SPOTLIGHT

The Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math. It was founded by Swami Lokeswarananda in 1956. Prior to its inception, he was in-charge of a “Students’ Home” run by the Mission in North Kolkata. Accordingly, with 12 students from there he first established a similar Home in tents at Narendrapur. Next year, i.e. in 1957, he opened another Home for the visually handicapped children which afterward took the shape of the Blind Boys’ Academy.

Swami Aksharananda Training Institute for Skill Development

By: Itdeptnarendrapur

On: December 17, 2023

SWAMI AKSHARANANDA TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Swami Aksharananda Training Institute for Skill Development, previously known as ‘Commercial Institute’, provides various courses in Computer software, Spoken English, Typing/Stenography and Interior Designing to students at reasonable fees. Courses in Computer Software are – Computer Basic (CCOM), Desktop Publishing (CCDTP), Financial Accounting (Tally etc. – CFA), Multimedia (CMA), Computer programming (CCPL – C, Java, Python), etc. which are attended by more than 700 students annually. The six-monthly Spoken English courses are also very popular and are attended by more than 100 students annually. The Interior Designing course, which was started in 2025, is also gaining popularity. The Institute also arranged various short-term courses from time to time.