The Methodology to Achieve Our Aims

For actualizing this vision of Swami Vivekananda, the Mission has established a deemed university, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI). It would have some major thrust areas to start with, which are not usually covered or emphasized by other universities in India. These are meant to meet two distinct kinds of needs as below.

1. Professional development courses, need-based and job-oriented, aimed essentially at addressing the masses and marginalized sections of the society — courses that would, in a large measure, enable them to give themselves the jobs they seek rather than seek jobs from others — ‘to enable them to stand on their own feet’ in the words of Swami Vivekananda, and
2. Culturally, morally and ethically enriching value-orientation courses aimed at addressing all the stakeholders in the field of education, including parents.

The courses offered will be designed accordingly. Although the university would begin by operating in the gap areas not usually covered by other conventional universities (see section 3.2 below—major thrust areas), courses of the more conventional type, particularly in emerging areas like biotechnology, nano-science, nano-technology, informatics, microbiology, information and communication science and technology etc., will also be on the anvil and may be gradually started over the years.