More than a century ago, a man dared to travel half the globe round to represent his faith at Parliament of World's Religion in Chicago. He went Without an invitation letter and was refused to enter the premises. The Man without appropriate clothing and shelter spent a night in a cardboard box at a railway station, still holding a smile on his face as he had tremendous determination and faith in himself. It was this very man who later shook the whole of America and then Europe with his overarching knowledge, faith and determination to harmonize the world by giving the West the message of spirituality and bringing in material help for his own motherland, India.
To mark Swami Vivekananda's Birthday, Vivekananda Samiti is celebrating 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda by extensive four years programme 2011-2015. After a great success in last year, this year also we are organizing this unique event Vivekananda Youth Convention on 14th and 15th January 2012 in the IIT Kanpur. It is a 2 day event focusing on various issues related to excellence in human values, self confidence, spirituality etc. Since, Swami Vivekananda's teachings have high inspirational value, we wish to introduce the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda to our student community.
Major attractions of VYC 2012 are as following:
- Invited Talks by renowned practitioners on various topics relevant to Youth and Swami Vivekananda.
- Personality Development Sessions on Communication skills, Presentation skills and Interview skills.
- Competitions on Essay Writing, Extempore, Quiz and Group discussion.
- Movie shows on Swami Vivekananda, Vedanta and Personality Development.
- Radio Programs on 90.4 FM.
- Medical health camp.
- Exhibition and Sale of Ramakrishna Vivekananda Vedanta literature.
Goodies for participants and volunteers
- Books titled To the Youth of India, Call to the Nation, Personality Development and others will be presented to all the participants and volunteers.
- Two gifts based on lucky draw for each of the invited talks.
- Two audience prize for best evaluation of Group Discussion and Extempore Competitions.
- Attractive Prizes and Certificates for all the competition winners.