A brief Introduction about National Youth Day Competitions.

Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam National Youth Day Competitions in brief.

The objective of this competition is to help students and youth to look into themselves and realize their contribution to family, immediate society and the nation and encourage them to make a meaningful contribution to them.

The central themes of the competitions were based on Swami Vivekananda’s ideas of man-making and nation-building. The topics given to the youth for reflection have focused them on building the ability to think constructively, handle crises with maturity, cultivate exemplary habits and above all behave responsibly at home, at place of study so as to instill in them a love of mankind, transcending caste, creed, race and religion.

“Be Proud and Do Proud’’ the theme for 2007, brought in over 72,000 students, to the contest and focused on allround growth of character and time-tested Indian values which helped them to develop leadership qualities.

“Be and Make’’ held in January 2006, carried the message that youth must not only achieve personal success but also pave way for the success of future generations.

These competitions have enjoyed an overwhelming response from students and youth through the years. The numbers of participants have been steadily growing as indicated below.

2003 -- 10,000 students
2004 -- 12,000 students
2005 -- 48,000 students
2006 -- 68,000 students
2007 -- 72,000 students
2008 -- 1,20,800 students
2009 -- 20,300 students (Drawing competition)

In the year 2007, 1100 schools and colleges participated in the competition. We are particularly happy as this includes a high percentage of rural schools, some even from very remote villages.

For the year 2008, the competition has focused on helping youth to set responsible goals for themselves and for our country and urge them to recognize, avoid, overcome, pitfalls that may otherwise undermine their success.