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Time of India
3 days ago
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- Time of India
Vivekananda Kendra and Dharampeth MP Deo Science College hold ‘Yuva Samvad'
1 2 Nagpur: Under the Youth Leadership Development Initiative, the Yuva Samvad programme was organized by Vivekananda Kendra and Dharampeth MP Deo Science College received an excellent response from students, with a large number of young students participating enthusiastically. Yuva Samvad will be conducted every Saturday at Dharampeth MP Deo Science College by Vivekananda Kendra, focusing on physical, intellectual, mental, and spiritual development. In his guidance speech, Principal Dr Akhilesh Peshwes said, " Swami Vivekananda had immense faith in the youth of India. He believed that today's youth can shape the future of the nation. Therefore, he always encouraged young people to come together and contribute towards the country's development." During this programme, the book Ashtavadhani Shivray written by Arun Karmarkar was released by vice-principal Prof Prashant Ambekar and Prof Nitin Gaikwad. Asawari Kulkarni, head of Nagpur City Youth Leadership Development Initiative of Vivekananda Kendra, Shubham Jais, youth head, Bharat Rai, intellectual head, and Shantanu Kate successfully conducted Yuva Samvad through songs, games, and discussion sessions. Dr Shraddha Deshpande, convener of the induction programme, took special efforts to organise the event. College faculty members Dr Kirti Paturkar and Dr Kishor Waghmare were specially present for the event.


Time of India
24-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Vivekananda Kendra releases poster of Youth Leadership Development Initiative
Nagpur: Every year, Vivekananda Kendra organizes various workshops throughout the year under the Youth Leadership Development Initiative. This year, on the occasion of , the poster for this year's Youth Leadership Development Initiative was unveiled by Dhananjay Velukar, director of the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (Nagpur Division), Bharat Joshi, head of Vivekananda Kendra Vidarbha Region, and Kshamatai Dabholekar, head of Vivekananda Kendra Nagpur City. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Youth Leadership Development Initiative focuses on four key dimensions: Adventure, Service, Self-Study (Swadhyaya), and Patriotism. Through these dimensions, the youth get an opportunity to acquire life skills, managerial abilities, and more. Therefore, more and more youth should connect with Vivekananda Kendra and actively participate in this initiative," appealed Asavari Kulkarni, head of Youth Leadership Development of Nagpur unit of Vivekananda Kendra. The event was compered by Prutha Chourikar. Alpana Bakhale presented a song. Nilima Keskar, co-head of Nagpur unit, gave the welcome address. Sanjeevani Vaidya introduced the chief guests. Shantanu Kite provided information about the initiative. Youth leaders Shubham Jais and Shravani Sole presented yoga demonstrations. Youth volunteers Bharat Rai, Nandini Bagadiya, and Vedant Pathak efficiently handled the event.