Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, formerly Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University or simply Vivekananda University, is an education institute deemed-to-be-university headquartered at Belur, West Bengal, with campuses spanning multiple states in India. Established with the idea of actualizing Swami Vivekananda's vision of education, the institute is administered by the

Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. The mission is named after the Indian Hindu spiritual guru and mystic Ramakrishna. The mission was founde ...

. The university provides courses on subjects as varied as rural and tribal development, disability management and special education, fundamental science education and Indian cultural and spiritual heritage.

History

Statue of Swami Vivekananda in front of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute was established with the idea of actualizing Swami Vivekananda's vision of education. It was declared as a de novo Deemed University by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2005. With its headquarters at Belur, RKMVERI began functioning in July 2005 with one branch in the Specialized Faculty Centre at Coimbatore in the field of ‘Disability Management and Special Education’. In the following year, three new branches were added at Narendrapur, Ranchi and Kolkata (at Simla – the ancestral residence of Swami Vivekananda, currently operating under the Belur main campus). Since then, two new schools have been established in the main campus, namely the School of Mathematical Sciences (focusing on mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical computer science), and the School of Indian Heritage (including Sanskrit studies, ancient Indian heritage and

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, especially the

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and the

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Accreditation

In 2019, the institute was accredited by the

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with a grade of A++.

Highlights

* RKMVERI hosts a special

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chair in the area of Inclusive Adapted Physical Education and Yoga. The chair was established in 2012. * The Faculty of Disability Management and Special Education (FDMSE) at the Coimbatore campus has produced a comprehensive Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary addressing the communicative need of persons with

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. FDMSE also houses a

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printing press.

Notable faculty

* Mahan Maharaj (ex-faculty), awarded the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology * Narasimhaiengar Mukunda (Distinguished Associate), Indian physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee

References

External links

* Deemed universities in India Universities and colleges in Howrah district Universities and colleges affiliated with the Ramakrishna Mission Educational institutions established in 2005 2005 establishments in West Bengal {{WestBengal-university-stub