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Farewell to MBA, BBA & BCA Students of
Omkarananda Institute of Management & Technology
Omkarananda Nagar
15th April 2008

It was a grand and fantastic cultural extravaganza by the students of MBA, BBA and BCA on the eve of bidding farewell and good wishes to the final year students with motto "we part to meet again".

Great preparations were made quite in advance for this cultural show in honour of the senior students who have completed their courses of study at the Institute.

A grand, majestic, fantastic invitation card/album was prepared to invite the Chief Guest, Guests of Honour, faculty and senior students. The unique invitation folder was itself bespeaking of the grandeur and excitement of the function with its novelty and creativity and the style of presentation.

A group of student organizers with Principal I.D. Joshi visited the Ashram and invited H.H. Swami Vishveshwaranandaji Maharaj to grace the occasion and bless the students.
 
They presented the beautiful invitation folder (album) to Swami Vishveshwaranandaji, President Omkarananda Ashram, Kumari Somashekhari, Secretary, and Swami Satchidanandaji, Treasurer, and requested them to grace the occasion. Swamiji was overwhelmed with joy to see this wonderful invitation card and consented to be the Chief Guest.

The great day came bringing all excitement and exaltations among the students.

Ms. Swati Goswami and Varun Jain anchored the programme and chalked out every minute detail. The Chief Guest was warmly welcomed at the gate with traditional Vedic ritual, by applying sacred Tilak and presenting bouquets of flowers as a mark of honour and reverence. Director S.N. Banerjee, faculty and students escorted the Chief Guest Swami Vishveshwaranandaji Maharaj, Kumari Somashekhari to the Main Pandal, which was elegantly and splendidly decorated with flowers, balloons etc.

Miss Swati Goswami welcomed the Chief Guest Swami Vishveshwaranandaji with prayers to Swami Omkaranandaji, the Founder of the Institute, while Varun Jain spoke at length about the Institute and its programmes.

Then Dr. S.N. Banerjee, Director, delivered his welcome address, and expressed his heartfelt joy and gratitude to President Swamiji for sparing his valuable time to bless the students and faculty in the Institute. He further presented the annual report of the Institute. He requested Swamiji, the Chief Guest, to give his blessings to our aspiring young Managers, who are now entering a new phase of life.

Overwhelmed with great joy and exaltation, Swami Vishveshwaranandaji gave his heartiest good wishes and blessings to the students and called upon them to be disciplined, regular and sincere, while imbibing the great Vedic spiritual values of India.

He told the students that they are fortunate to be born in India, which has rich spiritual traditions and culture, and that it is indeed a great opportunity for them to develop their personality in this Institute as business leaders and managers, based on spiritual culture and ethics of our ancient culture. He further wished success in life to all of them.

The Guest of Honour, Kumari Somashekhari, had some kind words for all the students. She highlighted the importance of a clean and hygienic society for our daily life. She was full of praise for the Vedic culture and tradition, which is of highest standards in terms of human development in this era of civilization.

This function was a wonderful and fantastic opportunity for the students to express and reveal their potential and talents through various cultural performances - dance, mono play, solo dance, group dance, folk songs and folk dance and above all, ramp show.

Our "Would-be-Managers", Leaders, while walking on the grand ramp show, revealed their personality. Their gait, gestures, eye movements, sparkling with full confidence, seemed to be conveying to us that while walking over the ramp they are now ready to enter into bigger challenges of the world with full confidence and knowledge and zeal, to the satisfaction of all of us, that we could groom their personality as successful Managers, Entrepreneurs, in the world.

Seeing the performances of the students, Swamiji once again rose from his seat in the dais and thanked the students, appreciated their talents and wished them all success and reminded them that "we part to meet again".

The students too thanked Swamiji for his blessings and good wishes and felt highly inspired to do their best in life, to follow the great teachings of Gurudev Swami Omkarananda, i.e. to "think like a Genius, work like a Giant and live like a Saint."

