About Us

Vivekananda Study Circle (VSC) has been existing at IIT Delhi in informal ways for a very long time. In 2014, we decided to launch it on a formal platform under the umbrella of NRCVEE. The purpose of VSC is to spread the ancient wisdom of India among the younger generation so that they can live their lives in a better way with more joy, more success and more overall fulfilment. 

Under this forum, we shall be discussing various issues related to spirituality and its practical importance in our day to day lives. It is quite remarkable that we can find solutions to most of our modern problems just by digging deep into the wisdom that our ancestors had a few thousand years back!

Our guiding principle is this quote by Sister Nivedita, "If the many and the One be indeed the same Reality, then it is not all modes of worship alone, but equally all modes of work, all modes of struggle, all modes of creation, which are paths of realization. No distinction, henceforth, between sacred and secular. To labour is to pray. To conquer is to renounce. Life is itself religion. To have and to hold is as stern a trust as to quit and to avoid."


Past Talks [YouTube Video]

• "Practical Importance of Spirituality" by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana [monastic member of Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Mission] followed by a talk on "Vivekananda : A Historical Perspective" by Mr. Sankar Sen [former director of National Police Academy] on 15th Oct, 2014.

• "Modern Problems, Ancient Remedies" by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana on 9th Jan, 2015.

• "Self-discovery through good work" by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana and "Honesty and Diplomacy" by Mr. Asish Raha [ex-IRS officer and presently, advocate and special counsel for the government of India in the Central Board of Excise and Customs] on 21st August, 2015.

• "Dealing with Stress" by BK Pius [Management Coach and Coordinator of Brahma Kumaris Lodi Road Centre] on 12th January, 2016.

• "Science of Yoga" (Part 1, Part 2) by Swami Ishwarananda [in-charge of Yogoda Satsanga Ashram, Noida] on 19th August, 2016

• "Sufism : A path of love" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Mr. R. K. Gupta [ex-IRS officer and former Chairman of Settlement Commission (Customs and Central Excise) and author of "Autobiography of a Sufi"] on 20th January, 2017.

Past Talks [Audio]

• "Human Personality" by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana on 8th Nov, 2014.

• "The Busy Trap" by Pravrajika Vivekaprana (monastic member of Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Mission) on 1st Dec, 2014.

• "Science and Religion" by Pravrajika Atandraprana (monastic member of Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Mission) on 12th Feb, 2015.
• "Islam and Peace" by Dr. Farida Khanam on 25th Feb, 2015.

• "A spiritual basis for modern womanhood" by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana on 9th March, 2015.

• "Contentment vs. Development" by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana on 16th April, 2015.

• "Atman in Sunnyata and the Sunnyata of Atman" by Prof. Bijoy Boruah on 26th Oct, 2015.

• Meditation workshop by BK Pius on 16th January, 2016.

• "Celebrating Diversity for Social Harmony" by Shri Jai Muni on 22nd February, 2016.

• Meditation Workshop by by Swami Ishwarananda (in-charge of Yogoda Satsanga Ashram, Noida) on 4th October, 2016.

• Yoga Workshop by Hith Yoga on 17th October, 2016.

• "Practicing BhagavadGeeta As it is (ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TREATMENT)" by D Uday Bhaskaram on 18th July, 2017.

• Discussion session on "The Science of Relationship" by Mr. P.K. Choudhary on 12th Oct, 2017.

Other NRCVEE Talks

• "Maintaining Good Health" by Dada Joshi (Yoga Teacher) on 24th Nov, 2014.

For further information about our activities, please contact : Kushal Shah