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The SARVAM’S 10th Annual Summer Camp in the villages once again set new beautiful milestones. For almost three weeks, the presenters, organizers, volunteers and parents provided a happy and meaningful experience for over 800 children from SARVAM’S project villages. This year’s main focus of the camp—the centrality of media literacy in the programme—was particularly interesting…

Date: 18-May-2018 Location: SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Banwarilal Purohit, visited the Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) summer camp site at Poothurai on May 18, 2018. The event was also attended by L. Subramaniam (Collector of Villupuram), Vijay Poddar (Chairman, SARVAM), Dr.…

WHEN Mar 11, 2018 WHERE POSH Hospital (Pondicherry Ortho Specialty Hospital), Puducherry For the last few years SARVAM is working closely with JCI, Rotary Club, Inner Wheel and many such social service organizations and clubs to help the people in SARVAM project areas in various aspects of development, and activities such as health camps, community education and…

WHEN Mar 10–11, 2018 WHERE APJ Abdul Kalam Science Centre & Planetarium, Lawspet, Puducherry VIGYAN PRASAR, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in collaboration with Public Outreach and Education Committee (POEC) of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) organized three regional workshops to sensitize various educational institutions on an important mass campaign. Every place on…

WHEN Mar 8, 2018 WHERE Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai   Introduction Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, occupies a unique position among the academic institutions in the country as a leader in executing a variety of rural development consultancy and research projects. The department of Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG)—Tamil Nadu at IITM is…

WHEN March 2018 WHERE SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu   Introduction  In the last decade, Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM) through its ‘Cleanliness and Hygiene’ programmes has focused significantly on generating awareness on the importance of sanitation facilities for every family, including the absolute essentiality of toilets, solid and liquid…

WHEN Mar 4, 2018 WHERE SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu   Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM, an initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society) has been conducting English Access Microscholarship Programme since 2013, through which the students in the village learn English language through varied activities and mediums. This Program is being…

Dr. G. Natchiar, Co-founder, Emeritus, Director, Aravind Eye Hospital—a world-renowned doctor, visionary and legend—visits SARVAM every year and interacts with varied groups of people. On December 31, 2017, she visited the SARVAM villages again to determine the progress since her last visit and inspire more youth, women and other vulnerable sections of the rural society.…

WHEN Jan 9–17, 2018 WHERE Aamby Valley, Pune District, Maharashtra Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM, an initiative of Sri Aurobindo Society) is actively involved in many developmental programmes for the students and one such programme is the English Access Microscholarship Programme through which the students in the village learn English language through varied…

WHEN: Jan 12–15, 2018 WHERE: SATYAM Centre, Poothurai Village, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu   From January 12 to 15, 2018, SARVAM organized a Cultural Programme for the women of all the 18 villages under its project area. More than 450 women enrolled themselves in various cultural and artistic events, and in the 3-day programme around…