AMGK (Ánanda Márga Gurukula) is an international organization that was formed by Shrii P.R. Sarkar (1921-1990) in 1955 to train missionaries to spread his teachings of "self-realization and service to humanity" all over India, and later throughout the world. Reflecting the broadness of Sarkar’s universal vision, AMGK has become a multi-faceted organization, with different branches dedicated to the upliftment of humanity through education, relief, welfare, the arts, ecology, intellectual renaissance, women's emancipation, and humanistic economy. All these institutions are based on neo-humanist educational philosophy. Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar (1921-1990) was an Indian philosopher, social revolutionary, poet and linguist. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Categories: Substubs ... (Ecology is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for the natural environment or environmentalism. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance English Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance Polish Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution, religious reform and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ... // Neo-Humanism (as propounded by P. R. Sarkar) The Indian thinker Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar propounded a in 1982 a theory about human nature and the way for individuals and society to seek the development of their full potentials. ... These five broad types of question are not the only subjects of philosophical inquiry, and there are many overlaps between the categories which are subsumed within the discipline under the four major headings of Logic, Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology. ...

In 1990, its "Education Relief and Welfare" section, which grew to an international network of about 1,200 neo-humanist schools and institutes, culminated in the founding of the Ananda Marga Gurukula University, with links to several hundred self-reliant eco-village projects ("Master Units") throughout the world. AMGK is actively engaged in the following projects: Ecovillages are socially, economically and ecologically sustainable villages of 50 to 150 people. ...

• building an educational township at Ánanda Nagar, West Bengal, India, on a 525 square kilometre campus; and
• supporting the building of a global eco-village network (Master Units), ranging from 5 acres to 1,000 acres each, in over 120 countries.

The headquarters of AMGK is in Ánanda Nagar, West Bengal, India. AMGK Inc., is its global liaison office, located in Ithaca, New York. The "Neo-Humanist Schools and Research Institutes", affiliated with AMGK, publishes a bi-annual newsletter, the Gurukula Network, in May and October. West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ... For census data on the two municipalities called Ithaca see Ithaca (city), New York and Ithaca (town), New York. ... A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. ...

AMGK is headed by a chancellor (kulapati), who is supported by a steering body (cakradhuri), and an academic council (mahasamiti). AMGK is an autonomous "Board of Education" for all AMGK schools and institutes. Various governments have a Chancellor who serves as some form of junior or senior minister. ...

External links

• http://www.gurukul.edu
• http://www.amgk.org