On 19th June 1961 the first 19 children entered the sacred precincts of Lokniketan and it has grown from strength to strength since its inception in 1961. Currently, the institution has 3000+ students and 200+ teachers. Lokniketan would not have been what it is today without the untiring efforts of Mr.Harisinh Chavda and Mrs. Pushpaben Chavda. The Institution's Golden Jubilee will be marked by sessions of celebrations and with the varieties of festivities during the period - June 2010 to June 2011.
Lokniketan entering the 50th year on 19th June 2010 saw an auspicious beginning.
In the morning prayer, Mr.Harisinh Chavda welcomed distinguished guests Mrs. Kokilaben Mehta, Mr. Akshay Mehta and Mrs. Smita Mehta. Chanting of a prayer by Mrs. Kokilaben created a serene atmosphere, Mr.Akshay recited the poem by Sri Aurobindo - A God's Labour - in his metallic voice and Mrs.Smita's prayer - Make of us hero warriors - added the inspirational mood.
Before the main function, a foundation for Lokniketan - Sri Aurobindo Center was laid by installing Sri Aurobindo's relics. Mother's organ music along with Her voice prevailed over the silent meditation. For all present in a state of unsaid joy in their hearts, it was the most enchanting experience of the first day of Golden Jubilee Year.
Swamy Satchidananda, Mrs. Kokilaben, Mr. Akshay and Mrs. Smita Mehta conveyed their heartiest felicitations to Lokniketan on entering the 50th year of its distinguished service to the district.
Announcing the details to the media on this occasion Mr. Harisinh chavda said, "Our goal is to build an iconic institution that 'sync with future' by making rapid changes which will add tremendous institutional value and build confidence amongst our students and its faculty to strengthen their vision vertically".
Lokniketan thanks the staff & all the workers [ called lovingly 'Lokniketan Pariwar' ] who helped carry forward its mission.
There was once a lonely girl who longed desperately for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving song birds. She took them home and put them in a small glided cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a marvelous song. The girl felt great love for the birds. She wanted their singing to last forever.
One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl watched anxiously as he circled high above her. She was so frightened that he would fly away and she would never see him again that as he flew close, she grasped at him wildly.
The rise of psychopharmacology has led doctors to not only treat mental illnesses like regular diseases, but think of them as such as well. Turns out, schizophrenia may be more than just a disease in concept, but actually a virus itself.
Australian Aborigine mythology begins in a period known as the "dream time", before the emergence of humanity. Many stories about the dream time include legends about stars, gods, or rocks falling from the sky. And new research utilizing Google Earth surveys of the outback show that many of those myths may actually be historically accurate.
For scientists studying the smallest components of life, microscopes have always had frustrating limitations. Electron scanning microscopes can see very small object, but not in real time through the dynamic movement of cells. Fluorescent dyes identify microscopic objects, but the brightness of the emitted light greatly reduces the resolution.
Flying alongside drones might seem a bit strange for U.S. Army chopper pilots, but it has major payoffs. The U.S. Army found that a mixed flight force of manned and unmanned helicopters could locate and kill 90 percent of targets, compared to manned helicopter forces that located just 70 percent of targets, according to DOD Buzz.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard, will lead a delegation to India this week for her third extensive visit.
Between 7 and 17 January 2010 the Vice-Chancellor and her delegation will travel to Kolkata, New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and, for the first time, Pune.
Cricketers from Cambridge University jet off to India on Wednesday for their first ever tour of the country.
The trip has been arranged to coincide with the visit of the Vice-Chancellor, Alison Richard, who is leading a delegation to strengthen historic links between the university and the sub-continent nation.
Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of war poet Siegfried Sassoon, marking the culmination of a six-month, £1.25 million campaign to save the collection for the nation.
A teacher from one of Hampshire’s biggest sixth form colleges has spent the past term at Corpus Christi taking advantage of a scheme that enables teachers at state schools to top up their subject knowledge and get a taste of academic life.
Lokniketan Trust provides free or minimal cost education and living environment for a few thousand needy and poor children at a number of centres in Gujarat, India since 1961. A moral living environment is nurtured for students from very young age through their college education.
Lokniketan has students from kindergarten up through various colleges which offer acredited Bachelor Degrees in Rural Sciences and Education as well as Master Degrees in Social Works. Most of the children here study at nominal token expense or free.
Before 46 years, in June 1961, with a missionary zeal and enthusiasm, with ardent devotion and dedication the institution was started with 18 students, today it has bloomed with 28 institutions with 3600 flowering faces. They are molded with the spirit of non-violence and non-coercive practices, aspiring to contribute the humanity through sincerity, honesty, humility and fearlessness.
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