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Vol. 12. No.2. February - 2013

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NewsNewsNewsNewsNewsBVB : 75 YEARS OF EMPOWERING STUDENTS

Backed by a vision and a few

words of encouragement fromMahatma Gandhi, a visionary bythe name of K.M Munshi set up theBharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1938.It’s been seventy-five years sincethen and the education trust nowoperates hundreds of schools andcolleges around the world.

On December 30th 2012 at theinauguration of the trust’s platinum

jubilee celebrations, PresidentPranab Mukherjee described Munshi,whose 125th birth anniversary wasalso celebrated this year, as one ofthe “dreamers” of modern India.

“Although he was a man ofsmall build, there was nothingsmall in what he achieved duringhis life time,” said Mukherjee.

The Bhavans institutions haveformed a significant part of the

President Pranab Mukherjee (centre) with Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan,BVB President Sri. Surendralal Mehta (left) and Maharashra CM Prithviraj Chavan (right)at the inauguration of the BVB and 125th Birth anniversary of Kulapati Dr. K.M. Munshi

at Mumbai on Dec 30, 2012.

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educational fabric of the city,catering to thousands ofstudents every year. “Movementslike the Bhavan’s are the need

of the day” Mukherjee said.“Bharatiya Vdiya Bhavan hasstood the test of time guidingIndians and foreigners alike in

Women empowerment campaigner Ela Bhatt receives the honorary membership fromPresident Pranab Mukherjee while Sri. K. Sankaranarayanan and

Maharashra CM Prithviraj Chavan looks on.

President Pranab Mukherjee conferring Honorary Membership toSri. N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys.

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their path to lead a balancedand wholesome life.”

Maharashtra chief ministerPrithviraj Chavan, governorK. Sankaranarayanan, BVBPresident Sri. Surendralal Mehta,Sri Murali Deora, Justice B.N.Sri. Krishna, BVB New Delhi,Kendra Chairman, C.N. Gharekhanand BVB Hon. Secretary andDirector General, Sri. H.N. Dasturwere present at the function.

The institution conferred itsrare honorary membership uponveteran Hindustani classicalsinger Kishori Amonkar, womenempowerment campaigner ElaBhatt and chairman of InfosysNarayan Murthy.

Among the 40 others whohave been bestowed with themembership before are the DalaiLama, Mother Teresa andC Rajagopalachari. In the past75 years, the Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan has set up 395 constituentinstitutions and 122 centresspread across the country, whichteach engineering, commerce,science, arts, management, Indianculture, synthesis of science andhuman values and so on.

“The Bhavan is rooted, butremains relevant ot current timewith its newer programmes,”said Chavan.

The trust recently receivedRs.10 crore from the primeminister’s fund for its newprojects in tribal areas that willcater to 4,62,000 students.

President Pranab Mukherjee conferring honorary membership to HindustaniClassical Singer Kishori Amonkor

BHAVAN IN 75YEARS HAS 395CONSTITUENT

INSTITUTIONS

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“A great Savant, Sri K M

Munshi devoted his entire energytowards promoting value-basededucation”, Dr. H R Bhardwaj,Governor of Karnataka hasobserved. The Bharatiya VidyaBhavan which he founded in1939, is an eloquent testimonyto this ardent devotion of his,he added.

Dr. Bhardwaj wasdelivering a special lecture atBanquet Hall of Rajbhavan,Bangalore on “Dr K M Munshi– His Life and Message” as partof his 125th birth anniversarycelebrations. The function wasorganised by the BangaloreKendra of Bhavan onDecember 30, 2012 his birthday.

Dr.Bhardwaj lamentedthat our education system itself

had failed. “Gurukulas whichthrived no longer existed.People looked to the Westwithout realizing that therewas a rich store of knowledgein our scriptures”, he rued.

Referring to this treasure-house of culture and tradition,the Governor said, ‘in themthere are commandmentsthat offer solutions to all ourproblems’, as evidenced inour puranas and other scripturalliterature. He averred that

VALUE-BASEDEDUCATIONWAS MUNSHI’SAIM : BHARDWAJ

H.E. Dr. H.R. Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka and Swami HarshanandjiMaharaj, President, Ramakrishna Math lighting the lamp to mark

Dr. K.M. Munshiji's 125th Birth Anniversary.

