Let Her emerge from groves and forests, from hills and mountains….

~ Swami Vivekananda

The Mission:Phase-wise Evolution of the work in Arunachal Pradesh:

THE FIRST PHASE: 1977 - Establishment of the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas (VKV’s). Now, Twenty-two VKV’s with Eight thousand students function in fourteen of sixteen districts. VKV’s have now carved a niche for two-dimensional aspect of education that Swamiji emphasized: Academic and Cultural.

THE SECOND PHASE: 1993 - Vivekananda Kendra Arun Jyoti – a Multi-dimensional Service Project to accelerate the process of self-propelled development at the grassroots while nourishing the traditional socio-cultural fabric of the ethnic communities.

THE THIRD PHASE: 1993 – Starting of the activities of
Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture [henceforth, VKIC] in Arunachal Pradesh. Visualized as the Intellectual Fountainhead of the North-east VKIC was established in 1993 in Guwahati.

Objectives:

  • Identifying the uniqueness and specialties of the Northeast Indian culture
  • Unearth its commonalties with the larger Indian culture
  • Promote the “Serve Man- Serve God” message of Swami Vivekananda.

    • To streamline the growth in its work in Arunachal Pradesh VKIC’s Arunachal Pradesh Chapter [VKIC-APC] was launched on July 27th 2003.

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