Kendra in Mooda Colony (Slumdwellers' Colony) is being runsuccesfully ever since it wasopened in the month of <strong>Jan</strong>. 2008.Illitrerates of the colony aretaught daily in 2 hrs class.Manimajra ModernHousing Complex,Chandigarh: Branch organizedthree functions in the month ofOctober, 2008. On 1st Octoberbranch organized GVCA in whichfour renowned teachers werehonoured with Shawls andmementoes. Eight outstandingstudents of class 10 +2 were alsohonoured with mementos, medalsand certificates.Dr. D.G.Mahajan,Dean students P.U.was the chiefguest. He donated Rs. 5100/- tothe <strong>Parishad</strong> for such nobleprojects. Mr. S.P.Tiwari, ChairmanSeminars presided over thefunction.The branch also celebratedthe holy festival of 'Karva Chauth'with great enthusiasm on October17,2008. More than 175 ladiesattired in beautiful dressesattended the function. Religiousquiz was also organized on thisoccasion. <strong>Parishad</strong> distributedshingar packets to the ladies. Thefunction received overwhelmingresponse from every corner. Onthe holy festival Diwali the branchdistributed Table Clocks to all themembers.Sirhind : A Truck load ofrelief material was sent to Biharthrough transport and a chequeof Rs. 16,500/- was sent throughPunjab Kesri group under theSewa project of <strong>Parishad</strong>. We heldcollection camps at three placesin the city on 14th September, 08Public announcement wasmade and pamphlets werecirculated in the local newspapers.Samana : Branchcelebrated Sh. Guru TeghBahadur Balidan Divas on9.11.08 at S.D. Model School. Adeclamation contest wasorganised. Nine schoolsparticipated in this declamationcontest. Jaspreet Kaur of G.H.S.Gajpur stood first.TRIPURAAgartala : On 2ndNovember, 2008 the famousVatriditya (Bhaifota) utsav wasorganized by all the ladymembers of Agartala City for theirmember brothers and other guestbrothers invited in this great socialfunction for all Hindus. Longduration of life of the brothersconcerned was and mangalamspot was put on their forehead.More than 100 members andguests were present.<strong>Bharat</strong> Gaurav Dr. SitanathDey was the only speaker whodelivered his invaluable speechciting the Geeta, Upanishad withother references.ASSAMKarimganj: Branchobserved Guru Teg BahadurBalidan Diwas on 9th November,08. The parishad helped a poorcancer patient Shri Ganesh Devof village Umapati, districtKarimganj for his treatment i.e.the cost of 2 chemeo therapy bydonating a sum of Rs. 7000/-.The cost of 1 chemeoTherepy was given by ourmember Shri Kaushik RanjanDey. Shri Shib Sankar Dutta andVice president Shri Nand KishoreBanik donated 2 units of bloodfor needy patient of serial bombblast at Guwahati.Branch organized Bijoya(Dasherra) Sammelan on21.10.2008 at VivekanandCollege of Education. Smt.Ranjana Chakraborty d/o ourmember Sri Ranjit Kumar Sharmawas felicitated for her excellentperformance in school leavingexamination, 2008. A culturalprogramme followed.Guwahati : The branchprovided relief to flood victims on14.9.2008 at Rangiya jointly withother 4 Guwahati basedbranches. Food items andgarments were distributedamongst the affected people ofthe area.A.P.NORTH-EASTAnakapalle Central :Branch organized the following inthe month of Oct,08:3.10.2008 Smt.R.V.Joamani was honoured bySmt. Sreedharla Seetaratnamw/o Sri S.Pydisetty (who touredU.S.A. in July, 2008 andSeptember, 2008) on theoccasion of her being awarded asa best teacher award for the entireAndhra Pradesh by Dr.Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, ChiefMinister of Andhra Pradesh on5.9.2008 at Hyderabad.17.10.2008 In NSGSCD.A.V.Public School, Anakapallewas adjudged first in Sanskritcompetiton and Gurajada PublicSchool first in <strong>Jan</strong>apadaBrindagana.Sri Sarisa Sreenivasa Raoa philanthropist explained theimportance of " PrasannaDeekhsa" which was suggesedby Sri Sri Sri TridabdiSreenabbarayana RamanujaChina Jeeyarswami which willhelp the human beings about selfconfidence, samajika chaitanyametc. The main aim was to spreadhis teachings in 108 villages.JAMMU & KASHMIRJammu West : Branchorganized Samrasta Diwas on 26October,2008 at Garden Statewith Dr. Nirmal Singh as chiefguest. Sh. Kavinder Gupta honb'leMayor JMC Jammu and Prof.Satish Anand, National Secretarywere guests of honour.The function was presidedover by Sr. Vijay Kumar Gupta,Chairman Madhav Park Society.Blankets clothes and Sweetswere distributed among the poor,Schedule caste and SaffaiKarmacharies of the adjoiningareas of Trikuta Nagar. Cultural42 <strong>Jan</strong>uary 2009 NITI uhfrikS"k&ek?k] tuojh 0943
