How CORD is following in the footsteps of Swami Chinmayananda in exemplary service to the society
The Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) has its roots in the Chinmaya Rural Primary Health Care and Training Center in 1985, founded by Pujya Swami Chinmayananda ji. While providing health services in remote villages of Southern India, volunteers realized that these villages had many problems outside of healthcare, such as poverty, illiteracy, poor basic […]
Back To Village: How an IITian dedicated himself to empower farmers
From an IIT qualifier to a changemaker, Manish Kumar has set out to make a difference in India’s rising villages. In 2016 Kumar started Back to Village, a local and non profit organization, working for the growth of rural villages and ensuring proper practices and easier accessibility towards the farming communities. Today, this small initiative […]
‘Swa’-Roopwardhinee: Manifesting the true potential within children through education
Swami Vivekananda said “Education is the manifestation of perfection already within.” It was based on the ancient Hindu teaching encapsulated in another of his sayings “Each soul is potentially divine” that there is divine and infinite potential within every person. ‘Swa’-Roopawardhinee, an organization in Pune, India, has made this ancient teaching an integral part of […]