The document outlines the activities and achievements of the VKV family during the unprecedented challenges of 2020, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights various community support initiatives, innovative learning methods adopted for education, and notable accomplishments by students and teachers, including competitions and projects. The VKV institutions demonstrated resilience and adaptability, focusing on social service, skill development, and educational engagement amidst the crisis.

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Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Namaskar,
The year 2020 has seen some unprecedented events. The entire human race was attacked by an
unknown and exampled enemy. The enemy disguised by the name Corona was so fierce that it caused
havoc and despoliation wherever it went. However, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
With their backs to the wall the entire Homo sapiens race fought back. The VKV family in this hour of
great crisis has shown exemplary courage and determination and with the blessings of Thakur Sri
Ramakrishna, Maa Sarada Devi and Swamiji we are slowly but surely returning back to normalcy. But
we should not let our guards down any time. These difficult times have taught us to explore new
horizons which otherwise would not have been traversed under ordinary circumstances. Numerous
activities were conducted during the year using different unique techniques. Some of the glimpses
are below.

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Some Activities during the
Lockdown Period

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E VKV Balijan handed over face masks made by the VKV staff
to police personnel to be among the needy people.
• Making Of masks by the employee
of VKV Balijan
• Distribution of Face Mask at
VKV Balijan

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VKV Namsai distributed
300 packets of essential
commodities in collaboration
with the DC office

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E VKV Alumni Longding hired a Bolero and handed over to CHC Longding to be
used as Ambulance for a month. Along with that distribution of Refreshment
material to the personnel at Tissa check gate by VKV Alumni
Handing over Bolero by Alumni VKV
Longding
Distribution of refreshment items by
Alumni of VKV Longding

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E Construction and repairing activities
VKV Jairampur with the help of scrap bricks
made footpaths from road to new generator
room and from water tank to mess. The
Vidyalaya also cleaned the well and completed
sand water filter.
By capitalizing on the opportunity of having some extra time in hand, Principals, Teachers
and Grade IV Bhaiyyas of different VKVs did many innovative and constructive works.
Some of the examples are as the under
VKV Dado created a passage made of stones to
smoothen the transportation during the rainy
season and also plastered the back side of the
Boys Hostel.

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Gardening,
plantation and
other related works
M o s t o f t h e V K V s d i d a
c o m m e n d a b l e j o b o f
d o i n g g a r d e n i n g ,
k i t c h e n g a r d e n s ,
c l e a n i n g t h e j u n g l e s .
M o s t a r e o n t h e w a y o f
b e c o m i n g s e l f - r e l i a n t .
Growing vegetables
Getting ready for plantation

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EMRS Bana apart from gardening painted the old quarters along with the boundary
walls of the buildings. They also cleaned the guest quarters and fenced the
quarantine centers.
VKV Gaga developed beautiful flower garden made of flowers such as rose and dahlia.

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• Su. Nitu Didi and Su. Kakoli didi of VKV
Jirdin made painting
• Su. Namita Didi of VKV Jirdin taught the
art of craft to the staff children.
• Under the able guidance of smt. Bornali
didi, Craft Teacher of VKV jirdin, the
staffs prepared soft toys and wall
hangings.
Crafts and Arts work

11. Special Achievement by Student’s

12. State Level NHPC Painting Competition
The top 3 positions of the State Level NHPC positions were grabbed by
students from VKV Nirjuli. The name of the winners in the order of merit is as
the under:
Sl No Name of the Students Class Position
1 Debojit Kuri VIII 1st
2 Tadu Ziming VII 2nd
3 Antariksh Dey VII 3rd

13. Km. Kritika Barman of IX (A) from VKV Vivek Vihar
School took part in the poster making contest
conducted by Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Nivedita
Vidyamandir, Kolkata and secured 3rd prize (cash award
of Rs.5000/- and merit certificate) in the senior category
in National level. More than seven hundred Schools from
various states participated in the contest.
A virtual exhibition on Artistic and Architectural Heritage
of Rashtrapati Bhavan, was organized by the Virtual
Museum of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The aim was to encourage
the students to actively engage and respond to the iconic
Rashtrapati Bhavan, the home of the president of India.
The painting of Kr. Debarga Nath, Class X, VKV Nirjuli; was
selected and is displayed in the website of the museum.
Rare Achievement

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E Some other Achievements
 On the occasion of 158th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Ashram
Rajkot conducted an online elocution competition in December 2020 in Global Level.
Students of 25 states in India as well as 6 other countries across the globe participated in the
competition. Kumari Hiya Bharadwaj, Class X of VKV Wessang, Arunachal Pradesh has
secured the First position in the Elocution Competition on the topic "Be fearless and face
difficulties".
 Vkv Changlang got second position in street play competition on Drug Abuse which was
organised by District Administration Changlang on 24th January 2021, Sunday at 9am
onwards.
 On 30th November 2020, Changlang science community hub organized science exhibition
program followed by science model making competition, thinking design and sessions on
innovation in science.
 VKV Changlang also participated with two of students from class viii, and presented the
model of SOLAR ROOFED HOUSE where VKV Changlang stood first. Certificates and writing
materials were distributed to the winners

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VKV Nirjuli VKV Kimi
Information and Communication Technology Training
The corona pandemic has made us to devise new strategies of imparting knowledge to the
students. In many of the schools workshops were organized to offer opportunity to excel
professionally to excel in ICT. The emphasis was on ‘Google Classroom’ and ‘Google meet’,
their benefits and strategies in a harmonized way for creating a better e-learning platform
for the students. In many of the schools basic computer knowledge was imparted on
teachers who have problem in handling computers.

16. Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation, Kodungallur organized an essay and quiz
competition where VKVs from all over India participated. Some of the notable performances
are as the under:
Sl No Name VKV Designation Position
1 Su Kakali Borah Jirdin Librarian 2nd
2 Moolchand Sharma Vivek Vihar Sanskrit Teacher Consolation
All India Quiz Competition titled ‘Love India’
Sl No Name VKVs Position Class
1 Km. Kritika Barman Vivek Vihar 1st IX
2 Km. Sanchali Deb Vivek Vihar 2nd IX
All India Essay Competition titled ‘Love India’

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EParticipation of VKV alumnus in the event Jayastute organized by KALASAKTA
Flipa Lookgkan, alumnus VKV Tafrogam, participated and presented Khamti Style, in the event
Jayastute, organized by KALASAKTA. The event was organized to pay tribute through Classical Dance,
to celebrate 137th birth anniversary of Swatantrayaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

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NCC Certificate Exam at VKV Kitpi Tawang
NCC A certificate exam held at VKV Kitpi on 28/2/21. VKV. Kitpi. GSS Kitpi. GSS
Bomba and GSS Lhou participated in the exam.

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Notable Achievement
Km Punyo Sunya class XI of our Vidyalaya ( VKV Nirjuli) got selected to
participate in the Honorable Prime Ministers live programme Pariksha pe
Charcha. The team from Delhi reached the school on 28th March 2021 by
12:30pm to have an interview with the student.

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Visit of Smt. Radhilu Chai to VKV Jirdin
Smt. Radhilu Chai, Chairperson of
Arunachal State Commission for women,
advocate of High Court at Itanagar, An
Alumni of VKV Tafrogam 1996 batch,
Mahila Pramukh of Vivekananda Kendra
Arunachal Pradesh Trust, visited VKV Jirdin
on 20.02.2021. Accompanying her was
Smt. Karm Chotton, alumni 2002 batch of
VKV Jirdin, and legal advisor of APSCW,
Smt. Techi Hunmai Doyum member of
APSCW. They interacted with the students
of class VIII, IX and X. Smt. Radilu Chai didi
shared her child story of VKV Tafrogam. She
said the children to work hard be discipline
and set aim in life and work towards
fulfilling that aim. She credited all her
success to the teachings she got in VKV

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Visit of Dr Manaya Mena to VKV
Dr Manaya Mena alumni of the
first batch of VKV Tafrogam visited
VKV Namsai, Roing, Tafrogam,
Tezu and Sunpura on the occasion
of Shivratri. She talked about the
essence of the occasion and
described Shiva as Adi Deva. The
students were mesmerized by the
depth of knowledge and the
oratory skills of Smt Manaya Didi.

22. Smt. Sriparna Tamhane, an Educationalist, Teacher Trainer visited VKV Raga, VKV Joram, VKV Ziro, VKV
Jirdin and VKV Kharsang.
Some salient features from her visit are:
 She observed the teachers’ classes, gave her feedback and advised them about the areas of
improvement.
 She interacted with the teachers and students and gave her inputs.
 She used different innovative ways to evaluate the skills of the teachers’ and discussed about
different tools for teaching
 did different workshops for teachers’ as well as students’
Visit of Smt. Sriparna Tamhane

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On 28th March 2021, a blood donation camp was organized by the NSS unit of Vivekananda
Kendra College of Teacher Education (VKCTE) in collaboration with the blood bank of
TRIHMS under the guidance of Dr. Tashi Paleng. Dr. V. N. Sharma, V C, Arunadaya University
was the Chief Guest and Dr. A.K. Mishra, SLO, NSS was the Guest of Honor of the program.
The program started at 10:00 am at VKCTE multi-purpose hall. After the facilitation
program, blood donation was started from 11:00 am onwards. Total 125 number of
individuals registered out of which 25 participants willingly donated their blood with great
enthusiasm. https://www.vkvapt.org/vkcte-latest-news.html
Blood Donation Camp at VKCTE

24. Innovative measures used to pep up online learning
 During the lockdown period Mananeeya Bhanudasji, General Secretary, VRM &
VK, sent set of questions along with answer keys based on Math & Science. The
activity kept both the students & teachers updated. Parents have highly
appreciated this activity.
 Teachers in different VKVs have tried to impart education through innovative
measures. Some have started online classes. The places where there are issues
with network connectivity, created Whatsapp groups and sent study materials
to the students. They regularly interacted with the students and tried to solve
all their queries.

