Vivekananda Nidhi, Kolkata

Art and culture, Education, Environment, Sustainable Development Vivekananda Nidhi, a Public Charitable Trust recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India, as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, was established in February 1980 by the Late Swami Yuktananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Since 1981, when the then Prime Minister Smt. Vivekananda Nidhi focuses on the traditional concept of oneness of Indian wisdom for creating a sustainable community, which is now condoned by modern science and ecological ethics. Although centred in India, the Nidhi has a world-wide vision