Interactive Sessions on "Vivekananda – Rousing Call to the YOUth" Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest visionaries of the world, had a great faith in channelizing the youth power towards nation building. His electrifying words havebeen motivating millions and millions of people towards leading a life of fulfillment by serving the nation. Disha conducted one-hour sessions on"Vivekananda – Rousing Call to the YOUth" in lieu of Vivekananda Jayanti. The program was unique in both its approach and the message. The session included a talk on the different aspects of Swami Vivekananda’s personality(blemish less character, patriotic fervor, cultural ambassador, and propagator of seva) and the second half was dedicated to a video interaction which focused on how each individual can imbibe the personality traits of Swami Vivekananda mentioned above. The session also highlighted the relevance of the historic speech Swamiji delivered in Chicago 125 years ago. The specialty of this year, Disha conducted 2 training programs towards training participants on conducting the one-hour session in institutions in which over 75 participants took part. These volunteers went around contacting institutions, fixing the programs and conducted themselves in few places as well. Disha, with a dedicated team of volunteers, in a span of just one month (Jan 6 to Feb 7), conducted 239 sessions reaching exactly 200 institutions taking the message of Swamiji to 37,000 students. We reached to the urban, semi-urban and rural places. The institutions ranged from primary school to the post graduate level and to the professional courses. We even conducted a few programs for general public. At the end of the session, Swamiji’s call to the youth to have a blemish less character, nationalistic spirit, faith in one’s culture and empathy towards others were highlighted.Finally the session ended with - • Do you have the Heart to feel?(feel for the needy, feel for the motherland) • Do you have the Head to think?(think of the ways of helping the needy and towards national growth) • Do you have the Hands to serve?(Practically working for the deprived and nation) The managements of the institutions were overwhelmedby the response that they received from the students about the program and many institutions have promised us to give workshops for the development of students in coming days. The spark in the eyes of participantsensured Disha Team to build a vibrant India by transforming oneself. Brief Report of Vivekananda Jayanthi 2019: Institutions No of Programs No of Students Schools 130 21,800 UG and PG Colleges 62 11,500 PU and Polytechnic 22 2,200 NGO and Public 25 1,500 Total 239 37,000 DISHA – INTER-COLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS Disha in association with Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women, Bengaluru and The Mythic Society, held the 12thAnnual Vivekananda Jayanthi Celebrations on 8thFebruary, 2019 in the college premises at Malleswaram. The keynote speaker on this occasion was Dr. V.B.Arathi, Founder Head,Vibhu Academy which offers excellent programmes on Skill development, Youth Mentoring and Indian Studies. Prof. Radhakrishna(Principal, mLAC) and Hiriyanna(Representative, The Mythic Society) also graced the occasion. Initially an introduction to Disha and report of Vivekananda Jayanti was given to the august audience which was followed by the introduction of highly accomplished chief guest and other dignitaries on the stage. In the address, Dr. Arathi stressed on the need to have the holistic education, importance of taking up responsibilities in life, facing the challenges of life by taking the messages from Swami Vivekananda….. After the Chief Guest's talk, the Presidential Address was delivered by Prof.Radhakrishna expressing his views relevance of Swamiji’s idea ofyouth development towards nation’s progress. Inauguration was followed by Inter-Collegiate competitions for students. There was anoverwhelming response from many institutions of the city for the event.Totally; there were nearly 800 participants from around 60 institutions to participate in 4 competitions. 123 students from colleges participated in the Speech Contestin Kannada and English on the topic “One quote of Vivekananda that inspired me the most.” The spirit and their deep knowledge about Swami Vivekananda captivated the audience and the judges alike. Although there was a drastic increase in the number of participants, the judges encouraged the students and provided valuable feedback to each one of them. Street Play witnessed 20 teams from various institutions participating enthusiastically with their creative presentations on “Corruption in daily life” or “Peep into the future”. The teams presented their unique ideas through their dialogues and minimum costumes without even props or music or any instruments. The judges were awestruck by the performance of the students, their team work, ideas and their imagination. 