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Vidyapith Praktani Reunion 2024
Vidyapith Praktani Reunion 2024
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Dear Brothers,
We hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. The Vidyapith Praktani Executive Committee, on behalf of all Praktani brothers, extends a warm welcome to the Annual Reunion at Vidyapith on November 23-24, 2024, as per our well-established practice over the years.
Vidyapith Praktani has been working on various projects with the consolidated effort of all, and this time, to compensate for the gap of one year, we have planned several things to make the reunion days memorable :
1. Reunion as per Vidyapith tradition.
2. The Science Exhibition of Vidyapith students will be organized during the Reunion instead of September so that boys feel encouraged and we take pride in their efforts.
3. Nara Narayan Seva – in tune with Ramakrishna Mission philosophy of Jeeva Seva. You also get a chance to participate in a noble cause.
4. Medical Camp in the vicinity to serve villagers of the marginal sector. Doctors from our fraternity will visit the place and provide free medicine there. Your participation as a doctor or contributor is welcome.
5. Centenary Staff Quarter – A visit to the location where construction is underway will be scheduled. This construction will go a long way towards assuring qualified faculty to develop man-making education at Vidyapith. We need every Praktani’s help to finish the building. We also plan to contribute to the Centenary Gate Complex and a new Bio Gas plant for INR 30 Lakhs; more information will be released soon. Your kind contribution to these developmental works is warmly welcomed.
6. We will ensure good food for the entire family and impart exceptional care to students who were lively during the Centenary Celebrations. Apart from the Reunion’s unique dishes, we plan to have an ice cream kiosk during dinner this year.
7. Accommodations remain the same and will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis from the beds allocated by Vidyapith authorities.
8. Please make provisional arrangements for hotels, guest houses around Vidyapith, and journey tickets. The Vande Bharat train now connects Kolkata and Patna; many can use the facility.
We’ve included the Razorpay link below. All you have to do is click and fill out the short form with payments!
We have provided choices for contributions for each head you are interested in. https://rzp.io/l/Fos6SYNv
Best wishes and thanks in anticipation.
Warm regards,
Dr. Subrat Kumar Hon. Secretary
Vidyapith Praktani, RKMV, Deoghar
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Registration for Praktani Reunion 2024 at Vidyapith, Deoghar
( 23rd and 24th Nov, 2024)
Please make your travel and lodging arrangements in advance. We will allocate accommodations in Vidyapith campus for whatever beds will be made available to us by Vidyapith authorities on 'first come, first served' basis.
Praktani Adda Session by Kumar Goutam, RKMV 2008: Data Science is Everywhere
Praktani Adda by Kumar Goutam, RKMV 2008
Sat, 14 Sep 2024 / 19:30 IST
Praktani Adda Session by Manish Mishra, RKMV 1993: Building Career in Quant Finance
Manish Mishra , RKMV 1993
Managing Director, Neuravest Research
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/87991855092
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Praktani Adda Session by Baibhab Kislay, RKMV 2006 : How to pursue a Career in Strategy Consulting
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/84267851534
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Praktani Adda by Rahul Ranjan, 1992: A Session on Personal Wealth Management/ A Guide to Personal Finance
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/82152795985
Praktani Adda by Anand Mishra, 1990: From Science to AI to Ancient Scriptures
Anand Mishra, RKMV 1990
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 / 17:00 IST
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/82470897680
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Annual General Meeting ( AGM) of Vidyapith Praktani
Date: 17-Feb-24
AGM
Saturday 9 March 2024
7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Notice is hereby given to all the members that the next Annual General Meeting of ‘Vidyapith Praktani Deoghar’, the Alumni Association of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar, will be held virtually on 9th March 2024, from 7 PM IST to 9:00 PM IST with the following agenda:
1. Address by Hon. President, Vidyapith Praktani, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar
2. Address by the Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar
3. Confirmation of Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on November 26, 2022 and EOGM held on 19TH October-23
4. Adoption of the Annual Report of the Secretary for the year ending March 31, 2023.
5. Appointment/Reappointment of Auditor
6. To pass the Auditors report and the Audited Accounts (if ready) or the Unaudited Financial Result for the year ending March 31, 2023
