The Order on the March
Sl.
College
National Rank
State Rank
1.
Vidyamandira (Saradapitha centre)
5
2
2.
Vivekananda Centenary College (Rahara centre)
15
3
3.
Residential College (Narendrapur centre)
21
4
4.
Arts and Science College (Coimbatore Mission centre)
48
15
(West Bengal) (Tamil Nadu)
Smt Pratima Bhoumik, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, visited Belur Math on 13 September. Ms Ritva Koukku-Ronde, Ambassador of Finland to India, visited Belur Math on 18 September. Sri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor of Maharashtra, visited the Mumbai centre on
November 2021
Sri Ramakrishna Sevashrama, Digboi, founded in 1930 has been taken into the Ramakrishna Order as branch centre of the Ramakrishna Mission. A new branch centre of the Ramakrishna Math has been started with the land and buildings received from Badarikashrama, Madihalli, Tutuvekere Taluk, Tumakuru District, Karnataka which was established in 1984. In commemoration of Swami Vivekananda’s address at the World’s Parliament of Religions, Chennai Math, Deoghar, Hyderabad, Kochi, Prayagraj, Rajkot, Thanjavur and Viveknagar (Agartala) centres held programmes on 11 September. The Hyderabad centre’s online programme included special addresses by Sri N V Ramana, Chief Justice of India, Srimat Swami Gautamanandaji, one of the Vice-presidents of the Ramakrishna Order, and Swami Suviranandaji, the General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order. At the Viveknagar centre, Smt Pratima Bhoumik, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, and Sri Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura, attended the programme. RKMVERI (deemed university of the Order) held its Annual Convocation on 11 September and awarded degrees and diplomas to 275 candidates from Belur main campus and its off-campus centres at Narendrapur and Ranchi. Owing to Covid restrictions, most students attended the programme in virtual mode. The General Secretary Swami Suviranandaji, who is also the Chancellor of the University, addressed the Convocation through a recorded video. Four of our degree colleges secured distinguished positions in the India Rankings 2021 announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Education, Government of India:
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