A report of VIVEKANANDA JAYANTI 2016 organised by DISHA, a socio-cultural NGO of Bengaluru
DISHA non-profit social initiative (started in 2005) aims to provide holistic education through imparting values. Our endeavor is to guide and catalyze young minds to carry forward the rich and glorious legacy of our motherland. Disha conducts Personality Development Programs for students by boosting the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual quotients through One-dayworkshop, which focus on KNOW YOURSELF, KNOW YOUR COUNTRY and KNOW YOUR CULTURE.
Disha is celebrating Vivekananda Jayanthi since last eight years with the intention of spreading the message of Swami Vivekananda to the youth of this country. This year DISHA celebrated in a unique way by reaching out to institutions to conduct a one-hour session “Transforming Indians to Transform India“. The session included a talk on the Life and message of Swami Vivekananda as a patriotic monk for half an hour and the second half was dedicated for a video interaction, which focused on the session title. The drive home message from the program is simple but profound, “Be Good, Do good”.
Disha conducted 50 programs in 40 institutions reaching out to 8,000 students with the message of Swami Vivekananda. The institutions included 8 high schools, 2 polytechnic, 5 pre-university, two pharmacy, 1 engineering and 22 degree colleges in Bangalore, Ramanagara and 2 villages. The institutions ranged from the top engineering colleges to Arts, Science and Commerce colleges both private and government. The management of all institutions appreciated that the programme was distinctivein both approach and the message. Student’s feedback has prompted the management to request more programmes from DISHA. The students responded very positively and are committed to take the message forward to make our nation the ‘Vishwaguru’ as envisaged by Swami Vivekananda.
The finale of Vivekananda Jayanthi week will be celebrated on January 27th2016 at MLACW College. In this regard, DISHA and MLACW will be organizing an annual inter-collegiate fest with competitions for faculty and students (UG/PG) at MLACW, campus Malleswaram at 10am. The student’s competition includes Patriotic song (Group Song), Dumb Charades on India and a speech on “Transform Indians to Transform India”. The teacher’s speech/presentation topic is “My action plan towards the holistic development of the student”. For more details, visit www.dishabharat.org
The details where programmes were held are as follows: –
| Institution | Date | Time | Programs | Students |
| Mahila Mandali High School | 4/1/2016 | 1:45 – 2:45 | 1 | 150 |
| Holy Child High School | 7/1/2016 8/1/2016 19/1/2016 |
11:00 – 12:30 2.45 – 3.30 |
5 | 300 |
| MLA CW | 8/1/2016 | 2:00 – 5:00 | 2 | 60 |
| Krishna Iyer PU College | 7/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:30 | 1 | 50 |
| Abalashrama | 10/1/2016 | 10:30 – 12:00 | 1 | 50 |
| Sri Krishna Degree College | 10/1/2016 | 3:30 – 5:30 | 1 | 50 |
| Vidya Vardhaka Degree College | 11/1/2016 | 11:00 – 12:00 | 1 | 200 |
| VVS PU College | 11/1/2016 | 12:00 – 1:00 | 1 | 150 |
| Basaveshwara High School | 11/1/2016 | 1:45 – 3:15 | 1 | 70 |
| MES Institute of Mgmt | 12/1/2016 | 10:00 – 11:30 | 1 | 400 |
| Sri Sai College for Women | 12/1/2016 | 11:30 – 12:30 | 1 | 520 |
| Govt Degree College, Malleswaram | 12/1/2016 | 12:30 – 1:30 | 1 | 80 |
| Sardar Patel High School | 12/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:30 | 1 | 200 |
| PES College of Pharmacy | 13/1/2016 | 10:00 – 1:00 | 2 | 400 |
| PES Degree College | 13/1/2016 | 11:30 – 1:00 | 1 | 150 |
| SJRCW | 12/1/2016 | 10:30 – 12:30 | 1 | 550 |
| MLA AHL | 13/1/2016 | 11:15 – 12:30 | 1 | 300 |
| Gupta College | 13/1/2016 | 1:30 – 2:30 | 1 | 80 |
| SRN Adarsh Degree College | 14/1/2016 | 11:00 – 12:15 | 1 | 100 |
| VVN PU College | 14/1/2016 | 10:30 – 11:30 | 1 | 250 |
| KLE Degree College | 14/1/2016 | 1:00 – 2:00 | 1 | 150 |
| Mookambika High School | 14/1/2016 | 1:00 – 2:00 | 1 | 75 |
| BMS Degree College | 14/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:00 | 1 | 200 |
| APS Arts and Science College | 14/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:00 | 1 | 125 |
| MSR Drgree College | 18/1/2016 | 11:15 – 1:20 | 1 | 200 |
| Govt College, Yediyur | 18/1/2016 | 11:00 – 12:00 | 1 | 100 |
| Vijaya College | 18/1/2016 | 12:30 – 1:30 | 1 | 280 |
| Govt Polytechnic College Ramanagara | 18/1/2016 | 11:45 – 1:00 | 1 | 375 |
| Bharateeya Samskritika Vidyapeetha, Ramanagara | 18/1/2016 | 1:40 – 2:30 | 1 | 55 |
| Morarji Desai Residential School, Ramanagar | 18/1/2016 | 3:40 – 4:30 | 1 | 175 |
| Govt Residential School, Ramanagar | 18/1/2016 | 5:00 – 6:30 | 1 | 250 |
| VVN Degree College | 18/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:00 | 1 | 270 |
| PESIT | 19/1/2016 | 11:00 – 12:30 | 1 | 100 |
| Govt Degree College, Rajajinagar | 19/1/2016 | 12:30 – 2:00 | 1 | 125 |
| Bharatmata College | 19/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:15 | 1 | 175 |
| Dayananda Sagar College | 20/1/2016 | 10:00 – 11:00 | 1 | 150 |
| MLA CW | 20/1/2016 | 9:30 – 11:00 11:00 – 12:30 1:00 – 2:30 |
3 | 500 |
| Vivekananda College of Pharmacy | 20/1/2016 | 2:00 – 3:30 | 1 | 150 |
| Kanaka Degree College | 21/1/2016 | 12:00 – 1:00 | 1 | 60 |
| BIPS High School | 25/1/2016 | 1:30 – 3:30 | 3 | 150 |
| TOTAL | 50 | 7,750 |
