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Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence - Ramakrishna Math Hyderabad


If there is any place which is most favourite to me in this hell of a world it is VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HUMAN EXCELLENCE.







There are many Institutes in our Country offering Money-Making Education; V.I.H.E is one of the very few Institutes, which offers Man-Making, Life Building and Value Oriented Character Building Education.

       
An Education which helps us to develop the Real Personality i.e., being Physically Fit, Mentally Strong, Emotionally Balanced, Intellectually Sharp, Socially Responsible and Spiritually Awakened.

      
An Education which gives us Powerful Positive ideas, the assimilation of which develops tremendous Faith in ones own Self, Strengthens our Mind to counter-act with all sorts of Inferiority Complexes, Ego Complexes, Phobias and Negative emotions and enriches our Positive thinking.

      
An Education which lets us know about the great leaders of our Country, the struggle behind their success and their immense love for Mother India.   

      
An Education which makes us know the rich Cultural heritage of India, the Ideals and the Values which she stood for. 



 


  

                                          Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence

   
                     
            

        “Education is the Manifestation of Perfection which is already in Man.”

                                                                                     
                                                                     -Swami Vivekananda

 

A Country’s future depends on the youth of that country. The young energy needs to be channelised in right direction in order to explore their hidden potentials and put them for better use. The teenage minds are susceptible to all types of negative influences. The right age to mould the individual is the teenage, where we can expose them to positive ideas for building their character and personality.

Swami Vivekananda had tremendous faith in the Youth of India. He said: “Arise, awake, for your country needs tremendous sacrifice. It is the young men that will do it. ‘The Young, the Energetic, the Strong, the Well-built, the Intellectual’ – for them is the task.”

Concerned about the gradual erosion of moral and spiritual values in every sphere of life and activity, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, felt the urgent need for starting an institute to impart the age-old cherished ideals and values aimed at providing, what the great patriot-monk Swami Vivekananda had said, ‘life-building, man-making, character-making and nation-building’, education and
training.

The result is the establishment of the Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence in the holy precincts of the Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, which was inaugurated by Srimat Swami Ranganathanandaji Maharaj, then President, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, on 10 September 2000.

The chief aim of the Institute is to instill faith in oneself and impart nobler values of life and life-giving strength, to raise individuals to higher levels of strength and felicity with spiritual, moral, ethical and eternal values of personality development and human excellence. Various programmes are intended for the aspirants coming from different cross sections of society, like the youth, students, teachers, employees of Government departments, public sector undertakings, corporate bodies and professionals like engineers, doctors and others.

Since the inception of the Institute, more than 3,00,000 candidates have been trained in different courses.

“We want that Education by which Character is formed, Strength of mind is increased, the Intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on One’s own feet.”  - Swami Vivekananda

                                                                                                                                

   

Courses Offered at V.I.H.E


Art of Meditation for Youth 

Swami Vivekananda Said, "To me the very essence of education is concentration of mind and not the collecting of facts".


While concentration is the key of success in any work, the mind of the modern youth is restless. They are unable to concentrate on anything. Various factors are responsible for such an unstable state of mind. Schools and Colleges are stuffing the brains of the students with information and unfortunately there is no proper training for the mind. The Youth are falling prey to all sorts of bad habits
due to their uncontrolled mind. To help our youth in developing a strong mind and a sharp intellect, the Institute is conducting regular meditation courses for the youth between the age group of 15 and 30.


Do not spend your energy in taking but meditate in silence. And Do not let the rush of the outside world disturb you. When your mind is in the highest state, you are unconscious of it. Accumulate power in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality. - Swami Vivekananda

 

Duration:One Week

Timings: 7:45 to 8:45 AM & 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Age Group: 15 to 30 yrs.

 

 Art of Self Improvement

‘You are the creator of your own destiny,’ says Swami Vivekananda. Self-improvement is the cordial principal of all religions. We are responsible for what we are. By changing our outlook, we can change our destiny. This course imparts wonderful ideas among the participants to improve their own selves by their own efforts.

