RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKNAGAR : TRIPURA (WEST) HISTORY On 25 March 1985 the Governing Body of Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, West Bengal, took over the management of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Gangail Road, Agartala, a privately-run Ashrama established on 29 May 1950, at the request of the latter though the first service activity of the Mission in Tripura dates back to 1949 when the Mission conducted a major relief work at Anandanagar, near Agartala. The said Ashrama renamed as ‘Ramakrishna Mission, Gangail Road,’ started functioning since then as a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, West Bengal. Till 28 May 1989 this centre was the hub of Ramakrishna Mission’s activities in Tripura with its following activities: 1) Conducting regular spiritual and value-based public discourses at its existing Lecture Hall attached to the Prayer Room, 2) Show Room of Ramakrishna – Vivekananda and Vedanta literature, 3) A small Library, 4) A free Students’ Home, 5) Free medical clinics, etc.. After the establishment of Ramakrishna Mission Educational Complex at Viveknagar on 29 May 1989, which became the hub of Mission’s activities, this centre started functioning as the sub- centre of Viveknagar centre. The service activities of the Mission gathered momentum in Tripura with the establishment of Ramakrishna Mission Educational Complex as a branch centre of the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, West Bengal, in the year 1989 at Viveknagar – then known as ‘Amtali’ – a rural area located 8 k.m. away from Agartala, capital town of the State of Tripura. The development of this Educational Complex has an important background history which deserves special mention. In 1989, a Peace Accord was executed between the Governments (Govt. of India and Govt. of Tripura) and Tripura National Volunteers, the then prominent local extremist group, and following the said Peace Accord, Ramakrishna Mission Educational Complex was established at Viveknagar on 29 May in 1989, on the land measuring about 62 acres handed over to Mission by the Government of Tripura, with the infrastructure gradually developed with the funds from the Government of India. Government of Tripura also handed over to the Mission Authorities a plot of land measuring about 5 acres in Dhaleswar area of Agartala on 29 May 1989 with the request to develop there a complex consisting of educational, cultural and medical units. It took about 7 years to start the said complex at Dhaleswar. On 11 September 1996, the historic day of Swami Vivekananda’s legendary appearance in the well-known Parliament of Religions at Chicago in 1893, Viveknagar centre started developing the Dhaleswar complex as one of its sub-centres to fulfill the wishes of the Government of Tripura mentioned above. Thus the activities of Ramakrishna Mission in Tripura started in full swing from 1989 from Gangail Road Unit and Viveknagar centre along with the contiguous Math centre at Viveknagar, with the objectives of uplifting the masses, especially the local tribes and fostering the idea of national integration and tribal and non-tribal amity, and the central focus being the development and 1 Short Report uplift of the tribal and poor people of Tripura particularly in the area of education, culture, self- employment, health and hygiene, and cultural and spiritual enrichment of the people of Tripura in general. From September 1996 onwards Viveknagar Centre started functioning in broader scale with its two sub-centres at Gangail Road and Dhaleswar in Agartala. Over years the people of Tripura in general have been highly appreciative of Mission’s activity. The Managing Committee of Ramakrishna Mission, Viveknagar (01-04-2018 to 31-03-2019) Justice Sri Alok Baran Paul 01 Retd. Judge, Gauhati High Court & President Chairman, State Consumers’ Redressal Forum Shri Bhavani Sankar Debbarma 02 Retd. Executive Engineer, PWD Vice-President Government of Tripura Shri Jyotilal Chakraborty 03 Retd. Dy. Director, Sports and Youth Affairs Vice-President Government of Tripura 04 Swami Hitakamananda Secretary 05 Swami Shrutigitananda Assistant Secretary 06 Swami Jyotirananda Treasurer 07 Swami Divyeshwarananda Member 08 Swami Shivajnanananda Member 09 Swami Vidyamritananda Member Shri Ranjit Majumder Retd. I.A.S. 10 Director, Urban Development Member Government of Tripura Shri Sudip Kumar Roy Retd. I.A.S. 11 Principal Secretary, Finance and Urban Member Development, Government of Tripura Shri Banamali Sinha Retd. I.A.S. Principal Secretary, Education (School) and 12 Member Principal Secretary to Governor of Tripura Government of Tripura Shri Swapan Kr. Saha, Retd. I.A.S. 13 Principal Secretary, Revenue Department Member Government of Tripura Dr. Bikash Ray 14 Retd. Director of Health Services Member Government of Tripura Shri Nirmalya Kumar