programme was presented by thechildren of Bal <strong>Bharat</strong>i. On thisoccasion some prominentcitiezens of Trikuta Nagar werealso honoured.DELHI SOUTHC-2, <strong>Jan</strong>akpuri : Activitiesof Branch for the month ofOctober, 2008:Diwali Milan wascelebrated in the C-2 Mandir on25.10.2008. Sh. B.L.Parashar,General Secretary, DelhiPratinidhi Sabha, and other BVPoffice bearers were present in themeeting.Yoga expert ShriP.D.Maheshwari recited twoBhajans on Diwali. Sh.B.L.Parashar spoke on theimportance of Diwali and he alsonarrated some achievements andgood work done by BVP. Smt.Kanchan Bhalla also sang a verygood Bhajan.Birthday of Senior Citizensfalling in Oct. 08 was alsocelebrated.The branch donated oneDari (8' x 12') for Nursery childrenof the M.C.D.Primary school onthe request of the Principal.Dental camps wereorganized by the branch andalmost 50 patients were treated.Rs. 1000/- were spent on thesecamps.A-Block, <strong>Jan</strong>akpuri :Branch organized 4 Bal Sanskarcamps in which 211 childrenparticipated. The camps wereof Mrs. Usha Kapoor, theSecretarry of branch. Smt.Makheeja and Smt. Madhu Sethwere actively associated to makethe camps a grand succes. Theparticipants underwent a rigoroustraining of Yoga, Dhyan , learningpatriotic songs etc.Two dental camps with theassistance of Mobile Dental Vanwere organized in the adoptedJ.J.Colony of Uttam Nagar. 18persons were the beneficiaries.In our programme ofhelping the needy students topersue their studies withoutfeeling financial pinch, therequest of Sh. <strong>Vikas</strong> Tiwari, M.A.Final (Sanskrit) student of DelhiUniversity was conceded. Bookscosting Rs. 2800/- were donated.He stood fourth in the universityexamination in the previous year.In a senior Citizen forumShri H.K.Sharma, UnderSecretary (Retired) and Shri RajJyotshi spoke on "Secularism, itstheory and actual practice".B-Block, <strong>Jan</strong>akpuri :Branch organized GVCA ingeneral assemblies of sevenschools in which 4850 students,255 teachers and 42 BVPmembers participated and 120students & 30 teachers werehonoured.Eight schools participatedin NGSC & five schools inNSGSC organized on 29.9.2008competition on 25.10.2008<strong>Jan</strong>akpuri Main : Branchcelebrated Deepawali MangalMilan and Guru Nanak DevPraksah Utsav on 5th November,2008 at Shri Sanatan DharamMandir C-3, <strong>Jan</strong>akpuri. The mainspeaker of the function was ShriI.D.Ojha, National WorkingPresident.WEST BENGALRaniganj : During October,2008 branch distributed ration to60 widows, donated Rs.12000/-for free distribution of medicinesto patients. Distributed afternoonsnacks to students of NiveditaPally Prathmik Vidyala, Raniganj.Maintained one free weekly dentalclinic. Gyan <strong>Bharat</strong>i School,Raniganj team secured 2ndposition at the State level inNGSC.Distributed 550 books ofShanti Kunja-Gayatri KunjaHaridwar Publication among thecitizes of Laxmangarh,Rajasthan.KARNATAKA SOUTHYagyavalkya, Bangalore :This shakha in association withMEC (Model Education Centre)has conducted "SuvarnaKarnataka Rajyothsava andKarthik Gnana Deepothsava atSri Shakthi Vidya NangapathiTemple on 27th Nov., 08 anauspicious day KarthikaAmavasya. Smt. M.D.Ramamania reputed Social Worker and theVice President of this Shakhapresided over the function. Thewomen who participated inNavarathri Dolls DisplayCompetitions-2008 were givenmementos in the formofDeepastamba.Read in detailOctober-December 2008edition of "Gyan Prabha"Annual MembershipRs.100/-Life MembershipRs. 1500/-1600 students from sevenYear of BVP Vistarorganized under the supervisionschools appeared in the BKJEvery Member Subscribe For Gyan Prabha44 <strong>Jan</strong>uary 2009 NITI uhfrikS"k&ek?k] tuojh 0945