From Acharya’s Desk
“Janmanam Narajanma Durlabham”, Taking birth as a human being is a rare phenomenon out of 84 lakh species on the planet. Each human being is a great incarnation born for a cause. Knowing the purpose of life is a challenge and achieving the same is life’s goal. Leading an ordinary life is an ordinary thing, but leading an extraordinary life and leaving our own imprints in the world should be the goal of life. Thus, Swami Vivekananda says “You are the creator of your own destiny. You can do anything and everything, nothing is impossible”.
To achieve something in life, one should understand and develop different key components of life like Physical, Mental, Intellectual, Career, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and National development. For everyone to develop these components, we have developed an individual transformative
Educational Model “Aap Badho Desh Ko Badhao (ABDB)” which has transformed more than 1 million students. Our former President Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam declared that “this is a proven and tested mission-oriented program transforming the youth of India, thus “Lead India 2020” is a National youth movement to achieve Developed India”. This is an outcome of 25 years of research done by me and my research team which started with Bala Bharathi in 1982 along with Prof. Y. Arun Kumar Acharya, which later converted to Lead India 2020 under the chief mentorship of Bharat Ratna Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam.
After imparting ABDB training programs, Lead India National Clubs (LINCs) were formed in school which engage students in group activities for inculcating values and skills. We designed “Sree Sudarshanaa Chakram (SSC)”a holistic evaluation tool for ABDB programs and LINC activities. This inculcates 44 values and skills, fulfilling goals of MHRD, the Indian Constitution, UNO, WHO, and UNICEF and imparts Continuous and Comprehensive Learning skills in support of the CBSE core curriculum. In this program, students will set long-term, intermediate and immediate goals, and persevere to achieve them same. Students will be introspecting through Smruthivardhini an ancient technique of Self Introspection which will develop the value of Self Inquiry. Comparing and competing with self and planning their academics on a day-to-day basis, reviewing and re-planning on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually, birthday-to-birthday basis.
In this research mainly students, teachers and parents will be playing a vital role in determining 360 degrees of inculcation of Values and skills. Our research team Prof.Y. Arun Kumar, Dr Swarnalatha Rao and many educationists are actively monitoring and developing this national educational model further.
Dr. N. B. Sudershan Acharya
Founder and Chairman, Lead India Bharat Ratnas School
