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Values Education and Youth Programmes The following centres conducted value education workshops, conventions, camps, lectures etc: Delhi Math:13 workshops in Ajmer, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune (126 principals and 686 teachers);Haripad Math: workshops (553 students in 3 schools); Kanpur Math: Convention (240 youth);Koyilandy Math: Convention (70 students);Rajkot Ashrama: 9 programmes (682 students Satya from 5 schools); Vadodara Math: T a sa
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Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Barrackpore, presented the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Award to our centre in Sargachhi on 2 Oct, in recognition of its service activities. Bhubaneswar Ashrama began its year-long centenary celebrations with a two-day programme from 31 Oct. Srimat Swami Gautamananda Ji, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Order, inaugurated the celebrations. Swami Suvirananda Ji, General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Order, Sri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, 500 sannyasis and brahmacharis, devotees and admirers participated in the programme. Srimat Swami Gautamananda Ji dedicated two new exhibits in theVivekananda Exhiition of Delhi ashramaon 12 Oct. The new exhibits are use virtual reality and augumented reality technology. Sri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, inaugurated the Sarada Block of Vrindaban hospital on 28 Nov in an
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Sri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, visited Vrindavan ashrama on 28 Nov. Governor of Meghalaya Sri Tathagata Roy visited the Shillong ashrama on 13 Nov. Sri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Tamil Nadu, visited Chennai Math on 19 Nov. Dr K Kasturirangan, Chairman of the Committee for Draft National Education Policy visited Belur Math on 7 Nov. Dr Bhushan Patwardhan, Vice-Chairman of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, visited Belur Math on 20 Nov.
impressive function which was also attended by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh Smt. Anandiben Patel and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Sri Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries. The new state-of-the-art block houses MRI and CT scan facilities, two modular operation theatres, a cancer ward, and a number of other departments and facilities.
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