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FOREWORD

t fills my heart with pleasure to present this Annual Jharkhand has declared us as the best Implementing
Report 2019-20. ‘Divyayan’, the rural development Agency for the reporting period.
Iwing of this Ashrama, for over 51 years, has been Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra, successfully pursued
focussing on alleviating poverty in Ranchi and its its regular activities like skill development programmes
adjoining districts. We do this through well-planned among rural tribal youths, Self Help Groups’ involvement
and comprehensive training and skill development in the village upliftments, front line demonstrations, on-
programmes related to livelihoods, health and farm trials, field days, weekly medical camps etc for
education. Our overall goal is the empowerment of the integrated development of rural people through
rural youths who come from poor and marginalised integrated education and integrated farming. It also
communities, leading to improvement in their lives and carried on its effort to achieve the target of Five-Zero
livelihoods. It has won many awards, accolades and goals viz. (I) Zero conventional energy use (ii) Zero
appreciations for its innovation and extension of various water loss (iii) Zero chemicals usage (iv) Zero plastic
integrated rural development activities with special zone (v) Zero-waste management.
emphasis on self sustainable training in agriculture
and allied trades. This year Divyayan KVK yet again has This Ashrama continued its integrated rural development
been accorded with Best KVK award by the famous activities through mobile dispensary, mobile library-
Outlook Group on 24th February, 2020, in a function cum-audio visual unit. The static library in the Ashrama
organised in the ICAR, NASC Complex, New Delhi for campus was visited by 17996 readers and the dispensary
exemplary and outstanding work done in the field of catered its services to 12820 patients. The faculty centre
Organic cultivation, promotion of indigenous scented of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educationational
rice variety and making goatery as profitable enterprise Research Institute(RKMVERI) started B. Sc. Agriculture
for 233 SHG (women) of Angara Block under Ranchi course along with its existing courses and provided its
District to empower them as smart Agripreneure. academic service to 185 students during the reporting
period.
With the blessings of the Holy Trio-Sri Ramakrishna,
Maa Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, this year also, The activities for developing Nawagarh Panchayat
we are remarkably successful in achieving targets and of Angara Block into a model tribal-panchayat in a
goals preset for the reporting year. sustainable way are underway. In this regard, during the
reporting period, a computer centre was established at
After the successful development of organic villages viz. Nawagarh village for the students of Akhandananda
Burhakocha, Dhurleta, Piprabera, Gundlitoli, Simratoli coaching centre. With convergence of different Govt.
and Nagrabera under Angara Block of Ranchi District, sponsored schemes and the active participation of
now we have started converting Nawagarh Panchayat Vivekananda Seva Sanghas (VSS), many activities
into organic Panchayat and required infrastructures are related agriculture and allied trades, health and
being developed with an organic route. hygiene were undertaken to achieve the giant target of
Divyayan successfully continued its endeavor of developing a Model Tribal-Panchayat.
integrating the schooling of tribal youth with vocational It is not gain-saying the fact that with all the activities,
skill and value education, as envisaged by Swami Divyayan has become a model training-cum-
Vivekananda, through the convergence of the National demonstration centres for different Universities, Govt.
Institute of Open Schooling’s (NIOS) and Divyayan KVK Departments, NGOs etc.
training programmes to make the youths self reliant
and moral. The number of coaching centres, running None of the achievements in the reporting year would
under ‘Akhandananda Shiksha Prakalpa’ to provide rural have been possible without the efforts, relentless
tribal students an opportunity to develop themselves services and co-operation of all monks, honourable
- physically, mentally and spiritually through formal members of the Managing Committee, volunteers,
education, games, extra co-curricular activities, yoga, devotees, supporters, admirers and staff members who
prayer etc, were increased from 29 to 75. stood, as always, by us both financially and physically. I
extend my heartfelt thanks and congratulations to all.
Integrated Watershed Development Programme
(IWDP), which was being implemented in Murhu and
Khunti Blocks of Khunti district covering 33 villages (Swami Bhaveshananda)
of 9 Panchayats with a target of treating 6969.12 ha of Secretary
land, has achieved all its approved target and Govt. of

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