Mananeeya Nivedita R Bhide, All India Vice President Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari visited VKIC on the 9thJan to 11th Jan 2023. First on the schedule was her talk on ‘Development Through Culture’ for the business community of Guwahati at Alok Bhawan Machkhowa which was jointly organized by VKIC and the Laghu Udyog Bharati.

Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC) in collaboration with Gauhati University had organised Sanskriti Anveshak, the interdisciplinary interactive forum of VKIC on the theme “Governance for Coexistence, Harmony and Progress – Traditions and Institutions of Northeast India”. Dr. Parimal Ch Bhattacharjee, Director,VKIC, while welcoming the gathering spoke on the work of VKIC and on the theme.

On 31st January, 2023 Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture celebrated its 26th Foundation Day at Dr. B C Lahkar Auditorium, Gauhati Commerce College, Chandmari, Guwahati. The program was hosted by Ku. Barnali Chakraborty, Research Associate, VKIC.

On 14th November, 2022, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture in collaboration with Gauhati University, organised a curtain raising programme of Sanskriti Anveshak Lecture Series, for the year 2022. This year the lecture cum interactive series is based on the theme "Governance for Co-existence, Harmony and Progress–Traditions and Institutions of Northeast India" divided into the following sub-themes :

On the occasion of the 25th year of VKIC organized the "Tejaswi Bharat" Program.
The brief report of Tejaswi Bharat is given below in PDF format. 

Situated in the Mori Dhansiri Panchayat of Golaghat district, there are approx. 12 to 13 households or Jokholas and about 1500 people residing in the village.
The point person of the community is Sri Raju Kutum, an employee of Central Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), Kaziranga National Park.

The celebration of 25 years of the foundation of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Uzan Bazar, Guwahati, commenced here on 23 January (Sunday) 2022 with a musical performance titled ‘Vivek Murchhana’ as an offering to the Almighty.The program anchored by noted classical vocalist Smt Mitali De, witnessed the rendition of acclaimed classical vocalist Sri Jiten Basumatary, followed by a Sarod recital by renowned sarod maestro Sri Tarun Kalita, and a Sattriya dance performance by leading Satriya dance exponent Smt Anita Sharma. She also choreographed Sada Vivekanandamayem rendition in Sattriya form which invited the maximum applause from the audience.Earlier, in his welcome address, Sri Pravin Dabholkar, All India Treasurer, Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari and trustee Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC) spoke about the intangible service of the VKIC for the past 25 years towards the culture tradition of north eastern India.

A new chapter of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (VKIC) was launched in Manipur on 8th November, 2021. The launching programme was held at the Auditorium of Central Agricultural University, Lamphelpat, Imphal West with a Sanskriti Anveshak Session  on – ‘Indigenous Food Culture, Microbiome and Health’ delivered by Prof. Debananda Ningthoujam of Manipur University.