Vivekananda Kendra was started in 1972 by the visionary Eknath Ranade at Kanyakumari as a spiritually-oriented service mission to spread the vital, vigorous, man-making and nation-building message of Swami Vivekananda along the length and breadth of the country with the help of a team of devoted, determined and dedicated life workers . hrough its 813 activity centres, Vivekananda Kedra has taken up projects in the field of education, rural development, natural resource development and health care with focus area in
geo-politically remote and sensitive regions.