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Sri Munshi believed that thosespiritual values were invaluablefor our society and set up severalorganizations to practice them,the most important being theBhavan. ‘Without compromising

in his belief, he worked all hislife to uphold them, he said, addingat the same time he believed inall religions, convinced that theycollectively added towards theprogress of the country’.

H.E. Dr. H.R. Bhardwaj, launched 'Patanada Prabhutva", a Kannada translationof Dr. K.M. Munshiji's Gujarati novel 'Patana Ni Prabhutva'. Others are from Lto

R Sri. H.R. Ananth, Swami Harshanandji Maharaj and Sri. K.G. Raghavan.

Bhavan's Bangalore Kendra Vice-Chairman Sri H.R. Ananth and Hon. SecretarySri. K.G. Raghavan presenting a momento to Dr. H.R. Bhardwaj.

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Dr.Bhardwaj confessed thathe considered himself fortunatefor having been associated withSri Munshi when the latter hadretired from public life topractice law.

Earlier, Dr.Bhardwajreleased “Patanada Prabhutva’,a Kannada translation ofSri Munshi’s Gujrati novel“Patan Ni Prabhuta’. The workwas translated by the late SriNarayana Murthy and publishedby the Bangalore Centre.

Swami Sri HarshanandajiMaharaj, President of theSri Ramakrishna Math,Bangalore, who presidedover the function, recalled theyeomen service of Sri Munshiin the integration of Hyderabad

in the Indian Union. He saidthat the Bhavan set up bySri Munshi and the Ashramitself believe in the sametraditional values and haveshared good relationship forover 60 years.

While Sri K G Raghavan,Hon. Secretary of Bhavan,welcomed the gathering,Sri H R Anath, Vice President,proposed a vote of thanks.

H.E. Dr. H.R. Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka with family membersof Late Sri. Narayana Murthy, the author of Kannada translated book

'Patanada Prabhutva".

R K MATH AND

BVB SHARE

SAME VALUES :

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The Bangalore Kendra of

Bhavan went a whole hog bytaking part in the centenarycelebrations of the renownedBharathanatyam exponent,Prof U S Krishna Rao, who inthe early years of the Kendraimparted lessons in the art inits Kala Bharathi classes.

The three-day celebrationsfrom December 4 were organisedby the students of Prof. KrishnaRao and his equally distinguishedwife Chandrabhaga, with MahaMaya, State Department ofKannada and Culture, theKarnataka Nrityakala Parishath,State Sangeet Nritya Academy,and the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

SEMINAR, DANCERECITALS MARKUSK'S GALABIRTH CENTENARY

The morning sessionscomprised of a seminar andscreening of a documentary onthe internationally-knowndance teacher. The eveningswere earmarked for dance recitals,mostly by students of teacherswho are the mainstream disciplesof the famed dancing couple.

While the celebritieswho took part in the seminar

From R to L Sri. M.V. Subramanya, Dr. Sunil Kothari, Smt. LeelaVenkataraman, Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi and Dr. Sonal Manisingh, during the

inauguration of Prof. U.S. Krishna Rao Centenary Celebrations.

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included art columnistsDr. M. Surya Prasad, Prof M VSubramanya, Dr. Sunil Kothariand Leela Venkataraman, andDr D S Kamath, HOD ofDepartment of PerformingArts of Bangalore University,artistes who enriched the stage

in the celebrations includedsuch well-known artistes likeDr Sonal Mansingh, PrateekshaKashi, Nandini Mehta - MurliMohan, Satyanarayana Rajuand Asha Gopal - Revathi Satyuof USA, besides Odissi bySharmila Mukherjee.

Veteran art critic Sri. S.N. Chandrashekar was honoured duringProf. U.S. Krishna Rao Centenary Celebrations

Sri. Chennakeshavaiah, the vocalist to Prof. U.S. Krishna Raoand Smt. Chandrabhagha Devi being honoured.

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Befitting the gala eventthat revived memories of theleading dance couple of the20th century, contemporarydance pairs like Sridhar andAnuradha Sridhar, KiranSubramanyam and ShandhyaKiran, Nirupama and T DRajendra, Uday Kumar Shetty

and Soumya Uday, werefelicitated besides Ragaswamyand Chennakeshaiah whoprovided musical accompanimentfor Prof USK and Chandrabhaga.

Among the others felicitatedin the event was Lalitha Srinivasanof Nupura, the recipient of theyear’s Shanthala Award.