The other dignitaries that spoke on this occasion were Shri Mahveer Singh Negi, Secretary OIMT, Shri I. D. Joshi, Principal, Shri Pankaj Bijalwan, Dean, Shri Vikram Kapoor, Senior lecturer, Dr. D.S. Chaubey, Professor and all faculty members who wished the outgoing students all success in life.

Report by Shri I.D. Joshi, Swati Goswami & Varun Jain

Mahakala-Bhairava Mandal Utsava
Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas
19th April 2008

Mandal Utsava for Lord Mahakala-Bhairava was held on 19th April 2008, in Mahakala-Bhairava Temple, located in the Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas premises, Muni-ki-reti, Rishikesh. This Utsava is celebrated after 45 days of the Pranapratishtha (Installation) of the Deity. The Pranapratishtha, i.e. Mahakumbhabhisheka, of Lord Mahakala-Bhairava was performed on 6th March 2008. The significance of this Pooja is to worship the 8 aspects (Ashtangana) of Lord Mahakala-Bhairava.
 
Swami Vishveshwarananda Saraswati, Swami Satchidananda, Kumari Somashekhari, Ashram devotees, guests and visitors attended and graced the occasion.

Pandit Shri Suresh Joshiji, the Chief Priest of Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas, was instrumental in performing the Pooja, Hawana and Abhisheka for Lord Mahakala-Bhairava, along with Sanjay and Krishna Panditji. This wonderful ceremony added to the holy, peaceful and joyous atmosphere of Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas.

National Youth Integration Camp, Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh
26th April 2008

From 23rd April to 30th April 2008 a National Youth Integration Camp was conducted under the leadership of the famous and highly learned Dr. S.N. Subba Rao, in Rishikesh, in which about 300 young enthusiastic participants from all States of India, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Assam, took part.

In the evening of 26th April 2008, a beautiful Cultural Program was performed by the young participants of this Camp at the holy Ganga, Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh.

Dance and music-performances by groups from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Bihar, etc. delighted the audience.

Guest of Honour was Shri Deep Sharma, Chairman, Nagarpalika, Rishikesh.

Special Chief Guest of this function was Shri Swami Vishveshwarananda Saraswati, President, Omkarananda Ashram, who appreciated the works done by Dr. Subba Rao for National Integration. Swamiji also congratulated the young artists of all States for their beautiful cultural performances. Swami Vishveshwaranandaji gave special Thanks to Prof. D.K. Varshney, Principal of Sheetal College of Biomedical Science, who had organized the whole programme.

Swamiji's encouraging and fiery speech was reciprocated by all young participants and the audience with thunderous applause.

In between the cultural programmes, at Sandhya-time, a special Ganga Arati was conducted in which Swami Vishveshwarananda, Kumari Somashekhari, Dr. Subba Rao and others could participate.

At the conclusion of this wonderful Function Kumari Somashekhari was requested to sing a song. To the surprise of the audience she sang a Bhajan in Garhwali language on behalf of the Uttarakhand State, which touched the hearts of the people, attending the function.

Shri R.D. Gaur, Member of Omkarananda Educational Society, also took part in this great event.

Blood Donation Camp
Omkarananda Institute of Management & Technology
Omkarananda Nagar, 28th April 2008

Business ethics being part of Management studies, OIMT students are engaged in social responsibility projects during the course of their studies in the Institute.

A grand Blood Donation Camp was held on April 28 in the Institute, in collaboration with Himalayan Hospital Trust, Swami Ram Nagar, Deemed Medical University of Uttarakhand.

This great event was preceded by an awareness-rally of OIMT-Students and Faculty in the holy town of Rishikesh.

The main-ceremony started at 10:00 am at the grand pandal in the Institute. Students, Faculty, Staff and local Dignitaries attended the function.

The Chief-guest, Honorable Minister Shri Matbar Singh Kandari, in the august presence of Swami Vishveshwaranandaji Maharaj, President Omkarananda Ashram, lighted the lamp as a mark of the auspicious beginning of this noble mission i.e… "Yajna".

