Participation of women in Sewa karya has grown phenomenally in last dec-ade throughout the country. In many states, women activists are leadingthe Sewa organizations in the capacity of President or Secretary or Coor-dinators. Indicators clearly state that the rise in number of Sewa karyas ofSewa Bharati is some way related to this very factor. Units like Delhi SewaBharati have crossed the limit of 50-50, tilting towards Mahila participa-tion, having Mahilas at all levels- from grassroots to the state level.Any change in society can be effectively brought in provided this is sup-ported by womenfolk. This phenomenon has to be carefully watched andunderstood as their contribution in Sewa activity is growing in leaps &bounds. Everyone is aware of women Seva Vratis of Hindu Seva Pratish-tana, Karnataka but many are not aware of women Arogyarakshaks ofNorth East or teachers in city of Delhi where participation of women is ingood numbers.

SARASWATI Shishu VidyaMandir schools run in Od-isha by Shiksha Vikas Samiti,affiliated with Vidya Bharati,continued to perform ex-ceptionally well in the Ma-triculation Examinations inthe State. The ShishuMandir students excelled inthe State High School Cer-tificate Examinations thisyear by notching up 56ranks in the top 100 list,including the top five posi-tions. Anupam Jena, a stu-dent of Cuttack ShishuMandir, topped the examsin the State.

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Vidya BharatiSchools in Od-isha

Drive To Pre-pare SanskritSpeaking Fami-lies

ChaitanyaMaauli TrustBoard

Sewa Interna-tional WaterProject

Youth For Seva

Seema JagranManch

Food ForThought & Con-tact

Vidya Bharati Schools in Odisha Felicitated forProducing Excellent Results

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The ShikshaVikas Samitiorganised afunction,MedhabiAbhinandan2010, atRabindraMandap inBhubaneswarto felicitate 56students, whosecured placein the tophundred list.

All India training camp of Bharat Sanskrit Parishad

Drive to prepare 11 lakh Sanskrit speakingfamilies all over the country

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According to informationreceived from Shiksha VikasSamiti, students of 158Saraswati Shishu Mandirschools appeared in theBoard examinations. TheVidya Bharati schools re-corded pass percentage of98.58 which is much higherthan the overall pass per-centage of the State. Thisyear the overall pass per-centage of the State is 71.74.Out of 158 schools, 102schools recorded cent percent results. There weretwo schools where all thestudents got first class.Out of 7,911 Vidya Mandirstudents who appeared inthe examinations, 5,635 stu-dents got first class. Thepercentage of students get-ting first class is 71.23.The Shiksha Vikas Samitiorganised a function,Medhabi Abhinandan 2010,at Rabindra Mandap in Bhu-baneswar to felicitate 56students, who securedplace in the top hundredlist.Addressing the functionEducation Minister of theState Shri Pratap Jena,praised the role of the Shik-sha Vikas Samiti for provid-ing quality education to thestudents of the State."Good management, dedi-cation of Acharyas and therole of guardians are thekeys to success for Saras-wati Vidya Mandir Schools.The government schoolshave to learn many thingsfrom the Shishu Mandirs,"he added.Speaking on the function,national secretary of VidyaBharati Shriram Araukarsaid the aim of the ShishuMandirs is not only to pro-vide quality education tothe students but also tobuild their character sothat they can contributein the process of nation-building.Shiksha Vikas Samiti sec-retary Dr Bijay KumarSwain said the holistic andvalue based curriculum, anedifying atmosphere,strong teacher-studentrelationship and strictmonitoring system are themain reasons for the suc-cess of the SaraswatiShishu Vidya Mandirschools. A souvenir,Krutitva Vartika was alsoreleased by chief guestShri Pratap Jena on theoccasion.Shiksha Vikas Samiti presi-dent Shri DuryodhanKathua presided over themeeting.

speaking families allover the country. Ac-cording to Shri RadhaKrishna Manori, generalsecretary of Bharat San-skrit Parishad, a con-crete action plan hasbeen formulated in thisregard and such familiesare being prepared allover the countrythrough Sanskrit train-ing camps by theParishad.Speaking at the conclud-ing ceremony of all IndiaSanskrit training camporganised in New DelhiDrive to develop 11lakh Sanskrit speakingfamilies all over thecountry BHARAT San-skrit Parishad, a unit ofVishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP), has launched acampaign to develop atleast 11 lakh Sanskrit

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from June 11 to 24, ShriManori pointed out thatBharat Sanskrit Parishad isworking on the agenda toconnect the propagation ofSanskrit with employmentgeneration and it is withthis objective that trainingcamps are being organisedat different places of thecountry.The shiksharthis are im-parted training in language,Ayur Veda, astrology,Yogashastra, GandharvaVeda, writing, etc. Thistraining in the camps isimparted by experts. Atotal of 75 shiksharthis at-tended the camp in Delhi.Earlier, inaugurating thecamp on June 11, joint sec-retary general of VHPSwami Vigyananand saidthe Sanskrit scholarswould have to come for-ward to protect and pro-mote the language. He saidlearning Sanskrit did notmean neglecting other lan-guages. One may learn anylanguage including Englishbut negligence of Sanskritwould prove disastrous toIndia. He appealed to San-skrit scholars to focus onscience also through San-skrit and explore new ave-nues of knowledge. He alsoapprised the gathering ofthe information regardingthe Sanskrit gurukulas beingrun in America, England,Australia and New Zealand.He emphasised that Bharatcan regain her glory onlythrough the Sanskrit lan-guage.Vice president of VHP ShriBalkrishna Naik said theSanskrit still has worldwideinfluence. He appealed toeach and every patrioticcitizen of the country tolearn Sanskrit and help inpreparing Sanskrit families.Prominent among thosewho guided the shiksharthisat the camp in different ses-sions included Dr ShriKrishna Semwal of DelhiSanskrit Academy, Sanskritscholar Dr Ruby Verma,national working presidentof Bharat Sanskrit ParishadDr Girija Shankar Sharma,general secretary of VHP(organisation) Shri DineshChandra, Dr Madhu Guptaof Yoga and NaturopathyCollege and Prof. Devip-rasad Tripathi of Lal Ba-hadur Shastri Sanskrit Uni-versity.

& perseverance.The pious plant initiallyplanted by Late Shri Bala-saheb Joshi & Smt. MalutaiJoshi with a motto of so-cial service has nowgrown into a big tree. Theinstitute is fortunate toShree Chaitanya MaauliTrust Board has been ren-dering yeoman services tothe down-trodden by run-ning free cradle house,cultural education centre,etc. for children since1982 with determinationhave selfless workers, vol-unteers & be-cause of sup-port to thissacred causefrom people atlarge morethan 200 kids

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Theshiksharthisareimpartedtraining inlanguage,Ayur Veda,astrology,Yogashastra,GandharvaVeda,writing, etc.This trainingin the campsis impartedby experts.A total of 75shiksharthisattended thecamp inDelhi.