THE RAMKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF CULTURE

GOLPARK, KOLKATA-700029

FEBRUARY 2012
1 WEDNESDAY, 6.15 P.M.: SCRIPTURE CLASS SUBJECT: SRI SRI RAMKRISHNA KOTHAMRITA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI SARVABHUTANANDA VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

2 THURSDAY, 5.30 P.M.: TARAKNATH DAS ENDOWMENT LECTURE SUBJECT: KASHMIR SAIVISM (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: DR DEBABRATA SEN SHARMA, SURRENDRA PAUL PROFESSOR OF INDOLOGICAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH, RAMKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF CULTURE VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

3 FRIDAY, 6.00 P.M.: SCRIPTURE CLASS SUBJECT: GITA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI VEDASWARUPANANDA VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

4 SATURDAY, 4.15 P.M. VIVEKANANDA ANUSHILAN (FOR ENROLLED YOUTH MEMBERS ONLY)

6 MONDAY, 6.15 P.M.: DISCOURSE SUBJECT: SRI SRI RAMKRISHNA PUNTHI (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI VISHNUDEVANANDA

VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

7 TUESDAY, 6.00 P.M.: DISCOURSE SUBJECT: YUGANAYAK VIVEKANANDA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI CHIDRUPANANDA VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

8 WEDNESDAY, 6.00 P.M.: CHAITANYAMAYEE DEVI ENDOWMENT LECTURE SUBJECT: MA SARADA DEVIR TIRTHA PARIKRAMA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: DR BANDITA BHATTACHARYA, FORMERLY HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI, LADY BRABOURNE COLLEGE, KOLKATA PRESIDENT: DR SATCHIDANANDA DHAR, RAMKRISHNA MAHAVIDYALAYA, TRIPURA VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL FORMERLY PRINCIPAL

9 THURSDAY, 6.00 P.M.: PUBLIC LECTURE SUBJECT: THE RELEVANCE OF SWAMIJI TODAY (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: NAINITAL PRAVRAJIKA VIVEKPRANA, HEAD OF THE RETREAT CENTRE,

PRESIDENT: PROF. KRISHNA BOSE, CHAIRPERSON, NETAJI RESEARCH BEUREAU, KOLKATA VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

10 FRIDAY, 6.15 P.M.: DISCOURSE SUBJECT: SRI SRI MAYER KOTHA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI SOMATMANANDA VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

11 SATURDAY, 4.30 P.M. VIVEK-VIKASH (PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT) (FOR ENROLLED YOUTH MEMBERS ONLY) 11 SATURDAY, 6.00 P.M.: PROF. SHANTILAL MUKHARJI MEMORIAL LECTURE SUBJECT: THE NEED TO PROPAGATE VALUE EDUCATION THROUGH MEDIA (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: SHRI MUKESH (PROGRAMME), NEW DELHI SHARMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, GENERAL

PRESIDENT: DR SAMIRAN CHANDRA CHAKRABORTY, FORMERLY DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF VEDIC STUDIES, RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERCITY VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

12 SUNDAY, 5.00 P.M.: CULTURAL PROGRAMME A MUSIC FESTIVAL TO MARK THE 175TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SRI RAMKRISHNA: JAYATI CHAKRABORTY (BHAJAN) WITH DURBADAL CHATTOPADHYAY (VIOLIN), GOUTAM SHOME (KEYBOARD), JOY NANDY (TABLA), SANJIBAN ACHARYA (PERCUSSION), PADMA TALWALKAR (VOCAL) WITH UTPAL DUTTA (TABLA), GAURAV CHATTERJEE (HARMONIUM), YASHASWI SARPOTDAR (VOCAL SUPPORT); DR N. RAJAM (VIOLIN) WITH SAMAR SAHA (TABLA) NANDINI SHANKAR (VIOLIN SUPPORT) (ADMISSION BY TICKET) VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

13 MONDAY, 6.15 P.M.: SCRIPTURE CLASS SUBJECT: SRI SRI RAMKRISHNA LILAPRASANGA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI RITANANDA, EDITOR, UDBODHAN VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

