Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement - SVYM

08/11/2026

Just as clay passes through fire to become a lamp capable of holding light, we too often discover our inner strength through life's trials and challenges.

And when that strength begins to glow, it not only illuminates our own path but becomes a source of light and hope for others.

May we recognise the quiet strength in those facing life's challenges, and walk along with them, for even in their most difficult moments, a beautiful light may be taking shape within.

Wishing you and your loved ones a bright, joyful and meaningful Deepavali!

Warm wishes from all of us at SVYM.🪔

10/10/2026

When the heart to care meets the mindset to do it better.

Our understanding of caring continues to grow and evolve each and every day in Palliative Care. Home visits open doors to a world beyond what the medical aspects of care can reveal. Prescriptions the doctors write are seen as medicine bottles stacked near the person's bed like toy soldiers flanking against pain. Often the ritual of giving the medicine by a caregiver becomes as relieving as the efficacy of the salt in the medicine. Holding hands open the flood gates that have been holding emotions behind fluttering eyelids. You see the jewelry on women of the house vanish with every visit. But you see the determination to care continue to show like a light mark on skin where the bangle was once worn.

These experiences stay with us. Every encounter leaves an impression reinforcing the truth that there may be an end to cure, but there is no end to care. And along the way, the people we set out to care for become our greatest teachers.

How can we care better is always the question.

The heart may give us the will to care, but caring better is also a matter of knowledge, skill and collective effort. This is what we believe is the way of Palliative Care.

As we observe World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, let us all come together and recognise that better care is not merely about doing more. It is about learning to do what we do with greater understanding, sensitivity and effectiveness - something we've tried to capture in the recent Palliative Care Program's Video.
Thank you to our partners, volunteers and well wishers for supporting our Palliative Care Program.

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15/09/2026

SVYM Annual Report 2025-26 - One Journey, many lives
Read the report - https://lnkd.in/g3zjjEuT

SVYM's 2025-26 Annual Report celebrates the potential of the many families we have had the privilege of walking alongside, towards a shared vision of building a resurgent India.

As we reflect on the year gone by, we think of the many journeys that began within homes and made their way towards new horizons. Each family we met held within it a world of possibilities.

We witnessed individuals setting out to build their lives and, in doing so, paving the way for their families and communities too. Across these interconnected journeys, with every step, our conviction in building the human and social capital for community-led change found many new homes. And with them, the SVYM family continues to grow.

We still vividly remember our early days, when we would knock on unfamiliar doors seeking support for SVYM. Behind some of those doors, we found families who welcomed us, believed in us and chose to walk with us. What began with a simple act of trust grew into enduring bonds that continue to this day.

In much the same way, many organisations that have walked alongside us over the years have become more than partners. Through relationships built on shared purpose and enduring trust, we have come to regard them too as part of the SVYM family.

We invite you to step into the pages of SVYM’s Annual Report 2025–26, One Home, Many Lives, and journey with us through a year of many lives, many possibilities and the collective impact we created together.

We remain deeply grateful for your trust, blessings and the many ways in which you continue to stand with us.

10/08/2026

One has to hand it over to the VSOE SS handball team for their continuing winning streak over the last 3 years. The Handball team has made several podium finishes including the CBSE National Handball and the most recent CBSE South Zone Handball Championship with victories in both U-14 an U-17 age groups for both boys and girls.

The training and guidance of our coaches has brought us this far, wish us luck for the Nationals this year too.

31/07/2026

JanAI Cafe launched at Women-led Prakruthi Millet Canteen

The Jan AI Cafe in H.D. Kote is India's first community-led artificial intelligence learning and innovation hub launched by Head Held High Foundation and SVYM at the Prakruthi Millet Canteen, a rural social business run by indigenous tribal women in H.D. Kote. The launch, attended by NITI Aayog Members Dr. R. Balasubramaniam and Dr. Aniya Joram, is a step towards creating a community hub where all grassroots level AI initiatives come together. The JanAI initiative aims to build AI literacy, foster locally relevant AI solutions and make emerging technologies accessible to rural communities through community-owned AI cafes.

Addressing the gathering, Head Held High Foundation founder Madan Padaki described the initiative as "a Mahila Café—by women, for women, building solutions for women. Dr. R. Balu remarked that the rural economy should never be viewed as "just a papad-chikki economy" and that establishing an AI Café within a women-led millet enterprise demonstrated how technology can meaningfully reach rural and tribal India. Smt Savitha Sulugodu, CEO of SVYM added that the model can be taken to places like M M Hills where SVYM is working with the community through an integrated development approach to increase reach and accessibility.