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• Sri. S.C. Dixit, Education Officer,
VKV APT briefed all the Govt.
teachers present at Directorate
of Elementary Education,
Itanagar on 4th June 2020 in the
context of online classes for the
primary and upper primary
classes. He guided and
encouraged all the teachers who
were going to take the online
classes.
Some distinctive works

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In response to a request made by the Director of Elementary Education for guidance,
orientation for govt. teach commenced on 5/06/2020 at VKV Itanagar, Computer Lab in
presence of Smt. Mallo Yam Gollo, DDSE Itanagar. Dr. Kakade Rajendra Chhagan Principal
formally welcomed all the teachers & urged them to seek guidance for online classes and
presentation. He also appealed all the teachers to maintain social/ physical distancing

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Sri Mahendra Karkare, Educator and subject expert
conducted an online mathematics workshop for the
respective teachers’. There were 21 sessions in which
around 25 participants per session attended the
sessions. It began on 2nd November 2021 and continued
till 13th January 2021.
In this workshop a teacher could experience what and
how to deal with any topic. A teacher experienced
constructivism in learning mathematics and also got to
know about competency base learning. The workshop
gave an insight of making mathematics class a joyful one.
Mathematics Workshop for Teachers’

28. In a Glittering Ceremony at Dorjee Khandu Hall at Itanagar Sri Basant
Kumar Singh, Principal, VKV Amilang was awarded State Teacher Award
for his outstanding Performance, Dedication, Sincerity and Exemplary
Service in the field of Education
Achievement by Teachers

29. ATL Achievements

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 The school got Star ATLs of India from
January 2020 to July 2020
 Got ATL of the month in June 2020, July 2020,
August 2020 and September 2020
 ATL project got first position in District Level
Science Exhibition
 On the occasion of the Republic Day VKV
Kuporijo team secured first position in district
level ATL Competition and received a cash
prize of Rs. 10,000/- from the Deputy
Commissioner

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 Selected as ATL School of the Month – 7 times
 Selected as Star ATL School of the Year (1 in top 100 ATL schools in India)
 Won ATL Marathon in 2019 (1 in 135 in India) ( Declared in the year 2020)
 Four students participated and secured 4 top ranks in International STEM Tinkering Olympiad
(ISTO) in Arunachal Pradesh
 Got selected for National Level Inspire MANAK (1 among top 5 from Arunachal Pradesh)
 Selected for State Level in 'Water Management through Innovation at Community Level Challenge'
 Nine of our students took part in Tinker Triathlon Competition conducted by SRJNA STEM
Lab, Pune supported by AIM, NITI Aayog, Government of India
 Registered for AIM Student Innovator Program by conducted by AIM-Sirius Virtual Program for
Indian and Russian School Children
 ATL Exemplary Teacher of Change – Sri Amarnath Sahani got selected
 Got selected for State Level Innovation Festival-2020 organized by Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India in collaboration with NIF (National Innovation Foundation), New
Delhi

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The project of Kr Joram Tatum of VKV Ziro
was selected for the National Level
Competition of Inspire Awards – MANAK.

33. Detals Project Details Participation Details Prize
10 Days Online Workshop
organized by Plezmo Tech
Academy
1. Mobile App Development
and coding
Class – 11
1. Ashwani Mani Tripathi
Got best App Developer
Science Exhibition -2021
Organized by ADC -
Jairampur
1. Smoke Sensor – detector
2. Hand Gesture accessing
laptop
Class – 11 Student’s
1. Ashwani Mani Tripathi
2. Prince Yadav
3. Hemant Rejal Sharma
4. Panshum Tangha
Best Innovative project –
1st Prize
Science Exhibition -2021
Organized by BRC -
Jairampur and Nampong
block
1. Smoke Sensor – Detector
2. IR Sensor
1. Rishikesh Prasad – Class – IX
2. Vineet Kumar – Class – IX
First Prize - Rs. 1200/-
Second Prize - Rs. 1000/-

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E On 13th April 2021, VKV Oyan's Atal
tinkering Lab was formally
inaugurated. Sri Tanio Tapak, Block
Education Officer of Ruksin Block,
East Siang district inaugurated the
ATL. Demonstration of ATL items and
a brief description of ATL’s
components, functioning, objectives
and use was presented before the
chief guest and students.
Along with the above, funds for the
ATL have been received for schools
viz. VKV Oyan, VKV Wessang, VKV
Balijan, VKV Roing, VKV Seijosa, and
VKV Itanagar.
Inauguration of VKV Oyan ATL
https://www.vkvapt.org/ss-vkv-oyan-latest-news.html

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T H A N K Y O U
https://www.vkvapt.org/
APARNA PALKAR
Secretary, VKV AP Trust
0373-2324320
vkvapt@vkendra.org
info@vkvapt.org
With Regards & Prayers
“God is present in every Jiva, there is no other God besides that. “Who serves
Jiva, serves God indeed”
Swami Vivekananda