7. To discuss the specific projects for the upcoming year.
8. Miscellaneous, if any, with the permission of the Chair
9. Vote of Thanks
Regards
Dr Subrat Kumar
Hon Secy
Vidyapith Praktani Deoghar
Email: secretary@praktani.rkmvdeoghar.com
Praktani Adda 56 by Kunal Sinha, RKMV 1995
Kunal Sinha, RKMV 1995
Sat, 10 Feb 2024 / 17:00 IST
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/81990132773
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Praktani Adaa 54: Retail Design and Visual Merchandise
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/83877566698
Praktani Adda 53 by Basudeb Dasgupta: World Beyond Our Own
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/87810555663
Vidyapith Praktani Reunion 2023
Dear Praktani Brothers
Ex-Student Reunion Programme will be celebrated at Vidyapith during 15 and 16 November 2023
The Reunion during Centenary in 2022 was celebrated in a grand way and saw presence of Alumni in large numbers. Let the momentum of the event continue this year also.
Come. Meet.Relive Cherished moments in ambience of Vidyapith.
Come . Reinforce the bonds of Camaraderie . Let’s dip again into the Centenary Celebration Created Confluence.
Mark the dates -
15 November 2023 - Wednesday - 16 November 2023 - Thursday
The Dates: 15th and 16th November, 2023. Both days inclusive. Arrival: After 1 PM 14th Nov,’23 and Departure by 11 AM n 17th Nov,’23.
Venue: Vidyapith campus.
Accommodation: 55 (fifty-five) beds are available in Vidyapith. First-Come-First-Served basis, based on Registration in Razorpay link only https://rzp.io/l/pahSdtiwk
Registration Fee: Rs 2500/- per head. Children below 5 Yrs FREE without extra bed. Children above 5 Yrs Rs 1500/- per head.
Early Bird discount Rs 500/- per chargeable head till 31.10.23,
Diet: Vidyapith specialties. Please mention diet preferences, Vegetarian/ Non- vegetarian etc in registration form.
Events: Members are welcome to suggest. Those who are interested to perform, please communicate with The Executive Committee in advance.
Note: Please register your T-Shirt sizes in the form. We are exploring possibilities of arranging the same based on feasibility. Sizes are important and cannt be modified once registered.
Please keep eye on whatsapp groups for further communications and deliberations to start the second century of Vidyapith in a befitting manner again.
All communications in whatsapp groups and by email only connect@praktani.rkmvdeghar.com. Phone calls and direct messages are prne to get lost and also may not have validity in all cases.
Sincerely, Welfare and Events Committee
Praktani Adda 52: Clinical Research - The Final Frontier of Drug Discovery
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/86749818823
Praktani Adda 49: How to Safeguard from Cyber-frauds
https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/88219854640
Praktani Adda Session 48: Impact of Diagnostic Laboratories in Health and Disease
Praktani Adda Session 48: Impact of Diagnostic Laboratories in Health and Disease
Praktani Adda Session 48 : Yoga-Vedanta based Mind Management Techniques for Promotion of Mental Wellbeing of Children and Youth
Zoom link to join the Adda:- https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/84280035941
About the Speaker & the Session
Swami Tadananda
Minister-In-Charge, Vedanta Cente, Auckland, New Zealand
linkedin.com/in/swami-tadananda-a4b311114
Swami Tadananda, or Niranjan Maharaj as known in Vidyapith is a monk in the Ramakrishna Mission Order.
He has served in Ramakrishna Institute of Culture, Ramakrishna Math Hyderabad, Vedanta Center of Sydney and Ramakrishna Mission Fiji.
Currently he is the Minister-in-charge at Ramakrishna Vedanta Center. Auckland, New Zealand.
Visit https://vedanta.nz/
About the Adda Session
Swamiji will talk on the Topic Yoga-Vedanta based Mind Management Techniques for Promotion of Mental Wellbeing of Children and Youth
Sincerely,
Welfare and Events Committee
Praktani Adda Session 47 : Life behind the Camera
Praktani Adda Session 47 :
Life behind the Camera
About the Author & the Session
Shubho Shekhar Bhattacharjee
Creative Director, Boundless Blackbuck Films
linkedin.com/in/shubho-shekhar-bhattacharjee-19a347154
Shrimaan Bhattacharjee produced his first Bangla feature film after calling it quits as a management consultant. So far, he has produced ten films, couple of TV shows, and launched few writers and directors. Also, he has set up the Centre of Excellence in Indian & Western Music in collaboration with the Government of Meghalaya.