Duration: One Week

Timings: 7:00 to 8:00 PM

For All Categories


Communication Skills


Communication is an art, by mastering which one can easily enter into the hearts of others. Speech is a free gift of God. Those who know how to use it, attain great success in life. Swami Vivekananda could conquer the whole world by his power of speech. Knowledge of language is not enough. In addition to a good command over language, we need several other abilities in our day to day life to attain peace and happiness. Regular classes are conducted to help our people to acquire skills in communication both for personal and professional excellence.

Duration: One Week

Timings: 8:00 to 9:00 AM and 7:00 to 8:00 PM

Age Group: 16 to 40 yrs


Confidence Building Course

Swami Vivekananda said, “All Power is within you, you can do anything and everything”.

We are not able to manifest that power due to lack of self-confidence. Self-confidence alone can lead us to success in what ever field we work. This course was started in order to build confidence in the youth and others through great treasures of development skills we possess.

Duration: One Week

Timings: 7:00 to 8:00 PM

Age Group: 16 to 30 yrs.

 

Devotional Music - Instrumental, Classical


Music is the purifier of soul and is the language of Gods. India has a great music tradition with a divine orientation. Great saint composers enriched the spiritual values among people and remained immortal through their services to music and thereby to our great culture. In order to train those who desire
learning music in classical or devotional or instrumental areas, the Institute conducts a 3 months training course. Several batches have already come out from the Institute in Devotional Music and Tabla and presented stage programmes.


Duration - Three months

For children above 12 years

 

Drawing & Painting

Fine arts like drawing and painting develop creative skills and aesthetic talents among children. They also improve concentration concepts among them - a very essential quality for students in education - besides making them good artists and painters. This also helps them in improving their mathematical and science drawing abilities when they move on to higher classes. The Institute is organizing a bi-weekly three months course for the children of the age group of 8 to 15 years in drawing and painting.

Duration: Three months (Saturdays & Sundays)

Timings: 4:30 to 6:00 PM

For children of age group of 8 to 15 yrs.

Educational Motivation Programme for College Students

One-day Programme for value identification and learning skills.

Timings: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM


Meditation Course 

We are living in the age of stress and strain. While on one hand we are able to control most of the physical ailments through several systems of medicine, we see an enormous increase of physiological and mental problems on the other hand. When problems are not solved, the diseases are not cured but are shifted from physical to mental level. We feed the body but starve mind and soul and the result is all round degradation on various fronts. To help our citizens to develop a holistic approach towards life by regular practice of meditation, regular course are being offered on guided meditation.

Duration: One Week

Timings: 6:00 to 7:00 PM

For All Categories


How to Influence People

Influencing people is a wonderful art, Any art with heart makes a person smart; To develop such a wonderful heart, Join soft-skills course which is going to start, Life is a journey, so don"t stand apart, Perform your journey being it"s part, Come dear one, come to learn the influencing art, May God bless you with wisdom and heart.

 

 Intense Yoga

Yoga is an integral approach for individual perfection. It occupies a prime place in the philosophical systems of India and has a great spiritual significance, aiming at developing one’s physical strength and meditative powers. This 3-week programme is intended to enlighten the participants on the scientific aspects of Yoga and the techniques of developing mastery over the great native art which became world famous because of its tremendous power of moulding an individual into complete excellence.

Duration: Three Weeks

Timings: 6:30 to 7:30 AM

Age Group: 15 to 50 yrs.

 

Leadership Qualities

A nation’s greatness is reflected through its leaders. It is not a master -servant concept, but a co-operative management spirit. Great leaders of the East and West set high standards of Management through leadership abilities. India
produced great leaders that won world popularity through their leadership
abilities and role model qualities.
This Institute is organizing this programme to
educate the youth on the special abilities they should acquire in order achieve excellence in their myriad vocations.

