Seminar on "Vedanta and Vivekananda": Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India in April 2025

Organized by
Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India
Subject: YOGACHATUSTAYA
On the Occasion of 162nd Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
And In Memories of Vedantacharya Sitanath Goswami & Mamata Dutta
Date: 22nd-23rd April, 2025; Venue: Turiyananda Hall, RMIC
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INAUGURATION SESSION
00:00:00 Lighting of the Sacred Lamp
Swami Suparnanandaji Maharaj
Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark
00:02:55 Vedic Chanting
Papia Roy Chowdhury
00:06:49 Introductory Speech of Welcome
Dr. Tarit Kumar Datta
Chairman, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Principal Advisor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retired Researcher, IIM Calcutta
00:26:24 Speech
Swami Suparnanandaji Maharaj
Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark
01:01:32 Speech
Prof. Ashoke Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Professor & Ex-Head of Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
01:38:22 Speech
Swami Suddhatmanandaji Maharaj
01:46:54 Vote of Thanks
Prof. Banani Barman
Assistant Professor, Bethune College Kolkata
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TECHNICAL SESSION 1 — JNANAYOGA
01:53:27 Speech
Sri Alakendu Das
Secretary, Academic, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Editor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retd. Railway Officer, Indian Railways
02:16:25 Speech
Prof. Bidyut Mondal
Trustee, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Assistant Professor, Presidency University
02:31:50 Speech
Sri Subhodip Das
Secretary, Publication, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Research Scholar & Guest Faculty, WB State University, Barasat
02:50:26 Chairman's Comments
Prof. Dr. Pritam Ghosal
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University
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TECHNICAL SESSION 2 — BHAKTIYOGA
03:07:00 Speech
Dr. Tarit Kumar Datta
Chairman, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Principal Advisor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retired Researcher, IIM Calcutta
03:40:04 Speech
Dr. Mausumi Majumder
Secretary General, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Researcher, RMIC, Golpark
03:55:01 Speech
Prof. Sebika Nag
Assistant Professor, Sanskrit College & University, Kolkata
04:19:21 Chairman's Comments
Swami Suddhatmanandaji Maharaj
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TECHNICAL SESSION 3 — KARMAYOGA
04:48:10 Speech
Sri Gopal Krishna Mondal
Secretary General, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Jt. Editor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retd. Bank Officer, Bank of Maharashtra
05:03:03 Speech
Sri Ashoke Kumar Mondal
Trustee, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India
05:23:20 Speech
Prof. Dr. Neeti Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, BHU, Varanasi
05:51:43 Chairman's Comments
Dr. Tarit Kumar Datta
Chairman, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Principal Advisor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retired Researcher, IIM Calcutta
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TECHNICAL SESSION 4 — RAJAYOGA
06:17:07 Speech
Dr. Tarit Kumar Datta
Chairman, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Principal Advisor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retired Researcher, IIM Calcutta
06:51:43 Speech
Sri Saibal Kanti Mitra
Trustee, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India
07:10:30 Speech
Prof. Dr. Chaitali Kanjilal
Assistant Professor, Department of Sanskrit, Ramasaday College, Amta, Howrah
07:23:00 Chairman's Comments
Dr. Projna Ranjan Dutta
Ph.D & D.Phil, J.U., Authority in Vedanta
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VALEDICTORY SESSION
07:43:67 Concluding Remarks
Dr. Tarit Kumar Datta
Chairman, Swami Vivekananda Vedanta Society of India; Principal Advisor, Vedanta Vichitra; Retired Researcher, IIM Calcutta
07:51:04 Valedictory Address
Swami Kamalasthanandaji Maharaj
Principal, Rahara Vivekananda Centenary College
08:24:08 Valedictory Address
Prof. Dr. Sudip Kumar Datta
Professor & Head, Department of Laboratory Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
08:40:40 Valedictory Address
Swami Suddhatmanandaji Maharaj
09:03:08 Vote of Thanks
Ms. Santwana Chatterjee
Freelance journalist & Research Scholar; Member, Global Network for Folk High School Research (GNFR), Norway; Member, Global Energy Parliament (GEP), India