Formation | 7 January 1972 |
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Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India |
Region served | India |
Website | www.vrmvk.org |
Vivekananda Kendra is a Hindu nationalist social service and "nation-building" organisation, claiming to represent the heritage of Swami Vivekananda. the organisation is based near the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari. [1] [2]
The organisation was founded on 7 January 1972 by Eknath Ranade, a senior pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Its current[ when?] president is A. Balakrishnan.
The organisation has constructed a solid waste management and bio-gas plant in Mahabalipuram. [3]
Vivekananda Kendra received the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015 for its contribution to rural development, education and development of natural resources. [4]