Age Group: 15 to 50 years

Duration: One Week

Timings: 7:00 to 8:00 PM

 

Mind Management Techniques

It is not possible to manage others unless we first learn to manage ourselves.
In most of the cases the complexity of one’s own personality disturbs the whole surroundings. Before trying to change others, let us try to change ourselves by learning certain techniques to control the mischievous and trouble shooting mind. This course is offered by the Institute to help people to strengthen their minds through practical techniques developed by the great teachers to avoid mental and psychological disorders. 

Duration: One Week

Timings: 7:00 to 8:00 PM


Parents Motivation Course

The home is the first school for a child and the parents are its first Gurus.
However this noble ideal lost its identity in the modern society due to influences of Western trends and electronic media like the T.V. The homes have become hubs of hectic activity without proper attention to the disciplined growth of the child. In order to bring home their parental responsibilities and to motivate them on the right methods of bringing up children, the Institute organizes parent’s motivation programme in summer with experts in the field and interacting with them on the very vital aspects of their responsibilities.

Duration: One/Two Weeks.


Personality Development Course

“Teach yourselves, teach everyone his Real nature, Call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes; Power will come, Glory will come, Goodness will come, Purity will come and everything that is Excellent will come when sleeping soul is raised to self conscious activity.”

                                                     - Swami Vivekananda                                                                               
  

Personality is not just a physical appearance but it is an all-round development of a human being in all aspects of life. Total personality includes physical, mental, emotional, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of an individual. To help
our youth and the general public to develop all these vital aspects, the Institute is conducting Personality Development course for nearly three months on every Sunday in the morning and the evening, wherein Yogasanas and meditation are taught and inspiring talks on relevant subjects are arranged.

Duration: Six Sundays

Timings: Morning 6:30 to 9:00 AM (above 16 yrs)

                         
9:30 AM to 12:00 Noon (16 to 30 yrs)

Evening 5:30 to 7:30 PM (Above 15 yrs)


 

Personality Development Workshop (for IX and X Class Students)

Timings: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

 

Residential Youth Camp

The three-day camp is conducted twice a year for the youth of below 25 years of age to give them a taste of disciplined life. Three-days stay in the Math campus is an excellent exposure to various positive ideas. The day starts with chanting, prayer, meditation and yogasanas. Throughout the day Expert Faculties and senior Swamiji"s enlighten them with positive ideas through discourses and interactions. And the day ends again with prayer and meditation. This course helps them to assimilate and digest thoughts of great personalities in order to develop total personality and good character. Swami Vivekananda inisted upon such type of education when he said, "We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on one"s own feet."

Duration: Three Days


Self-Awareness Programme (Chetana)

Public Meetings in different towns and villages to bring spiritual and cultural awareness amongst general public.

 

Special One-day Conventions For Professional Groups (Doctors, Nurses, Engineers . .)

There has been a wide spread criticism that the professional groups like doctors, nurses, lawyers and engineers are tilting more towards unscrupulous earnings ignoring professional ethics. The nobility of service should adorn their professions so that people repose faith in them before they go as clients. This is possible only when these professional groups follow the great ethical values for which India stood for ages. The Institute is periodically organizing special one-day conventions for professional groups like doctors, engineers etc., to instil in them the need for professional ethics through philosophy of service.
The conventions for doctors, nurses and bank officials, already organized,
have been a grand success. These are arranged independently or on collaboration with the professional Associations like Indian Medical Association or Indian Banks’ Association etc.

 

Special Orientation Programmes for Rural Groups

Gandhiji had rightly said, ‘India lives in villages’. But unfortunately the rural India bears a poor look of abject poverty and widespread illiteracy. To support and supplement the Governments Rural development programmes, the Institute is organizing special value orientation programmes for village groups like Gram Deepikas, village youth etc. In these programmes the participants are trained in value understanding and vocational excellence that help them to know the methods in bringing the best of their talents and help themselves and the nation.

