July 22nd which is celebrated as World Family Day is a unique festival of togetherness and service started by SEVAK. Every year it is celebrated on a theme related to creating a better world. Previous few themes have been “Confluence of Music and Drama”, “Kindness and Care”, “Trupti Bharath”, “Global India” etc. This festival of brotherhood is being celebrated all over the globe since year 1996. Various NGOs, social reformers, children, artists, craftsmen, engineers, doctors, makers of home and various other dignitaries gather in this day long celebration and share their ideas with each other.
Building up to this day, schools and colleges are enrolled into many competitions – placard making, drama, music, hand-made items for raising funds, story writing, essay writing, model building etc – on the subject of togetherness and service. Usually school terms begin with the excitement of this festival.
SEVAK of the Year is the most awaited award conferred on anyone doing an yeomen service. Irrespective of their caste, creed or any other background, based on the impact of their work, such luminaries are recognized and honored. Some of these SEVAK of the Year honararies are:
Dr. Devi Shetty
Narayana Hrudayala, Bangalore, India, well known for his cost effective heart suregery and other treatments
Swati Bondia
Om Shanti Traders, Bangalore, India, who has setup a co-operative business that helps beggers and such to live a dignified life based on their skill
Niranajan Mukund
A champion paralympic swimmer.
They say a person is never disabled physically if he is gifted & resilient from mind. This thought proves true with one sportsperson who fought with all odds of societal stigma and achieved success in person as well as made our country proud not just once but multiple times.
Salumarada Thimmakka
An environmentalist, who single handedly planted and nurtured millions of trees along side of highways in Karnataka, India
Prashanth Nair
IAS, for his Compassionate Kozhikode project in the State of Kerala, India
Dr. Anand Vinekar
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Dr Anand Vinekar, is the Founder and Program Director of KIDROP, a tele-ROP program in India which was founded in 2007 and is the Head of Department of the Pediatric Retina Service at Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute, Bangalore, India.
Dr Wooday P Krishna
Dr.Wooday P. Krishna is an Indian educationist, technocrat and social activist. Dr.Krishna is also the Honorary General Secretary of Seshadripuram Educational Trust, President, Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Former Chairman Gandhi Peace Foundation and former Chairman, The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre and recipient of several awards for his selfless service to society!
Dr Ali Khwaja
Dr. Ali Khwaja, B.Tech. (IIT), MIE, MIIE and Ph.D in behavioral sciences, is the Founder of Banjara Academy and he is a counselor, author, principal faculty, life skills coach, and most importantly a perpetual student. He is the author of 30 books and nearly 80 booklets. He is regularly invited by many prestigious and reputed Schools, Colleges, Universities, NGOs, Corporates and various other institutions for lectures, talks and workshops.
Dr.H. R. Nagendra
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Dr.H. R. Nagendra is an Indian mechanical engineer, Yoga therapist, Academic, Writer and the Founder Vice Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), a deemed university located in Bengaluru. He is best known as the personal yoga consultant of Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India and is a recipient of YogaShri title from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He has authored 35 books and over 100 research papers on Yoga. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to society.
Dr. R. Nagarathna
Dr. R. Nagarathna is one of the pioneers in the field of Yoga therapy. She is the Dean, Division of yoga and life sciences and Chief Consultant at Arogyadhama, SVYASA. Dr Nagarathna did her MBBS from Bangalore medical college, MD in internal medicine from Mysore medical college, Her MRCP and FRCP from Edinburg, UK. She has over 80 publications in national and international journals and has 11 books on series of yoga for different ailments published.
Diwakar Nag
Founder of Samasti Janapada Bhava Sangama, which is working to bring folk art to our youth. He is an accomplished ventroloquist. Planted more than 20,000 seeds in collaboration wth forest department. He as won several college and state level awards.
Prof Vivekanandhan
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Prof Vivekanandhan – Founder of Moral Foundation,
Is a selfless Social worker from Trichy, a life coach for students, conservator of nature and natural resources , the trees, forests and lakes!
Ashwini Angadi
Ashwini Angadi, born visually impaired, is the founder of Ashwini Angadi Trust – Belaku Academy, Jnanajyothi and Swajitha projects. She is a global ambassador and advocate of disability rights. She is known for making education accessible to the underprivileged and disabled in India.
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