In this adda, he will share experiences about the superstars, maverick directors, red carpets, camera, celebrations and failures.
Session will be Moderated by Debashish Swami, RKMV 1989
Sincerely,
Welfare and Events Committee
Praktani Adda Session 46: Program Management as a Career
Praktani Adda Session 46 :
Program Management as a Career
Niladri works for YouTube and heads the Strategy and Operations for Shorts creators and is credited for building the global Shorts scaled partnerships team that manages some of the top YouTube creators globally.
He has 10+ years of experience and started his career in Strategy and Planning at Maruti Suzuki.
He joined Google in 2015 and has ever since worked in different teams and multiple roles at the company namely
Google Ads - Account Management, Google Hardware Partnerships - Business Development, Google Nest - Engineering Program Management and YouTube - Strategy & Operations.
Niladri has an MBA in Marketing and B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering.
In his free time he enjoys playing Soccer, Visual Designing and 3D printing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiladri/
About the Session
Currently Program Managers are in high demand in the Silicon Valley and organisations around the world and hence offers a promising career.
This talk will focuses on the role of Program Managers and how to pursue a successful career in program management.
Program management is a dynamic and multifaceted career path that involves overseeing the successful execution of complex projects and initiatives within an organization.
PgMs are responsible for managing a portfolio of related projects, ensuring they align with strategic objectives and are delivered on time, within budget, and according to quality standards.
Sincerely,
Welfare and Events Committee
Praktani Adda Session 45: Tobacco & Health
Praktani Adda Session 45 :
Tobacco & Health
Our esteemed speaker Anil K Agarwal, RKMV 1984 is currently working as a Senior Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with SAIL and posted at Bokaro General Hospital, Bokaro Steel City.
He did his 10th from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar, 12th from Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram followed by MBBS from the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, N.Delhi. Thereafter, he completed M.D. (Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases) from Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi.
During his tenure in industrial hospitals, he witnessed a significant increase in respiratory-related cases due to rising pollution levels both indoors and outdoors.
The COVID-19 pandemic had presented new challenges for his specialty, but the speaker is proud to have taken a leadership role during those trying times.
He has a vast experience in dealing with various kinds of diseases related to his Speciality. He also has a keen interest in Palliative Medicine as well.
About the Session
Tobacco use has become a leading cause of morbidity & mortality over the years, which was formerly regarded as a "lifestyle choice" is now globally recognized as a "chronic relapsing disorder" caused due to addiction.
Our expert will share his extensive knowledge and experience, providing a comprehensive understanding of the risks associated with tobacco use and the steps you can take to protect your health. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from a seasoned expert on Respiratory Medicine.
The Session will be 45 mins long, and the last 15 minutes will be reserved for Q&A. Let's join the session and learn from the expert. See you all there.
Sincerely,
Welfare and Events Committee
Praktani Adda Session 44 :
Future of the Power Grid
Rajarshi Chatterjee is Senior Manager with Power, Utilities and Renewables division of Deloitte Consulting. Before this he worked as a management consultant with Infosys successfully delivering large transformation programs with North American power utilities. Rajarshi also serves as an Advisory Board Member for Design Thinking Program at UC Riverside, California. Rajarshi completed his MBA from Carson College of Business, Washington State University and B.E. in Telecommunications from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka. Besides work, Rajarshi also takes keen interest in reading about evolutionary psychology, playing tennis and creating new cooking recipes.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajarshi-chatterjee-07b6845
About the Session
The session will be on the future of powergrid with strong focus on sustainability and clean energy is pushing utility companies to move towards 100 percent decarbonization of the grid. This is a fundamental shift from the last 50 years of power supply. We will discuss a few of the measures taken by power utilities to enable this change.
Sessions will be 45 mins long, and then the last 15 minutes will be reserved for Q&A. Let's join the session and learn from the expert.
Whether you're an industry professional or simply someone who cares about the environment, this session is for you. You will gain valuable insights that will help you to make a positive impact on the world.
So why wait? Be a part of the movement towards a more sustainable future!