Students from SVYM's vocational skilling programmes shared how AI could help solve local challenges and create opportunities within their own communities.

The Millet Canteen is the first of its kind women-led restaurant reviving the fading tradition of consuming indigenous millet varieties.

The uniqueness of the first AI Cafe opening in the first Millet Canteen run by indigenous women is an interesting convergence—bringing Artificial Intelligence and long standing traditional practices under one roof with a common intention of serving contextually relevant and culturally appropriate development.
The guests were welcomed with a traditional millet-based meal prepared and served by the women entrepreneurs, featuring ragi idli, thalipeeth, ragi bisibelebath, ragi ubbitu and payasa.

Do visit the Millet Canteen to experience this unique confluence of taste and technology!

15/07/2026

Celebrating World Youth Skills Day with the achievements of youngsters trained at SVYM’s Viveka Rural Livelihood Centres across Karnataka.

Investing in building the of our younger generation is the best investment we can make. We thank all our partners supporting our training and upskilling programs for the rural youth.

World Youth Skills Day with the achievements of youngsters trained at SVYM’s Viveka Rural Livelihood Centre in Kenchanahalli, Mysuru District.

01/07/2026

01/07/2026

CME to CHE....for Doctors

For the Doctors working at SVYM and in the Social Sector, CMEs may come as part of a plan, CHEs - Continuing Human Evovlement - come almost every single day, unannounced and often life changing.

Doctors at SVYM learn that curing is a skill but caring is a human expression that forms the basis of serving others - including healthcare. In this pursuit - Doctors at SVYM become pro at riding motorcyles on rural roads that look like the surface of Moon, avoiding the skimmed and perforated tarmac centre and mastering the muddy sides to reach people in remote villages.

Doctors learn to master reading the vital signs of a patient, not just by reading the pulse, but by noticing the sleeves of the blouse becoming loose, the rings and the jewellery gone from the fingers and the neck. Doctors learn that sometimes Rx 'listening & holding hands' has more efficacy than their most trusted drug combination.

Being a Doctor at SVYM can be an entirely opposite experience to being a saviour in a white apron. It comes as a CHE that trust comes from conduct and seeing others as your equal. It nurtures a curiousity that there is much to know and that ignorance is a friend we feared during medical college.

Doctors at SVYM learn how to save and become efficient in their ways, knowing less is more when it comes to working in rural hospitals - and learn how to raise funds to treat patients, believing that it must be listed in their job description. It has not changed a bit when compared to the very first batch of young MMCRI doctors who set forth to take health care to remote tribal communities in 1980s - armed with inexperience and sample medicines. Our Doctors still do the same - take on challenges owning the entire scene and doing whatever it takes.

Doctors flourish when they grow as humans and it always happens when there's a value based, ethical and supportive environment. When there's a blend of mentorship, opportunities and a deep connect with the community.

SVYM is blessed with doctors who are outstanding human beings. And we strive to be a platform where Doctors, starting off or experienced, transform their medical practice into a journey of human expansion and selfless service.

Happy National Doctors' Day

29/06/2026

Investing in our Youth - GenNext–Kauśalyān | Infosys Foundation

Reflecting on our journey with the GenNext-Kausalyan initiative, we are reminded of the immense potential that resides within our youth when given the right direction.

It is heartening to see that through the collective efforts of Infosys Foundation and our GenNext team, the program has trained 149 youth with 67% of the enrolled youth finding suitable placements in 40+ companies, an effort bridging the gap between potential and opportunity.

At its core, this initiative is about building the of our youth, equipping them not just with skills, but with the confidence and character to thrive. We have always believed that every investment made in building human capital is fundamentally an investment in nation-building, creating a sustainable foundation for the country's future.

What has made this journey truly meaningful is our collaboration with the Infosys Foundation. They have walked with us as true development partners, deeply involving themselves in every stage of the program. Their team has contributed to planning, stepped into the classrooms to teach, and hosted our students for exposure visits at the Infosys Campus in Mysuru. This hands-on guidance has provided our youth with honest insights into the professional world and boosted their confidence to aim higher. We thank Vanishree Chickmagalur and the Infosys team for engaging and enriching the learning experience of the students.

By creating a structured, metrics-driven approach to soft skills and employability, GenNext Program has the potential to become a scalable and replicable model for youth development across India. We remain deeply grateful for this partnership as we stay rooted in our vision of building the Human and Social Capital leading to favourable economic consequences.