Mass Surya Namaskar will be held on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on January 12. large number of students of all schools, colleges, Panchayats and ashram shalas will participate in Surya Namaskar from 9.15 am to 10 am. Earlier, Surya Namaskar was scheduled to be held from 11 am to 12.30 pm. Surya Namaskar programme will be broadcast live from all centres of All India Radio. This was informed at a meeting chaired by ACS School Education SR Mohanthy at Mantralaya here on Tuesday.
Reviewing the preparations, Mohanthy directed to further broaden the programme compared to previous years. Mohanthy said that preparations for the programme in all districts should be finalized at the earliest. He said that participation of students from middle to higher secondary schools should be ascertained in the programme.
Arrangements of drinking water etc. should be made at venues. Apart from schools, students of colleges, technical institutions, veterinary, medical and agriculture colleges will also take part in Surya Namaskar. He informed that main Surya Namaskar function at Bhopal will be held at Bab-e-Ali ground at Shahjahanabad. Before start of Surya Namaskar, National Song Vande Mataram, Madhya Pradesh Gaan, Swami Vivekananda's speech and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s message will also be broadcast.
It was informed that on the Youth Day, educational and cultural programmes focusing on Swami Vivekananda will also be held. Participation of voluntary organisations and common people in Surya Namaskar programme is being ensured.
At district level, committees headed by collectors have been formed. Members of the committee include SP, CEO of district Panchayat, DEO, Assistant Director Tribal Welfare, District Project Coordinator, District Public Relations Officer, CMHO, Education College and DIET Principals, 5 non-government members nominated by collector, DUDA Project officer, District Programme Officer and other members nominated by collector. The committee will ensure participation of non-government educational institutions, parent-teacher association, Yoga institutions and sports club in Surya Namaskar programme.
Students of class I to IV will not participate in Surya Namaskar but will be present as spectators. It will be aired live from all primary channels of radio and Vividh Bharti. It has been directed to ensure that radios are available at all venues of Surya Namaskar. Higher Education, Tribal Welfare, Panchayats and Rural Development, Urban Administration, Forests, Cooperatives and other departments have been directed to issue instructions to subordinate institutions regarding this.
Principal Secretary Higher Education KK Singh, Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra Deepti Gaud Mukherjee, Commissioner Public Instructions DD Agrawal, Director Public Relations Anil Mathur, Director Veterinary R Rokade and offices of other departments attended the meeting.