Special Report
Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission
February 2020
Synopsis of the Governing Body Report for 2018-19
The Vedanta Kesari
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The 110th Annual General Meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission was held at Belur Math on Sunday, the 15th December 2019 at 3.30 p.m.
he Ramakrishna Mission won the following recognitions: (i) The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to the Ramakrishna Mission, in recognition of its service activities in South Africa. (ii) RKMVERI (deemed to be university), Belur, was awarded the highest grade of A++ by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). (iii) Purulia Vidyapith received the Best School Award from the School Education Department, Government of West Bengal. The headquarters and a number of branch centres of the Mission and the Math commemorated the 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Addresses at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, USA, by holding various programmes. In the essay writing, recitation and other cultural competitions, about 1.14 lakh students participated. Our centres also conducted 88 conventions for youths and devotees in which about 34,000 people took part. Some of our centres in the USA and other countries also held public meetings, lectures and cultural events. New branch centres of the Ramakrishna Mission were started in: (i) Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, (ii) Cuttack, Odisha, and (iii) Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Telangana. A sub-centre of the Ramakrishna Mission, directly under the supervision of the Headquarters, was started at Shyamsayer in Bardhaman, West Bengal, in September 2018. Subsequently, the ashrama was made a full-fledged branch in October 2019. A new sub-centre of Rajkot Math was started in Ahmedabad. The Phoenix Ashrama in South Africa was made a full-fledged branch centre of the Ramakrishna Mission, and the Johannesburg Ashrama was made a sub-centre of Phoenix Ashrama. A new branch centre of the Ramakrishna Math was started in Dublin, Ireland. In the educational field, the following new developments deserve special mention: (i) In collaboration with Peerless Skills Academy, a Skill Development Project was started to strengthen the vocational training courses conducted by our centres. (ii) Baranagar Mission centre added a higher secondary section in the school. (iii) Garbeta centre started an English-medium primary school. (iv) Lumdung centre started a primary school. (v) Malda centre introduced an Englishmedium section in its school. In the medical field, mention may be made of the following new developments: (i) Dehradun centre started a super-specialty eye care centre. (ii) Itanagar centre extended two of its operation
