Role of youth in Modern India – by Nandini

The gentle push, the angry voice, the change makers, the burden bearers, all these adjectives fit the context perfectly when we talk about the youth. The young people have taken the modern India by storm. They want to be everything for the nation, the one that criticizes it the most and then gets up to

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Crisis and Character – Article by Anusuya Kashi, Asst Professor, Vivekananda College of Pharmacy

Crisis can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere. You can never anticipate it and that’s the reason why your reaction to it is an instinctive one. Some people think that crisis can serve to build character and maybe it’s true, but that happens much, much later, after the crisis has passed, and only if one is inclined

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Real Padman – Arunachalam Muruganatham

A school dropout from a poverty-stricken family in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore is an unlikely social crusader tackling one of India’s most menacing health crisis — menstrual hygiene. But Arunachalam Muruganantham is nothing less than an anomaly. While most men squirm at the mention of menstruation or sanitary napkins, Muruganantham just couldn’t bear to see his

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Vivekananda Jayanthi 2018 – Report of interactive sessions

We are very happy to share the report of the 156th Vivekananda Jayanthi conducted by Disha. Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest visionaries of the world, had great faith in channelizing the youth power towards nation building. His electrifying words has been motivating millions and millions of people towards serving the nation and leading a

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MY NATION – MY PRIDE

1.     The term “Bharata” means, “the one who is engaged in search for knowledge”2.     Though Bharata has fought back many invasions, we have never invaded any country3.     This country stand united in spite of diversities in food, language, culture etc4.     The oldest and the largest epics of the world are Indian – The Ramayana and

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10th Annual Swami Vievkananda Jayanti Celebrations – Report

DISHA Charitable Trust for Value Initiatives, an NGO started in 2005,aims to provide holistic education with value education as the vehicle. The main focus of Disha is “Know Your Self, Know Your Country and Know Your Culture“. Taking inspiration and education ideals from Swami Vivekananda, a great visionary monk, Disha is successfully conducting workshops for

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Swami Vivekananda – A monk with a mission

Swami Vivekananda – A monk with a mission When India was in the darkest phase of her history, there came a monk who showed the world about her glorious culture. He is the uniting factor in this divided world A Youth icon who added life to years than adding years to life We all wish

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Train the Trainers Program – Report

We take pleasure in informing you that DISHA conducted a well-appreciated Train the Trainer program on 4th and 5th June 2016 at Rashtrothana Parishat, Chamrajpet. The training program saw an enthusiastic participation from 35 people, from a diverse background right from software professionals to homemakers, from different parts of Karnataka such as Bengaluru city, Belagavi, Tiptur,

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Vivekananda Jayanthi 2016 – Report of Inter-collegiate competitions

Namaste, DISHA is happy to update you about the overwhelming response we received for the 9th Annual Vivekananda Jayanthi Celebrations Grand Finale. On January 27th, Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women (MLACW) and DISHA jointly organized inter-collegiate competitions on account of Swami Vivekananda Jayanthi. The competitions included “My action plan for the holistic development of

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REPORT OF VIVEKANANDA JAYANTI 2016 – INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

Disha is a non-profit social initiative (started in 2005) that aims to provide holistic education through imparting values. Disha endeavors to guide and catalyse young minds to carry forward the rich and glorious legacy of our motherland. Disha conducts Personality Development Programs for students by boosting the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual quotients through

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Vivekananda Jayanthi : Inter Collegiate Competitons – 2015

Date : Jan 16, 2015 Time : 10:30am – 2:00pm MLACW in association with DISHA conducted Inter-Collegiate competitions for students of UG and PG courses. There was an overwhelming response from the student community with 36 students from over 20 colleges participating in the speech competition and 65 teams(130 students) from 20 colleges participating in

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2-day National Conference on Value Initiatives in Institutions of Higher Learning: Key to Youth Empowerment.

DISHA Charitable Trust for Value Initiatives, a non-profit social initiative headquartered at Bengaluru and Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women (MLACW), Malleswaramconducteda 2- day national conference on “Value Initiatives in Institutions of Higher Learning: Key to Youth Empowerment.”The conference was held on 3rd and 4th February, 2015 at MLACW and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.

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