The recipient of Shanthala awardee Smt. Lalitha Srinivasan, Director Nupura washonoured by Smt. Sharada Rudra, Vice-President, Karnataka Nritya Kala Parishath.

Famous dancing couple Sri. Sridhar and Smt. Anuradha Sridharwere honoured by Smt. Sharada Rudra.

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STUDY OF TEAMAND GROUPDYNAMICSPROVES USEFUL

Team-building and

communication exercises andexercises on leadership forsuccess, formed part of a day-long workshop on “Team andGroup Dynamics”, jointlyorganized by the Bhavan’sH.B. College and ParvikConsultants’.

In that interestingworkshop at ESV Hall onDec 22, it was explained howunity of team is strengthened bythe active participation of eachmember of the team with thehelp of slides. A few examplesabout team success, teamstrength. vis-a-vis game of acricket, football, hockey basketball and tennis.

Prof S.N. Subba Raoof the H.B. College and

Smt. Praveena Kulkarni ofParveek coordinated theprogramme in whichrepresentatives from KarneethEnterprises, KannappaAutomobiles, Wonder La,Mount Carmel College,Maharani College, besides afew individuals. took part.

The participants werepleased with the approach tothe programme, the trainers,the study materials and theambience itself.

Prof. S.N. Subba Rao with the membes ofTeam and Group Dynamics

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YOUTH ADVISEDTO DEVELOPDETERMINEDMIND TO LIFE

Bhagavad Gita, the sacred

religious text of the Hinduspreaches the cosmic power ofKarma, besides prompting theyouth to develop a determinedapproach in life, according toSwami Sri. Iswarananda GirijiMaharaj of Samvit Sadhanayana,Mount Abu, Rajasthan.

The Swamiji was speakingon the importance of Gita atthe Gita Jayanti celebrationsjointly organized by the BharatiyaVidya Bhavan and the SamvitVikasa Kendra at Bhavan'sKhincha auditorium on Dec 23.He stressed the importance ofGita Parayana in these troubleddays.

The Swamiji belongs tothe order of Paramahamsassanctified by Acharya Adi Sankara.

The Swamiji explained thathe had accepted the invitationto attend the programme as it

related to the Bhagavad Gitawhich was a sermon given byLord Krishna to Arjuna on aVaikunta Ekadasi, hence the daycome to be known as Gita Jayanti.

Earlier, the Swamiji wasreceived with a “Purna Kumbha”by Sri. Ramesh. Prof S.N.Subba Rao, Officer on SpecialDuty of BVB welcomed thegathering and introduced theChief Guest. Sri. H.R. Ananth,Vice President, adorned theSwamiji with a shawl andgarlanded him.

A Bharathanatya recitalby Susheela Mehta formedpart of the day’s programme.

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Thu 6.00 p.m. - ESV Hall 7. Dr. G. Srinivas Murthy Endowment Topic : Geriatrics and Panchakarma treatment Speaker : Dr. B.S. Sreedhar

Sun 5.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall

10. Saarathi presents

old Hindi songs bySri. Hitesh Mehta

Thu 6.00 p.m. - Sugama Sangeetha

14. Artist : Shivani Mirajkara

(in association with InfosysFoundation) Venue : Indian Instituteof World Culture

Fri 10.00 a.m. - Khincha Hall

15. BVB - Nupura Bhramari Dance

Researchers forum organisesResearch Conference, Workshop /Seminor and Bharathanatya recital byShobha Shashi Kumar and Troup

Sat 12.00 noon - Khincha Hall 16. Screening of Hollywood movie

GUESS WHO’S COMINGFOR DINNER(In association with American Corner)

PROGRAMME :

FEBRUARY -2013

Sat 11.00 a.m. - Khincha Hall 16. Felicitation toMaster Hirannaiah's80th Birthday Celebration(in association with Spotlight EventManagement Company)

Sun 5.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall17. Sapthak PresentsHindustani Vocal Concert bySri Venkatesh Sharma andSmt Gowri Pathare

Sat 5.00 p.m. - ESV Hall23. H.B. College AluminiAssociation Cultural programme :Alumane Talents Day

Thu 6.00 p.m. - Sugama Sangeetha 28. Artist : Sridevi Bhandarkar(in association with InfosysFoundation)

Venue : Indian Institute ofWorld Culture

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