Report on National Youth Day Celebrations at SMVITM

The National Service Scheme (NSS), Youth Red Cross (YRC) and Rotaract Club (RC) of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM), Bantakal, in association with Udayavani, Manipal celebrated the National Youth Day on 12 January 2019 to commemorate the 156^th Birthday of Swami Vivekananda.

Dr. K P Nandan Prabhu, Associate Professor, School of Management, MAHE was the chief guest on the occasion.  He has spoken on a number of salient points regarding the life of Swami Vivekananda and his contribution towards the educational field. Also, he highlighted the one of the great thought of Swami Vivekananda principles are more important than the person.

Shri Rathnakumar, Secretary, SSVMET Udupi presided over the function. In his presidential address, he insisted the importance of conducting National Youth Day.

The Principal of the institute, Prof. Dr. Thirumaleshwara Bhat spoke about the importance of following the principles of Swami Vivekananda to achieve a success in life.

Shri Aravinda Navada, Editor, Udayavani, Various members of Manipal Press, HODs and Section heads and staff members of various departments, Mr. Kishor Kumar Aroor, Institutional NSS / YRC / RC Coordinator, Departmental Coordinators and office bearers of NSS/YRC/RC were present on the occasion.

The program commenced with the invocation by Ms. Meghana and Ms. Vaishnavi.  Mr. Ananthesh Rao, Extra-curricular Coordinator welcomed the gathering. The Program was compeered by Ms. Prajnashri P Achar.