Praktani Adda Session 42 : Case Studies and Careers in Data Sciences
Speakers:
Vivek Anand, RKMV 2001,
Parivesh Priye, RKMV 2002 &
Jayant Kumar, RKMV 2003
Day, Date, and Time: Sunday, April 02, 2023 07:00 PM IST
Event Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/PraktaniAdda42
An illustrious panel of alumni members (working at GAP, Amazon, and LinkedIn) to talk about a career in data science this weekend!
Praktani Adda Session 41: Ek Shaam Deoghar Ke Naam, Sarod Recital
Praktani Adda Session 41:
एक शाम देवघर के नाम - सरोद वादन
Ek Shaam Deoghar Ke Naam, Sarod Recital
Topic:
एक शाम देवघर के नाम - सरोद वादन
Day, Date and Time:
Saturday, March 18, 2023 (18:00 IST)
Name of the Speaker:
Pandit Biswajit Roy Chowdhury (RKMV 1973 Batch)
Zoom Link: https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/86959226049
About the speaker
Biswajit is an acclaimed musician with a vast experience of around five decades. He has been trained under various masteros starting with his father, Ranajit Roy Chowdhury, Pandit Indraneel Bhattacharya, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Vidushi Sumati Mutatkar and Pandit Balasahab Poochwale.
Biswajit’s music creates a unique and dynamic dialogue with the tradition of North Indian Art music. He is perhaps the only sarod player who plays the coveted compositions from the Jaipur-Atrauli style on the sarod.
Know More - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biswajit_Roy_Chowdhury
About the session
It will be a live Sarod Recital.
Praktani Adda Session 40: Impact of Diagnostic Laboratories in Health & Disease
Praktani Adda Session 40:
Impact of Diagnostic Laboratories in Health & Disease
Topic:
Impact of Diagnostic Laboratories in Health & Disease
Day, Date and Time:
Saturday, March 4, 2023 (1700 IST)
Name of the Speaker:
Bhaskar Bhattacharya (RKMV 1988 Batch)
Zoom Link: https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/89304548501
About the speaker
Bhaskar has a rich experience of over two decades of working in the diagnostic laboratory field.
He completed medical graduation from Gauhati Medical College & Hospital in 1995 and served at R.K. Mission Hospital, Itanagar, till 1998.
After that, Bhaskar completed P.G. in Medical Biochemistry from MSR Hospitals, Bangalore and did advanced Biochemistry Laboratory Training at NIMHANS, Bangalore.
He has been engaged with the National Accreditation Board of Testing & Calibration Laboratories ( since the year 2010 ) as Empanelled Lead Inspector for the inspection and assessment of Diagnostic Labs PAN INDIA and SAARC countries and has been selected as a national representative of India as reference laboratory in the IFCC Network of Reference Laboratories for Standardization of HbA1c.
About the session
Diagnostic tests are a crucial aspect of clinical practice since they assist clinicians in establishing whether a patient has or does not have a particular condition.
In order for any clinical test to be used most appropriately, it is essential that several parameters be established regarding the test and that these are made known to clinicians to inform their clinical decision-making.
These include the test’s sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios.
Laboratory tests are particularly useful in validating a diagnosis, predicting disease severity, and monitoring disease progression in patients with infectious diseases or immunological disorders or monitoring of disease progression, manifestations or recovery in non - communicable diseases.
Timely diagnostic assessment and implementation of reliable tests are extremely important in disease management.
Praktani Adda Session 39: Radiology: The Art of Looking into Human Body
Praktani Adda Session 39:
Radiology: The art of Looking into Human Body
Speaker: Dr. Ishan Kumar, RKMV 2005
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Time: 17:00 to 1900 IST
Adda Link: https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/81529467513
About the Speaker:
Dr. Ishan Kumar completed his class 12 from Vidyapith in 2005 and in the same year he joined MBBS course at Banaras Hindu University, later on he did MD in Radiology from the same Institute. He did senior residency in Body Imaging and Interventional Radiology from PGIMER, Chandigarh. Currently he is Associate Professor, Institute Of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University where he teaches and practices as a faculty member.