14 TUESDAY, 6.00 P.M.: VIVEKANANDA SCIENCE CIRCLE

SUBJECT: ANTI-LEUKEMIC PROPERTY OF PIPER BETLE LEAVES (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: PROF. SANTU BONDHOPADHYAY, CHIEF SCIENTIST, CANCER AND CELL BIOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, KOLKATA VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

15 WEDNESDAY, 6.00 P.M.: MRS SUKHNANDAN BHAGAT MEMORIAL LECTURE SUBJECT: EDUCATION AND WOMENS IDENTITY: LINKS AND MISSING LINKS (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: DR UNIVERSITY MAMATA ROY, PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR, CALCUTTA

PRESIDENT: SMT. MONICA SENGUPTA, CENTRE FOR INDOLOGICAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH, RAMKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF CULTURE VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

16 THURSDAY, 6.00 P.M.: CULTURAL PROGRAMME SAROD RECITAL BY PRATIK SHRIVASTAVA WITH CHIRANJIT MUKHERJEE ON THE TABLA (ALL ARE WELCOME) VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

17 FRIDAY, 6.00 P.M.: BIDYUT-BIKASH-RENUKA KOUSTOOV RAKHIT MEMORIAL LECTURE SUBJECT: MUNDAKA UPANISHHAD (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: SWAMI ATMAPRIYANANDA, VICE CHANCELLOR, RAMKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA UNIVERSITY, BELUR MATH VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

18 SATURDAY, 4.15 P.M. VIVEKANANDA ANUSHILAN (FOR ENROLLED YOUTH MEMBERS ONLY)

21 TUESDAY, 5.30 P.M.: SYMPOSIUM (IN ENGLISH, BENGALI AND HINDI) SUBJECT: LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA OPENING SONG: SWAMI KALYANESHANANDA PARTICIPANTS: SWAMI VEDASWARUPANANDA, SWAMI HITAKAMANANDA KALYANESHANANDA, SEVAVRATANANDA, SWAMI SWAMI

PRESIDENT: SWAMI SARVABHUTANANDA VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

22 WEDNESDAY, 6.00 P.M.: R.K. BHUWALKA ENDOWMENT LECTURE SUBJECT: BHAGAVAT KOTHA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI JUSHTANANDA, RAMKRISHNA MATH AND RAMKRISHNA MISSION, BELUR MATH VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

24 FRIDAY, 6.00 P.M.: PROF. SIBAJIBAN BHATTACHARYYA MEMORIAL LECTURE SUBJECT: FREEDOM OF PURUSHAKAR) (ENGLISH) WILL IN INDIAN CULTURE (BHAGYA O

SPEAKER: PROF. PRADYOT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

FORMERLY

PRESIDENT: DR RATHARAMAN CHAKRABARTY, PROJECT DIRECTOR, IUHU PROGRAMME, RAMAKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF CULTURE VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

25 SATURDAY, 4.30 P.M. VIVEK-VIKASH (PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT) (FOR ENROLLED YOUTH MEMBERS ONLY)

25 SATURDAY, 4.45 P.M. SUBJECT: SRI RAMAKRISHNA GALPA ASAR BY THE MEMBERS OF THE VIVEKANANDA STUDY CIRCLE (JUNIOR) VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL 25 SATURDAY, 5.30 P.M.: PUBLIC LECTURE SUBJECT: STOTRAMALA (SANSKRIT) SPEAKER: PROF. GOPAL NATH BHATTACHARYA, FORMERLY PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT, BURDWAN UNIVERSITY VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL

27 MONDAY, 6.00 P.M.: PUBLIC LECTURE SUBJECT: DHARMA, DARSHAN O VIJNAN (BENGALI) SPEAKER: PROF. PRADYOT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY VENUE: SHIVANANDA HALL FORMERLY

28 TUESDAY, 6.15 P.M.: SCRIPTURE CLASS SUBJECT: KOTHA UPANISHAD (ENGLISH) SPEAKER: SWAMI SARVABHUTANANDA VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL

29 WEDNESDAY, 6.15 P.M.: SCRIPTURE CLASS SUBJECT: SRI SRI RAMKRISHNA KOTHAMRITA (BENGALI) SPEAKER: SWAMI SARVABHUTANANDA VENUE: VIVEKANANDA HALL