Today is Swami Vivekananda Death Anniversary...the he Great Indian Thinker, Philosopher and Monk who gave a new aspects to the vision and thoughts to the society especially to the youth of the world. Vivekanand used to say to youth that be strong and try for your aim and goal with all the resources you have...He has great concern with the youth especially for their strong determination and dedication for their goal.Dr M MPallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development released two NBT books on Swami Vivekanand titled Swami Vivekananda: The Eternal Inspiration of the Youth and The Simple Life of Swami Vivekananda at Auditorium, Hall No. 8, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. He also released the first NBT e-book on Swami Vivekananda on the occasion.
While releasing the books he said, “Thank you for providing an opportunity to launch books on Swami Vivekananda. His teachings are relevant even today and especially today as there is a need to reinforce moral values to the youth.” He added that the youths have huge potential that needs to be recognized not only in India but across the world. The teachings of Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda focused on the better and humane society and that is the thrust of MHRD also.
He further added that there is a need for distributing tool kits in universities, colleges and institutions for uplifting values. Parents and teachers have a larger role to play to make our society more accommodating and inclusive.
A Sethumadhvan, Chairman, NBT, Shri Ashok Thakur, Secretary,MHRD, Dr M A Sikandar, Director, NBT, Shri Raghvendra, Director, Copyright Office, Shri N K Bhattacharjee, former Director of NBT, Prof.SunitaSengupta, University of Delhi and Shri Sandipan Sen among others were present on the occasion.
Dr Pallam Raju also released the new logo and new web portal of the Copyright Office including e-filing facility for Copyright registration. Hon’ble minister also launched a new web portal of the MHRD IPR Chairs Gateway. Dr Raju said it is one of the steps government is taking in the direction of e-governance.
Dr Pallam Raju also released the book The Good Books Guide in the Theme Pavilion, Hall No. 7. At the outset, Dr Pallam Raju congratulated NBT for organizing the New Delhi World Book Fair.
He hoped that The Good Books Guide will help children, parents and educators to select the good books. He expressed his happiness that the theme of the New Delhi World Book Fair is children’s literature. He urged children to make reading their habit as the books shape the future and asked them to visit Foreign Pavilion at the Fair to understand the tradition, culture and literature of other countries. He also said that children should also read books in their mother- tongue along with English language.
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