About the Adda:
In this adda our speaker will discuss how various diseases of human body get diagnosed using radiological techniques. He will also discuss when and how one should get himself/herself checked with special focus on early cancer detection in a adda titled “Radiology: The art of looking into human body”
Dear Brothers,
Our alumni Dr. Ishan Kumar, RKMV 2005 is currently working as Associate Professor, Institute Of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. He is our adda speaker on Saturday, February 25, 2023 1700 IST. He will discuss how various diseases of the human body get diagnosed using radiological techniques with special focus on early cancer detection in adda titled “Radiology: TheArt of Looking into Human Body”.
Come join us to listen and inspired by his journey Zoom Link : https://vyakta.zoom.us/j/81529467513
Sincerely,
Welfare and Events Committee
Praktani Adda Session 36: Case Studies and Careers in Data Science
About the Speakers:
Vivek (X- 2001) is Director of Data Science & Advanced Analytics at GAP Inc. based out of Austin, TX. He leads a team of Data Scientists and Operations Research Scientists building models that optimise business outcomes. The essence of his team's mandate is predicting what is going to sell and where (forecasting), and then using that information to make optimal decisions related to the procurement and placement of inventory (Pack Optimization & Inventory Optimization) and the pricing of merchandise (Price Optimization). He has has obtained his BS-MS Dual degree from IISER Pune, and a MS in Operations Research from Columbia University
Parivesh (X-2002) is an Applied Scientist at Amazon based out of the Bay area, and works in Search on building and deploying models for spelling correction across languages and multimodal search ranking & relevance. Parivesh obtained his BS-MS Dual degree from IISER Pune, and a MS in Operations Research from Columbia University.
Jayant (X-2003) is a Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn based out of the Bay area, and works on protecting your accounts from abuse and cybercrimes. He has obtained a BE degree from BITS Pilani and a M Tech degree from NUS Singapore.
About the Adda:
The session will be a collaborative session by Vivek with two other RKM Alumni Parivesh Priye and Jayant Kumar, who will give an overview of Data Science, ML application & will talk about applications of Data Science & ML into three different areas. Each of those sessions will be 15 mins long, and then the last 15 minutes will be reserved for Q&A. Let's join the session and learn from the expert. See you all there.
Praktani Adda Session 35: The Brahmi Scripts: Architecture, Typology, and Processing
Gautam Sengupta, RKMV 1969
About the Speaker:
Gautam Sengupta is an alumnus of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar (1964-1969), Visva-Bharati (1974-1977), Jawaharlal Nehru University (1977-1979), and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1983-1990). He taught Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jadavpur University, and the University of Hyderabad, retiring from service and relocating to Kolkata in 2019.
His academic activities and interests span the fields of semantics, philosophy of language, computational linguistics, and cognitive science. He has delivered plenary/keynote lectures at numerous institutions worldwide, including Cornell University, the University of Goettingen, the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, and the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
He is also a fitness freak who counts among his significant achievements in life the ability to engage in high-intensity interval training at the age of 70 with severe spinal stenosis, which, according to experts, should have made it impossible for him to walk.
Gautam is a Carnatic enthusiast who produced a Hindi version of a more-than-half-a-millennium-old Carnatic krithi which happens to be the first ever classical Carnatic composition to be translated into and sung in Hindi. This initiative is known as Project Anukriti.
Enjoy the Carnatic and other music projects that Gautam has worked on, in various capacities, under Project Anukriti and elsewhere:
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFHmKcQGj4k
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLXifpRKJ0
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFyXzl2cOi4&t=5s
Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ii9ewOwaU
Video 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1cxSZGI0qw
Video 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p0_MUyHNPs
Coverage in The Hindu Friday Review:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ifU9v-LKh2vb57fmKF4F27QBvVDfCVNG/view?usp=sharing
About the Adda:
Unlike India's languages, all of her indigenous writing systems are derived from a single source: the Ashokan Brahmi script which is a marvel of human ingenuity and innovation. The odds are that our kids will grow up without any knowledge, understanding, or appreciation of these writing systems. In this brief presentation, Gautam Sengupta will focus on the beauty and architectural grandeur of these Brahmi-derived writing systems with the hope that an appreciation of the esthetics of their design will motivate the audience to make a sincere effort to teach their children how to use them and thereby save them from extinction.
Moderator:
Professor Dr. Aloke Gopal Ghoshal, RKMV 1969
