Nivedita Bhide
Nivedita Raghunath Bhide is Jeevan Vrati (Life Worker) of Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, India, since 1977 having at present the responsibility of All India Vice President
Training of dedicated full-time workers and teachers of Vivekananda Kendra, Co-ordination of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati
Regular faculty in Yoga and spiritual camps In the Seminar on Swami Vivekananda conducted by ICCR in 2013 at Melbourne, Australia, In the International Meeting of Educational Experts at Darwin, Australia convened by UNESCO for the Asia-Pacific region in 1999. Trustee of Vivekananda International Foundation since its inception, Member of Indian Council for Cultural Relations since July 2020
Has written over 15 Books, presented papers in National and International seminars and given lectures in IITs and Universities, including Kansas University in USA
Recipient Of Padmashri from Government of India in 2017 for social service, Of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from Desh Bhagat University, Punjab in 2017 in the field of ‘Service to Mankind’ in the faculty of social sciences for contribution in promoting universal brotherhood amongst mankind, Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) from SNDT Women University, Mumbai in 2019, Award of ‘Shiksha Bhushan’ from Akhil Bharatiya Shaikshik Mahasangh in November 2019