About Us

Vivekananda Vidyarthi Seva Prakalpa is an attempt inspired by the message of Swami Vivekananda for the education and upliftment of the masses of India. The basic aim of this Prakalpa or initiative is to be a medium of doing Swamiji's work of educating young Indians for the establishment of a stronger India.

The salient points of the project are as follows:

Aim:

Be a medium for the education of young, needy, intelligent and committed individuals by helping them procure tuitions, books and other supplies for the education.

Members:

For now, the members include some of the moderators of the Swami Vivekananda Orkut community and a few enthusiastic members of the same. Anyone else with a commitment to the aim above is welcome.

Method of work: The idea is to generate funds through individuals willing to take part in this noble work and channelize the funds to needy students. The details of this will be given below.

Scope: All of India.

Details:

1. A bank account will be set up for the collection of funds in a nationalized bank. (Click here for more information on the bank account.)

2. Anyone is welcome to donate for the cause in the form of money, fees of the selected students or other educational supplies.

3. Students will be selected at the school and college level. The criteria for the selected students would include proven academic performance, committment and a required support for further education.

4. The students will be provided with tuition and educational supplies on an yearly basis. Interested students can reapply again the following year.

5. The details of students selected will be posted on this blog.

Bank Account Information

Bank Account Information regarding money transfers for Vivekananda Vidyarthi Seva Prakalpa. NRIs can transfer the money using money2india service provided by ICICI.

Bank Name: ICICI Bank, Irinjalakuda, Trissur District, Kerala.
Account No: 021701502593.
Name of the Account holder: Sudhakar T.

Activities for the Current Year - 2008-09

Friends,

Seva Prakalpa has completed the first year and we are entering into the second year. With the blessings of Holy Trinity we had wonderful response from all the members of Swami Vivekananda and Vedanta Community of Orkut. We hope this year too you all will extend your help like you did last year. To cater to the increasing number of members who have shown keen interest to associate themselves with the project, we have created an exclusive community giving the updated details of our activities.

http://www.orkut.co.in/Community.aspx?cmm=47089772.

Those who are interested they may join the same. We have made it compulsory for the members to introduce themselves and in what way they can participate in the National Yajna so that we will have only interested persons. Please send your personal details and with your ideas to the sevaprakalpa@gmail.com. Some of the core committee members will answer your queries.

Many a time people ask how can we participate. just for their sake we are giving some more details for the benefit of the members how you can participate.

1. Identify the right students in your area and collect the details of the candidate send it to us
2. Try to find the sponsors from your place
3. Spread the word amongst your friends and relatives
4. Donate your mite
5. Sponsor a child expenses in an orphanage

Small drops becomes a rivulet, small rivulets become river, small rivers become perineal rivers. similarly come join our efforts in this national yajna and become blessed.

