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About Us

Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission

he twin organisations Ramakrishna
Math & Ramakrishna Mission
T(having branches all over India
as well as in other parts of the World)
bearing the name of Sri Ramakrishna,
the prophet of harmony of all religions,
were started by Swami Vivekananda in
May 1897.
The Math was registered as a Trust in
1901 and the Mission was duly registered
in 1909 under Society Registration Act
XXI of 1860 (Reg. No. 1971/3 of 1909-10).
At present the Ramakrishna Order has
214 centres including 45 outside India(as on 31st March, 2020). There are 45 sub-centres (22 within India,
23 outside India) under different centres.

These branches are engaged in diverse activities in the field of medical, educational, cultural, social,
spiritual, rural and tribal upliftment, relief and rehabilitation (Disaster Management).

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama,
Morabadi, Ranchi

Swami Vivekananda had a vision to
establish a technical school and gradually
a centre in the tribal area of Chotanagpur
where new ways of food production
would be discovered. In this context he
mentioned that in central India, near
Hazaribagh and such other districts of
the region of Jharkhand (then a part of
Bihar), a big plot of land would have to
be acquired for the purpose.

The vision of Swami Vivekananda took
shape with the establishment of an Ashrama at Ranchi in 1927 by Srimat Swami Vishuddhananda, the
direct disciple of Holy Mother Sarada Devi, and the 8th President of Ramakrishna Order.
Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra

In early sixties, when Ranchi and its adjoining districts were in the grip of severe drought, Ramakrishna
Mission Ashrama, Morabadi, organised a relief work for the distressed poor. During that period it was
strongly realized that unless the poor and illiterate farmers are trained in need based agriculture and allied
technologies supported by group action, they can not be made self-reliant and also would never be able to
counter similar adverse condition in future. In order to fulfill the above requirements ‘Divyayan’(meaning
Divine Way), a novel integrated rural development model, intended to worship God in man, was conceived
and finally launched by this centre in 1969.
A residential training centre for tribal and rural youth in agriculture and related activities, Divyayan was
recognized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research( ICAR) as a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in 1977.
Divyayan KVK got the Best KVK Award of ICAR, New Delhi at National Level, for the period 1996-97 and
2016-17 and Zonal Level during the period 2016-17. It has once again awarded as the best KVK for the year
2019-20 by the famous outlook group.

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