 

Tabla

Music is the purifier of soul and is the language of Gods. India has a great music tradition with a divine orientation. Great saint composers enriched the spiritual values among people and remained immortal through their services to music and thereby to our great culture. In order to train those who desire
learning music in classical or devotional or instrumental areas, the Institute conducts a 3 months training course. Several batches have already come out from the Institute in Devotional Music and Tabla and presented stage
programmes.

 


Value Orientation Programme for Government / Corporate Employees

The secret of success is efficiency in work. Many Western countries are able to develop very fast through a right attitude towards work, commitment to and patriotism. To train the Government/ Corporate employees as a enlightened citizens and make them realize their responsibilities towards people and country, the Institute is conducting various special programmes. Many such programmes were organized for the employees of Panchayat Raj, Vijaya Dairy, Midhani and Dr. MCR HRD Institute in the Institute premises. Programmes are arranged for one, two or three days according to the need of organization.

 

Value Orientation Programme for Students

Modern youth is groping in darkness without direction whatsoever. There is tremendous energy in the youth but it is not properly channelized. Hence they are facing enormous number of problems both in education and personal life, such as lack of self-confidence, courage, fearlessness, patriotism etc. Swami
Vivekananda’s inspiring message is greatly relevant for our modern youth. He is the ideal for youth. Realizing this truth his birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day by the Government of India.
To expose our youth to these wonderful positive ideas, the Institute is regularly conducting special value
orientation course for students.

 

Value Orientation Programme for Teachers

Teachers are called the nation builders and torch-bearers. To make them aware about their role and responsibility in moulding the character of thousands of tender minds, the Institute is organizing regular value orientated programmes. This is aimed at strengthening the formal academic education with transformal values with teachers as catalysts. These programmes are conducted either for one, two or three days.

Timings: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

 

 Vivekananda Bala Vikas Programme - Summer Camp for Children


The education that the children are getting at their schools today has 

become purely academic and information oriented without any scope for value
acquisition. As a result student indiscipline has become a big problem in India. To infuse a love for values and appreciation for our great culture, the Institute organizes every year – during Summer vacation - three-week special training camps for school-going children for 3 hours everyday from 8-30 to 11-30 a.m.

In these camps the children are taught singing Bhajans, reciting slokas from
Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita besides lectures from eminent teachers.

Two weeks summer camp in the month of May every year.

* Dress code: white;

* Bonafide certificate must be produced at the time of admission for
verification of age.

 

 Yogasanas

Modern Science has certainly made life comfortable but it brought with it many
disadvantages. Sedentary lifestyle is causing health-hazards in many people,
particularly in professionals and office goers, who spend most of their time in office cabins. `Health is wealth’ is a well known proverb. A sickly person cannot concentrate on anything and that leads to frustration and failure. To help them  acquire the techniques of maintaining good health, the Institute is conducting regular yoga classes separately for men and women under the guidance of expert yoga teachers.
It’s a three-week course conducted every month.
 

Youth! Arise, Awake

Personality Development work-shops in different Schools & Colleges to enlighten young minds with positive ideas for the development of total personality (Physical, Mental, Intellectual and Spiritual)


Youth Convention for Boys and Girls

The Youth constitutes the vital strength of the nation. But owing to the influence of Western civilization and media many segments of the youth of India are misdirected and are becoming victims of evil forces. Swami Vivekananda offered excellent guidelines for proper channelizations of the youth power through several methods. The Institute organizes regular youth conventions as sponsored programmes of educational institutions in groups or as individuals. More than 50,000 youth have participated so far. The conventions are also organized separately for Boys and Girls.

Duration:  Half Day

Timings: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM


 “Our life blood is Spirituality. If it flows clear, if it flows strong & pure & vigorous everything is right; political, social, any other material defects, even the poverty of the land, will be cured if that blood is pure.”
                                                                     - Swami Vivekananda                                                                                                                                      
                                                     

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