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 |  News of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission : 31 May 2008
 

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Swami Atmasthanandaji, President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, is scheduled to visit Jayrambati and Kamarpukur from 6 to 28 June.  He is keeping well.

Swami Gitanandaji, Vice-President, will be visiting Baghbazar Math from 5 to 8 June.  He is in good health. 

Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, is scheduled to return to Belur Math on 7 June after his tour of Mumbai and South Africa.  He will be visiting Baranagar Mission Ashrama and Cossipore Math from 16 to 29 June.  He is keeping well.

New Math Centre

A new branch centre of the Ramakrishna Math has been started at Haripad in Kerala with the land, buildings, etc received from Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Haripad.  Its address is: Ramakrishna Math, P.O. Haripad, Dist. Alleppey, Kerala 690514.  Phone: (0)93886-55691.
 

News of Branch Centres : INDIA

 

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, visited Bangalore Math on 31 May and released the book A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism (in three volumes, by Swami Harshananda).  Swami Prabhanandaji, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, presided over the function.
Get here : Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's Talk
 

Nattarampalli centre organized a function from 2 to 4 May to mark its centenary.  Swami Smarananandaji, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, inaugurated the newly built extension to the school building on 2 May.  A teachers’ convention, a farmers’ convention and cultural programmes formed part of the three-day function.

A student of Class IV of our Viveknagar Vidyalaya, namely Tirtharaj Dhar, secured the 7th all-India rank in the National Level Science Talent Search Examination conducted by Unified Council.  The Council adjudged the Vidyalaya as the ‘Best Participation School’. 

Students of Viveknagar Vidyalaya secured the following state ranks (within the first ten) in the State Level National Talent Search Examination, 2007, conducted for Class VIII and Class X students:   
Class VIII: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th,
   
Class X: 5th, 7th, 10th.

Belgaum centre conducted a month-long summer camp from 11 April to 13 May for boys in the age group 10-16.  The programme included Vedic chanting, yogasanas, meditation, and classes on art and culture.  In all, 135 boys took part in the camp.

Thrissur Math conducted a week-long summer camp from 21 to 27 April for students in the age group 10-15.  Altogether 202 students participated in the camp.

Hyderabad Math conducted a month-long summer camp for children from 27 April to 24 May.  Children were taught yogasanas, prayers, bhajans, Vedic chanting, Gita chanting and moral stories from great lives and epics.  In all, 1120 children took part in the camp.

Viveknagar (Agartala) centre organized an All-Tripura devotees’ conference at the Ashrama on 30 March, which was attended by 636 delegates.

The newly set up bookstall of Delhi centre at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station was inaugurated on 5 May.

The newly constructed buildings for monks’ quarters and dispensary at Kochi centre were inaugurated on 7 May.

Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, laid the foundation stone for the proposed Vivekananda Vidya Niketan (upper primary school) building at the new campus of Kadapa Mission centre on 22 May.

Vivekananda University has been sanctioned full membership of Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), a global network of innovative institutions devoted to social commitment in higher education, set up by UNESCO, the United Nations University, and the Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain), where the GUNI Secretariat is based.

A student of Chandigarh students’ home, namely Anupam Dev Goyal, has been selected by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Mumbai, to represent India with three other students in the International Chemistry Olympiad to be held in Budapest (Hungary) this year.

The National Olympiad Foundation, New Delhi, judged Purulia Vidyapith as the ‘Best Performing School’ in West Bengal at the Mathematics Olympiad Test, 2007, held at the international level.  A class VII student of the Vidyapith, namely Digantanil Giri, secured the 1st position in his group in the state, and the 44th rank at the international level.

BSc (Honours) students of Narendrapur college achieved excellent results at the Joint Admission test to MSc (JAM) in the various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).  The all-India ranks secured (within the first ten) are given below.

General Candidates: Statistics: 1 & 8, Physics: 2, Chemistry: 1
Scheduled Caste Candidates
: Mathematics: 8
Other Backward Class Candidates
: Mathematics: 6

The results of the students of our educational institutions at the Higher Secondary Examination conducted by West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education this year are as follows:

Sl.

No.

School

Students

appeared

Passed

Grades in Subjects (Total 7 subjects for each student)

A+

A

B

C

D

1.        

Katihar

21

19

26

54

47

3

2.        

Malda

74

74

295

170

45

8

3.        

Narendrapur

57

57

264

130

5

4.        

Purulia

47

47

129

142

48

10

5.        

Rahara

83

83

196

303

56

21

1

6.        

Sarisha

66

66

173

202

76

8

3

    A+: 80% and above; A: 60 to 79%; B: 45 to 59%; C: 30 to 44%; D: Below 30% marks

  Students of our schools affiliated to CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) have achieved the following results in the AISS (Class X) and AISSC (Class XII) Examinations, 2008:

Sl. No.

School

Exam.

Students appeared

1st

Div.

2nd

Div.

3rd Div.

Compart-mental

Failed

Star

Marks*

1.

Along

Class X

91

70

20

1

24

Class XII

65

32

21

1

9

2

3

2.

Deoghar

Class X

78

78

76

Class XII

51

49

2

32

3.

Narottam Nagar

Class X

37

35

2

24

Class XII

34

34

26

4.

Viveknagar (Tripura)

Class X

64

59

4

1

47

Class XII

37

37

18

*Star Marks: 75% or above in the aggregate 

  Students of our schools affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education have achieved excellent results in the Secondary Examination 2008, as shown in the chart below.

Sl.

No.

  School

Students

appeared

1st  Div.