180 teams participated in the Super Minute Dhamaka that centered on the theme of “Bharat Ek Khazana”. This competition had 3 rounds – Preliminary, Semi Finals and Finals and all the rounds were activity-based. The activities like arrangement of match sticks tested their speed and agility, memory-based activities that tested their visual and textual memory and capacity of recollection. Arranging the beads tested their hand-eye coordination, dumb charades challenged their creativity. The students not only enjoyed the activities, but took away a lot of information on India about our ancient glory, general facts and current affairs. A Smart Selfie contest based on the theme of "Vibrant India" was also held for the first time to make the youth themselves get the perception of youth towards India. The participating teams were given 2 hours of time to shoot a video or pictureson the theme and compile it into a 4-minute presentation for the judges. 82 teams participated, showcased their extreme creativity and amazed the judges with their stunning videos and slideshows. In the validictory, Dr.Nagaveni(Director, mLAC) addressed the students and cash prizes and certificates were given to the winners. The program was concluded with Vande Mataram. List of institutions where the sessions were held – UG/PG Colleges Schools BMS College of Law - Interns Abalashrama Bharatmata School Tumkur VVN Degree College Jnanabharathi Campus Halli Mysore Primary School Hassan Government Hostel Davanagere Dayanand Sagar English Medium School Yelachenahalli Gupta College Hosakarahalli Kanaka Vidhya Samaste Moodalpalya, Vijayanagar Vivekananda Institute of Technology Kengeri Sree Vijaya Vidhya Mandir Vasanthapura Jain University Jayanagar Swami Vivekananda School Govindraj Nagar, Vijayanagar Soundarya Degree College Hessarghata Road Swami Vivekananda School Singrihalli, Davanagere Sri Sai College Rajaji Nagar Government High School Malathahalli SDM Ayurvedic College Ayurvedic College Sri Umamaheshwara High School Jagaluru, Davengere SJR College for Women Gopalapura Binnipet Morarji Desai Residential School Muggidaragihalli Sri Krishna Degree College ITI Layout Sri Anjaneya Swamy Gramantara School Chitranayakanahalli, Chitradurga Sheshadripuram College Magadi Road Vasathi High School Ghattaparthi, Chitradurga SN Bhat College Near PES Degree College, Chinmaya Vidyalaya Banashankari 6th Phase, Nice Road Srinivasa Nagar backside SRN Adarsha College Chamrajpet Jnanavahini Vidya Kendra Nelamangala KLE College of Pharmacy Rajaji Nagar Kaggadasapura Government Higher Primary School Kaggadasapura BNES Degree College Mahalakshmi Layout Domlur Government High School Domlur Bapu Degree College Yeshwanthpur Acharya Guru Parampara School Nelamangala Devraj Urs Medical College Kolar Bethel Public School KR Puram SET College Magadi Road Navadeep English School KR Puram Sri Krishna Iyer PU College ITI Layout, near Mookambika School N R Colony Vidyapeeta Circle Jain Degree College Rajarajeshwari Nagar Basaveshwara School Near Satellite Busstand NSS Camp Sidlaghatta Swami Vivekananda Kendra Hosakote MLACW Malleshwaram BBMP High School Maruthi Nagar, Nagarbhavi PES Pharmacy Hanumanth Nagar Nammaoora prathamika Shale Maruthi Nagar, Nagarbhavi Vivekananda Degree College Rajaji Nagar Sree Gayathri English Medium School Dooravani Nagar MLA AHL Malleshwaram Manjunathnagara Government. School Bagalagunte, Hessarghatta Main Road Bhandari Jain College VV Puram Ganapathi School Bagalagunte, Hessarghatta Main Road Dayananada Sagar University Kumaraswamy Vidya Bharathi English School Mahalakshmipura Layout Aurobindo College Rajaji Nagar Samyuktha High School and PU College Chikkaballapura MES IOM College Rajaji Nagar Vijaya Bharathi English School Girinagar BMS Engineering College Basavanagudi Government High School Chintamani Sri Basaveshwara Degree College Nelamangala Government Girls High School Chintamani PESIT Aroghya Bharati Seshadripuram College Kengeri DAV Public School Kaggalipura, Kanaka Main Road Mangalore Institute of Management Studies Sarvodhaya National Public School Vijayanagar, Nagarbhavi Ullal Main Road Seshadripuram College Yelahanka Tigalprupalya Government. High School Tigalrupalya Vijaya College RV Road Basaveshwara Boys School Basaveshwara, Rajaji Nagar Sindhi College Hebbal Pragna Public School Byatarayanapura, Mysore Road KLE College Rajaji Nagar Government Higher Primary School Kodichikkanahalli BBMP Degree College Nagarabhavi Government High School Begur Vivekananda Women's College Mahalakshmi Kalnayakanhalli Government School Kalnayakanhalli, Layout Gauribidanuru MS Ramaiah Degree College Mattikere Swami Shivananda