Dutta 15 Retd. Engineer-in-Chief , PWD Member Government of Tripura Shri Ranjit Kumar Debnath, 16 Retd. Director of School Education Member Government of Tripura 2 Short Report Shri Shaktimoy Chakraborty 17 Member Sr. Advocate, Agartala High Court Shri Asit Bhaumik 18 Superintendent Engineer, PWD Member Government of Tripura Shri Subal Banik 19 Member Businessman Sri Dilipjit Debbarma 20 Member Retd. IGP, Government of Tripura ♦ Viveknagar Campus ♦ The Educational Complex at Viveknagar comprises (1) a Boys’ Higher Secondary School with classes from III to XII affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi, (2) an Industrial Training Institute with three trades , namely Electrification, Plumber and Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning, (3) A Boys’ Hostel attached to High and Higher Secondary School, (4) a Charitable Dispensary, (5) One Mobile Medical unit (Allopathic), and (5) a large Staff Quarters wing (86 quarters). School Committee of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Viveknagar (01-04-2018 to 31-03-2019) 01 Justice Sri Alok Baran Paul President 02 Shri Bhabani Sankar Debbarma Vice-President 03 Swami Hitakamananda Secretary Swami Vidyamritananda alias Br. 04 Asstt. Secretary Dinanathachaitanya 05 Br. Bhavanichaitanya Member 06 Swami Shrutigitananda Member 07 Swami Divyeshwarananda Member Member 08 Sri Swapan Majumder (Guardians’ Representative) Member 09 Sri Sandip Majumder (Guardians’ Representative) Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya 10 Sri Pulak Kumar Sarkar NIT Agartala Member 11 Sri Swapan Debnath (Teachers’ Representative) Sri Sanjoy Chakraborty Addl. Director Member 12 Directorate of School Education (Government nominee) Government of Tripura, Agartala Sri Manaj Kumar (w.e.f. 11/06/2018) Member 13 Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya (as per CBSE guidelines) NIT complex Agartala Sri Sanjoy Kumar Jaiswal, (w.e.f. 11/06/2018) Member 14 Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya (as per CBSE guidelines) ONGC Agartala 3 Short Report The centre conducted the following activities during the year 2018 – 19 Higher Secondary School Boys’ School started on 11 September 1990 and affiliated to CBSE up to Higher Secondary level, had 816 students on the roll during the year (S.T.- 228 and S.C.- 134, O.B.C. - 112 the remaining 342 from General category) Achievements of the Vidyalaya Summary of the Result of AISSE (Class X) – 2019 Number of students appeared 75 Number of students passed 75 First Division (Above 60%) 73 Second Division 2 Compartmental 0 Highest Marks secured 492 (98.4%) Number of Candidates secured 90% & above 45 Number of Candidates secured 80% & above 60 Number of Candidates secured Star Marks (75%) & above 64 Subjects-wise Performance No. of Letter Marks Subjects Highest Marks Average Score (80% and above) English 98 66 88.7 100 Bengali 60 93.6 (17 candidates) 100 Mathematics 50 83.3 (4 candidates) Science 98 48 82.4 100 Social Science 65 90.6 (9 candidates) The highest marks - 492 out of 500 (i.e. 98.4%) in the school has been obtained by Sri Subhajit Bhaumik. The second highest marks in the school - 488 out of 500 (i.e. 97.6%) have been obtained jointly by Sri Souhardya Nath and Sri Arghadip Das. The third position in the school, 487 out of 500 (i.e. 97.4 %) have been bagged by three students – Sri Akash Paul, Sri Anurag Gan Chaudhuri and Sri Arghyadeep Das. 4 Short Report Summary of the results of AISSCE (Class XII) – 2019 Particulars Science Humanities Number of students appeared 50 12 Number of students passed 50 12 First Division (Above 60%) 50 11 Second Division 0 01 Compartmental 0 0 Highest Marks secured 477 (95.4%) 447 (89.4%) Number of Candidates secured 90% & above 12 0 Number of Candidates secured 80% & above 30 4 Number of Candidates secured Star Marks (75%) & above 41 5 Highest Marks secured (Subjects wise) : - Subjects Subjects Marks Marks (Science) (Humanities) English 94 English 85 Mathematics 99 History 96 Physics 97 Pol. Science 95 Chemistry 97 Geography 97 Biology 95 Economics 83 Informatics Practices 99 Number of Letter Marks (80% and above) secured: - Subjects Subjects No. of letter Marks No. of letter Marks (Science) (Humanities) English 38 English 07 Mathematics 16 History 05 Physics 20 Pol. Science 04 Chemistry 31 Geography 05 Biology 22 Economics 01 Informatics Practices 13 5 Short Report Annual Blood Donation Camp: As in previous years, Viveknagar Centre organized its 12th Blood Donation-cum-Awareness Camp on 19-07-2018 (Thursday), in its Vivekananda Sabhagriha. Sri Sudip Roy Barman, Hon’ble Health Minister of Tripura, inaugurated the Camp and addressed the assembly of monks, members of the staff, students and trainees. Dr. Prafullajit Sinha, Mayor, Agartala Municipal Corporation, addressed the audience as Guest of Honour. Total number of donor was 50. Cultural Activities PROGRAMME DATE OCCASION