Vivekananda Jnanapeeth

Our youth are very intelligent and hard working. To develop India we need to supplement our ancient wisdom with Western science and technology. It was Swami Vivekananda who encouraged and inspired Sri Jamshetji Tata to start the Institute of Science and heavy industries in India. He also brought an Irish educationist, Margaret Nobel, later named Sister Nivedita, to impart education to Indian women. Vivekananda believed that right education will make our youth global citizens in the true sense of the term.

Our youth need to interact with people of other regions and nations to acquire knowledge of science and technology. They have to learn about different cultures so that they can adapt themselves to any place in this global village of the twenty-first century. For all this, knowledge of languages is essential.

If our youth are lagging behind it is because their competence in languages other than their mother-tongue is very poor. Had Vivekananda spoken in his mother-tongue at the Chicago Parliament of Religions, he would not have been understood. The impeccable English he spoke made the whole world situp and take note. The colonised India of 1893 won the respect of world leaders for the first time after hearing Vivekananda’s English speech at the Chicago Parliament and subsequently in Europe and America. It is clear that the only barrier to the success of our younger people is, therefore, language and they should immediately overcome this barrier.

There will be two-year course consisting of 4 semesters 1) Basic level 2) Junior level 3) Senior level and 4) Advance level. The knowledge of languages will help our youth in their reading, writing and speaking skills in particular languages, which will boost their confidence to live successfully in a global world; they will also overcome their fear of communicating in different languages and get rid off their inferiority complex.

The estimated cost of Sister Nivedita School of Languages is Rs. 11 crore.

Knowledge of different languages will throw open wonderful job opportunities for our youth throughout the world. Along with languages they need to acquire certain soft skills to improve their quality of work while handling responsible positions. A person with skills will always be successful in every field of life. To equip our youth with soft skills such as Leadership, Problem solving and Decision making, Verbal and Non-verbal communication, Social or People skills, Stress, Change and Conflict Management skills, Self-management, Time management, Mind management, Emotional Intelligence, etc., we are starting Vivekananda School of Human Excellence.

Students and teachers, parents and children, youth and older people, government and corporate employees will all be ben-efited by participating in these courses. This Institute will help people to become efficient and effective performers in professional and personal life. While defining education Swami Vivekananda said, ‘Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in Man.’ Languages will help them to interact with people and skills will help them to enhance their efficiency at the workplace. These days employers want people whose soft skills are well developed. They say that it is possible to give training in technical skills after recruitment but soft skills has become a prerequisite for getting and retaining a good position in the job market.

The estimated cost of Vivekananda School of Human Excellence is Rs. 9 crore.

Knowledge of different languages and soft skills in different fields will make a person perfect. But the most important aspect is change in attitude. Many times we find even skilled people indulging in unethical practices. Absence of human values gives rise to criminal tendencies in people. Today India is facing various challenges, such as corruption, violence, fanaticism, terrorism, crime against women, exploitation and so on. This is the result of the degeneration of human values. Swami Vivekananda said, ‘We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on his own feet.’ This wing of our Jnanapeeth will inculcate among youth man-making, character building and nation building ideas of Swami Vivekananda. Humanistic, ethical and moral values – such as patriotism, unselfishness, love and sympathy for the poor, a spirit of service and dedication, sincerity, honesty, loyalty, truthfulness, compassion for suffering humanity, respect for elders and care of aged-parents, self-discipline, self-control, fearlessness and courage, practice of meditation and yoga, self-confidence, respect for women and many such topics will be taught in this wing. Improvement in values and its practical application to all spheres of life alone will bring peace and happiness to human life. Vivekananda School of Culture will particularly focus on these aspects of the human personality.

The estimated cost of Vivekananda School of Culture is Rs. 10 crore.

Rationale / Justification of the Vivekananda Jnanapeeth Project

Rationale behind Vivekananda Institute of Culture:

Swami Vivekananda says “…It is the culture that withstands shocks on civilization, not a mass of knowledge. You can put a mass of knowledge into the world, but that will not do it much good. There must come culture into the blood. We all know in modern times of Nations which have masses of knowledge, but what of them? They are like tigers; they are like savages, because culture is not there. Knowledge is only skin- deep, as civilization is, and a little scratch brings out the old savage. Such things happen; this is the danger… Until you give masses the Culture, there can be no permanence in the raised condition of the masses”!!

There are Ancient Solutions for the Modern Problems in the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
Vivekananda Jnanapeeth, consisting of 3 institutes & it is conceptualized after thorough studies & experience over the period of many years about modern youths & their problem to fulfill Swami Vivekananda’s above vision of Culture.
No such project consisting three institutions with holistic approach under one umbrella is fully dedicated for the youth of India in Maharashtra.
Pune is the Cultural capital of Maharashtra,India but till the date, there is not a single institute dedicated for cultivation of culture of future youths with holistic approach! Hence Vivekananda Jnanapeeth is proposed in Pune.
There are various School of Lnguages in Pune city but there is no residential facility for poor students. ‘Vivekananda Jnanapeeth’ will provide this facility.
‘Vivekananda Jnanapeeth’ has holistic approach to make the student to stand on his/her own feet, self-reliant.
Our youth have infinite potential; the need is to boost their confidence by providing them the right kind of training, which is the aim of the ‘Vivekananda Jnanapeeth’.
India is a Youngest Nation in the world but there is no Institution in Maharashtra to make the young Indian student to face the modern challenges of the Global world like Character building, etc.

Rationale behind ‘Sister Nivedita School of Languages

Our youth are very intelligent and hardworking but they are lagging behind in Global village especially when they want to acquire western science & technology; because their competence is languages, other than their mother-tongue is poor. Study of foreign languages will make them to interact with people of other regions and nations with confidence to acquire science & technology and in return; they can give wisdom of knowledge hidden in Indian Culture to others.

There will be two-year courses consisting of 4 semesters 1) Basic level 2) Junior level 3) Senior level 4) Advance level for German, French, Spanish, Japanese, English, Indian languages, Sanskrit, Hindi etc.

Rationale behind Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence

While defining Human Excellence in case of education, Swami Vivekananda said, ‘Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in Man.’

Rationale behind Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence is that, along with Knowledge of languages youth need to acquire certain soft skills to improve their quality of work while handling responsible positions. A person with skills will always be successful in every field of life.

To equip our youth with soft skills such as Leadership, Problem solving and Decision making, Verbal and Non-verbal communication, Social or People skills, Stress, Change and Conflict Management skills, Self-management, Time management, Mind management, Emotional Intelligence, etc., we are starting Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence.

Human Excellence Institute will help people to enhance excellence & become efficient and effective performers in professional and personal life. Apart from poor & needy youth, beneficiaries will be government and corporate employees, teachers, parents and children, older people.

Progress of the Vivekananda Jnanapeeth Construction Project
Vivekananda Jnanapeeth Project consisting of 3 (three) institutions is expected to complete by 2025. Ours is a Charitable Institute, fully depending on generous donations & financial help generous citizens, charitable truts business houses etc.