AMGK
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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.
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:
- 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.
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 run as per neohumanist philosophy.NHE-Forum of AMGK deals with K-12 education and CNS-Forum of AMGK concentrates on higher education.