His Holiness Swami Vishveshwaranandaji welcomed and honoured with garland and shawl the Chief-guest Shri Matbar Singh Kandari, Cabinet Minister for Irrigation and Drinking Water, Uttarakhand. He praised him for his exemplary character and for being punctual to reach the Institute in time.

The Chief-guest was given a big applause for joining this great cause and also inspiring everyone to do his part for this noble mission.

Mr. Kandari in his inaugural speech exhorted the students, staff, faculty and others to participate in this great "Yajna" and said that the Blood donation is one of the greatest of gifts, such as land donation, "Bhoomi Dan", "Kanya Dan" etc. The Minister further said, that Swami Vishveshwaranandaji, with the blessings of His Master, Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati, is doing a great service to the mankind for the poor and sick and needy. His contribution towards education is remarkable. He was so much overwhelmed with appreciation for Swamiji that he expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Swamiji saying "Swamiji you are my Guru. I am your disciple. I say my pranam to you. I am a public servant. You have given me inspiration to serve the people." With folded hands he bowed before Swamiji and prayed and expressed his gratitude.

The Minister was further overwhelmed with joy to see the infrastructure of the Institute, the huge Computer Lab and Library and further requested Swamiji to open a school in his constituency in the Hills, also.

The other dignitaries present in the occasion were Ex Chairman, Shri Uttam Singh Rana, President Lions Club, Shri Gopal Narang, Shri Sanjeev Goyal, prominent business Magnate of Rishikesh, Shri Sanat Shastri, Secretary Uttarakhand Congress Committee and others. Shri Mahaveer Singh Negi, Secretary, OIMT, welcomed the Chief-guest and other distinguished guests and medical staff, Doctors of Himalayan Hospital and lab.

Dr. S.N. Banerjee, Director OIMT, in his welcome address, presented the report of the Institute, highlighting its various activities such as Blood donation camp, awareness rally, rural development projects, placement opportunities for the students of the Institute and other various projects and progress report of the Institute. He further highlighted the teachings of Swami Omkaranandaji Maharaj, the Founder of the Institute, whose blessings have blossomed into this gigantic Institute which is taking further leaps towards its goal of excellence.

Principal I.D. Joshi welcomed the Chief-guest and other distinguished guests and again pointed out the ideal of punctuality, the Minister kept himself by coming in time, his nobility of heart and his other human qualities, which are worth emulating.

He prayed and paid his homage to Swami Omkaranandaji Maharaj, the Founder of the Institute, who gave to us all His most loving, dedicated and hardworking Saint, educationist Swami Vishveshwarananda, who fulfilled His mission to serve the poor and sick, who set up a network of Schools in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand and above all, the Centres of excellence at Rishikesh, Omkarananda Saraswati Nilayam Inter College and Omkarananda Institute of Management & Technology. For all this Swami Vishveshwarananda has been honored with the prestigious Award "Pride of Uttarakhand" by the most prestigious society of Dehradun, Doon Citizens Council, and he also was awarded and honoured at New Delhi by Indian Schools Federation of India. Principal Joshi further said, Swamiji lives like a Saint, works like a Giant and thinks like a Genius…i.e. practically following the teachings of his Guru Paramahamsa Swami Omkarananda Saraswati.

The other honorable distinguished Guest was Shri Balbir Singh, M.L.A., Ex Minister, who was welcomed and honored with garlands and shawl by Swami Vishveshwarananda and Director, Faculty and Management.

He too was overwhelmed with joy to see the success of this camp. He visited the camp site where the blood donation was being done and thanked Swamiji and others for having done such a noble deed.

Nearly all students, staff, faculty donated blood.

Our energetic, dynamic, enthusiastic Director, Dr. S.N. Banerjee himself, donated his blood, as he felt it was everyone's duty to think for others.

Report by I.D. Joshi, Principal, OIMT

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