VKV DIBRUGARH

150^th Sister Nivedita Birth Anniversary Celebration 

28^th October 2017 

i)                    Sister Nivedita Jayanti was observed in the morning assembly. A student of Class X, Kum. Isha Nandini Kaman gave a speech highlighting the life and contribution to the society by Sister Nivedita. Elizabeth Margaret Noble better known as Sister Nivedita devoted her life for the service to Indian people under the influence of Swami Vivekananda. Students of the Vidyalaya performed two group songs “Maa ka Hriday” and “The mother’s heart” to remember her on the occasion of her 150^th Birth Anniversary on 28^th October 2017.

ii)                  Power Point Presentation competition on 150^th Birth Anniversary of Sister Nivedita: The competition started with mangacharan and a brief introduction about Sisietr Nivedita was given at the beginning of the programme. Thereafter, the Power Point Presentations were on Sister Nivedita’s Tyag and Sewa, Sister Nivedita and Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda and education, Indian freedom movement and sister Nivedita etc. Students from Class IX and XI took part in the competition. The competition was judged by our respected teachers Smt. Hironmoyee Das, Smt. Rajkumari Sharma and Smt. Sanchita Mazumder. This was the 1^st phase of the competition. The winners of the 1^st phase will qualify for the 2^nd phase at the VKSPV level. Students were motivated, instructed and guided about the criteria of the competition. Total no. of groups was 6. The slides were wonderful, attractive and carried lots of information within 12-15 slides. The groups who presented the power point presentation were asked questions by the other students and judges. At the end the judges gave feedback for more improvement to every team. The competition ended with Shantimantra.

iii)                A visit to Anandalaya Centre at Pothilibalm (Tiloi), Moranhat by the senior teachers of VKV Dibrugarh on account of 150^th Birth Anniversary of Sister Nivedita to distribute clothes, woollen clothes, bedsheets, blankets and Biscuits to the children and their parents. Total 109 children along with their parents. The people were very much happy to receive the materials from our teachers. Even though maximum things were given but there were few things that were left out. Remaining things were handed over to Su. Binoti Didi and Sri Horen, Karyakarta of Vivekananda Kendra Aanandalaya, to distribute to some needy people of Pothalibalm Club. Smt. Hironmoyee Das, Smt. Jyotsna Devi, Smt. Niti Bhattacharjee and Smt. Manisha Gokhle Saikia were involved in this noble work on the auspicious occasion of Sister Nivedita Jayanti.