Acharyakulam

Acharyakulam is a school based on Vedic-cum-modern education near Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar. It is a residential educational institution for students from grades 5th to 12th.[1] It was inaugurated on 26 April 2013 by Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat. This organization is jointly governed by Indian Yoga guru Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna.

Acharyakulam
Motto||सा प्रथमा संस्कृतिर्विश्ववारा||(Sa Prathama Sanskritirvishwawara)
TypePrivate
Established2013
ChairmanKC pandey
PrincipalKm. Vandana Mehta
Administrative staff
≈120 employees
Students≈800Students
Location
Haridwar
,
Uttarakhand
,
India
पताnear Patanjali Yogpeeth Phase-1, Delhi-Haridwar National Highway, near Bahadrabad, Haridwar, 249405.
NicknameAcharyakulam
AffiliationsCentral Board of Secondary Education
Websitehttp://acharyakulam.org/

Accreditation

Based on Vedic-cum-modern education, Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust’s Acharyakulam Shikshan Sansthanam is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).[2] [3]

Purpose

Baba Ramdev’s main aim behind opening Acharyakulam is to promote Vedic education and Indian culture.[4] The number of English-medium schools has increased exponentially. In the society respect for each other has decreased.

Keeping this in mind Baba Ramdev established Acharyakulam. He believes this will protect Indian culture and help in promote Vedic knowledge to new generations of Indians. Ramdev's next aim is to establish Acharyakulam in every district of the country. It is not that only Vedic education is given in Acharyakulam: Rather, along with vedic and yoga education, student are given the knowledge of modern education.[5]

Admission

The admissions examination happens in December.[6] The examination happens for the fifth class. The selected students are tested again for a week in Acharyakulam. 80 boys and 40 successful girls get the admission after that their further education continues till 12th standard.[7]

Future education revolution

After his Yoga revolution, Baba Ramdev plans to do an education revolution and establish 600 schools in 600 districts across the country. Apart from Indian culture, Sanskrit, Yoga it will provide education in modern science also.[8][9][10][11] The first of Acharyakulam has performed very well in class 10 CBSE Board exams. Ayush Sharma and Yuvraj Aaditya Arya topped with overall 99% and 98% respectively.[12][13]

New Campus

On 27 September 2018, Amit Shah, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Swami Ramdev inaugurated new premises of Acharyakulam near Patanjali Yogpeeth Phase-1.

References
  1. "Ramdev praises Narendra Modi, shares stage with him in Haridwar" IBN Live, 26 April 2013
  2. "Ramdev: Educated youths key to India becoming superpower" The Tribune, 22 December 2014
  3. "देशभर में पांच लाख आचार्य कुलम बनाएंगे रामदेव" Jagran 7 December 2014
  4. "वैदिक युग की वापसी को खुलेंगे आचार्यकुलम" Naidunia, 20 Jun 2015
  5. "Set up new national school board: Baba Ramdev to Narendra Modi government" The Economic Times, 30 October 2014
  6. "आचार्यकुलम के लिए ज्ञान क्रांति यात्रा की शुरुआत आज" Amar Ujala, 20 October 2015
  7. Nai Duniya "वैदिक युग की वापसी को खुलेंगे आचार्यकुलम" 20 Jun 2015
  8. "योग के बाद अब शैक्षिक क्रांति करेंगे बाबा रामदेव" Navbharat Times, 7 September 2015
  9. "Baba Ram Dev to open 600 schools in all districts of India" Hindustan Times, 9 September 2015
  10. "Baba Ramdev to open chain of schools across India" Indian Today, 9 December 2014
  11. "राजे ने आचार्य कुलम के लिये बाबा रामदेव को दिलाया मदद का भरोसा" 31 October 2015, Samay live
  12. ANI (30 May 2018). "CBSE 10th result: Ramdev expresses happiness over Acharyakulam's students' performance". Business Standard India. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  13. "CBSE Class 10 results: Spectacular performance by students of Swami Ramdev's Acharyakulam". www.indiatvnews.com. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

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