Annual Report 2025-26

The year 2025–26 marked a significant phase in the continued growth and expansion of the activities of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture across the fields of cultural research, indigenous knowledge documentation, academic engagement, yoga-based holistic development, and national integration. Through research collaborations, seminars, publications, outreach programmes, and community initiatives, the institute strengthened its role as a leading centre for cultural and intellectual engagement in North-East India.

Janjati Sammelan & 30th Foundation Day

The Janjati Sammelan & 30th Foundation Day of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC) was held on 30–31 January 2026 at The Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati. The event brought together representatives of 44 indigenous communities to discuss common cultural values, challenges, and culturally rooted development while fostering dialogue, collaboration, and mutual understanding among diverse communities.
VKIC Foundation Day

A two-day seminar on “Traditional Systems of the Rabha Community – Change and Continuity"

A two-day seminar on “Traditional Systems of the Rabha Community – Change and Continuity” was successfully organized on October 25–26, 2025, at Bikali College, Dhupdhara, in collaboration with the Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC), Guwahati.
Traditional systems- Change and continuity
Seminar
Assam

Community Participatory Seminar on Traditional Systems of Rabha Community Change and Continuity

Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture has long been involved in cultural research and preservation across Northeast India and now seeks to extend this mission to the Rabha people. In Collaboration with Bikali College, Dhupdhara to jointly organize the Community Participatory Seminar titled: "Traditional Systems of Rabha Community Change and Continuity" aims to explore the cultural, social, and economic transformations within the Rabha community, while also celebrating the rich traditional systems that continue to thrive.

In Search of Sustainable Development

The Northeast has all the potentialities to strive and achieve development. When the desire and dynamics of the people of Northeast India is for development, it is necessary that the meaning of sustainable development is looked into. Development is required but it cannot be at the cost of peace and happiness and at the cost of family and community bonds. Today at what point the 'developed' countries are is also to be evaluated.

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