Warm Regards
In the service of Humanity

One Amongst You

Seva Prakalpa Fund Status of Year 2008

Summary of the Year 2007:
No.	Name	Amount
1	Total Amounts received so far from the members:	148,455.00
2	Payments made during the year 2007:	129,424.00
	Cash at bank	19,031.00
Funds received during the current year - 2008
No.	Name	Amount
1	Shri Sudhakar Kimadi	500.00
2	Shri Sachin Dave	8973.00
3	Swami Vivekananda	5,000.00
4	Smt. Lalitha Vinayak	10,000.00
5	Swami Vivekananda-sevak	11,000.00
6	Shri Vindhya Pratap Singh	5000.00
7	Shri Animesh Choudury	1,000.00
8	Shri V. S. Krishnamachari	1,000.00
9	Ku. Lavanya Achary	1,000.00
10	Shri V. S. Krishnamachari	1,000.00
11	Bhagini Nivedita	3,000.00
12	Shri Ashok	500.00
13	Shri A. P. Jain	2,021.00
14	Ku. Lavanya Achary	500.00
15	Shri Jai Sainath	1,000.00
16	Shri V. S. Krishnamachari	1,000.00
17	Shri Ashok	500.00
18	Smt. Lalitha Vinayak	8,000.00
19	Smt. Kusum Nani	5,000.00
20	Sri. Vaibhav	21,170.00
21	Sri. Hari Subramanyam	1,000.00
22	Smt. Uma Amar	5,000.00
23	Shri. V.S. Krishnamachari	1,000.00
24	Smt. Kusum Nani	500.00
25	Kum. Bhagini Nivedita	2,000.00
26	Kum. Cool Preeti	2,000.00
27	Swami Vivekananda	8,375.00
28	Sri Devotee of Swamiji	500.00
29	Sri Saurab Krishna	12,536.00
30	Smt. Kusum Nani	500.00
31	Shri. V.S. Krishnamachari	1,000.00
32	Shri Vigneswar B	1,116.00
33	Shri Tarakesh Pandey	12,473.00
34	Sri Jaykumar Lakshmanan	1,000.00
35	Smt Seema Rajput	1,000.00
36	Kum.Remya Muralidharan	1,000.00
37	Sri Rahul Saxena	10,320.00
38	Sri Vaibhav	11,293.00
39	Sri Chinmay Vaze	21,595.00
40	Smt. Kusum Nani	500.00
41	Smt. Amrita Valli	1,850.00
42	Bhagini Nivedita	2,000.00
43	Shri V.S. Krishnamachari	1,000.00
44	Sri Amit Prakash Jain	1,111.00
45	Ms. Sirisha P	10,932.00
46	45. 'Adersh Foundation	2,000.00
	Total	186,292.00
	Total Cash at Bank	205,323.00
Candidates for 2008
No.	Name	Amount
1	Shri M. Narasimha Rao (Andhra Pradesh)	13,800.00
2	Bank Charges debited	618.00
3	Ku. Stephy Kala (Tamil Nadu)	10,000.00
4	Shri. Srikumar (Kerala)	5,000.00
5	ku. Devika (Kerala)	5,000.00
6	Ku. Aswani.N.A (S.Math)	10,000.00
7	Kum. Brinda, Trissur (S.Math)	10,000.00
8	Kum. Vidhusree Venugopal, Calicut (S.Math)	10,000.00
9	Sri Gopi Anandan, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)	4,000.00
10	Kum. Aswathi (Kerala)	10,000.00
11	Kum. Sowmya (Karnataka)	12,000.00
12	Sri. Balasubramanyam (Tamil Nadu)	10,000.00
13	Kum. Amilu Minig, Wakro	5,500.00
14	Sri Sonianso Tayang, Wakro	5,500.00
15	Ku. Lakshmi K (Andhra Pradesh)	10,000.00
16	Mr. from Maharashtra	10,000.00
17	Mr from Karnataka	10,000.00
	Total	141,418.00
ASSISTANCE TO PROJECTS
1	VT, ROING LIBRARY PROJECT (Arunachal)	5,000.00
2	IMAYAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST (Tamil Nadu)	15,000.00
3	ABHAYAKSHETRAM (Andhra Pradesh)	5,000.00
4	PRATYASHA BHAVAN (Kerala)	5,000.00
5	R. K.M. EDUCATIONAL PROJECT (Tamil Nadu)	10,000.00
	Total	40,000.00
	Total requirement	181,418.00
	Net Balance for 2008	23,905.00
Payments made during the year 2008
1	Shri M. Narasimha Rao (Andhra Pradesh)	13,800.00
2	Bank Charges debited	618.00
3	Ku. Stephy Kala (Tamil Nadu)	10,000.00
4	Shri. Srikumar (Kerala)	5,000.00
5	ku. Devika (Kerla)	5,000.00
6	Sri Sarada Math, Trissur	10,000.00
7	Kum. Brinda, Trissur	10,000.00
8	Kum. Vidhusree Venugopal, Calicut	10,000.00
9	Sri Anandan, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)	4,000.00
10	Kum. Aswathi (Kerala)	10,000.00
11	Kum. Sowmya (Karnataka)	12,000.00
12	Sri. Balasubramanyam (Tamil Nadu)	10,000.00
13	Kum. Amilu Minig, Wakro	5,500.00
14	Sri Sonianso Tayang, Wakro	5,500.00
15	Ku. Lakshmi K (Andhra Pradesh)	to be paid
	Total	111,418.00
ASSISTANCE TO PROJECTS
1	VT, ROING LIBRARY PROJECT (Arunachal)	5,000.00
2	IMAYAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST (Tamil Nadu)	to be paid
3	ABHAYAKSHETRAM (Andhra Pradesh)	to be paid
4	PRATYASHA BHAVAN (Kerala)	5,000.00
5	R. K.M. EDUCATIONAL PROJECT (Tamil Nadu)	to be paid
	Total	10,000.00
	TOTAL PAYMENT MADE	121,418.00
	TOTAL DONATIONS RECEIVED	205,323.00
	BALANCE IN THE BANK	83,905.00