{"id":1187,"date":"2023-04-01T14:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T14:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/arunnursery\/?page_id=1187"},"modified":"2023-04-05T07:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:06:49","slug":"our-associates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/our-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Associates"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1187\" class=\"elementor elementor-1187\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0a62de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0a62de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e44f6b\" data-id=\"9e44f6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be50c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-about_section\" data-id=\"7be50c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"about_section.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <!-- Begin text-block -->\n\n        <section class=\"text-block pb-xs-50 pb-sm-65 pb-md-90 pb-lg-120 pt-xs-30 pt-md-60\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"row align-items-sm-center align-items-lg-start\">\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-xl-6 about-content-text\">\n                        <div class=\"block-header pt-0\">\n                            <p class=\"mb-xs-15 mb-lg-8\"> \n                                Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture                            <\/p>\n                            <h2 class=\"mb-xs-25 mb-md-25\"> \n                                                            <\/h2>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <p style=\"text-align: justify\">Based out of Tollygunge in bustling South Kolkata, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture exists since 1975 and has spawned numerous entities namely a reputed higher secondary school, founded on the educational philosophy of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, called The Future Foundation School (ranked among the top 2 Day, Co-educational Schools of the city and state by Education World); its forerunner Arun<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nursery, the latter named and blessed by the Mother herself; Galerie La Mere, inspired by the fact that the Mother was an important painter from the impressionist school in turn of the 20th century France, hosting numerous exhibitions of celebrated and upcoming artists; Shakti Centre, one of Kolkata\u2019s most well-rounded schools for music, art and craft, and blessed by the Mother, and, last but not least, Aumorto, a premier senior living facility at Uttarbhag, near Baruipur.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Sri Aurobindo\u2019s words\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cAn outer activity as well as an inner change is needed and it must be at once a spiritual, cultural, educational, social and economical action\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">For further details please log on to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:www.sriaurobindoinstitute.org\">www.sriaurobindoinstitute.org<\/a><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-xl-6\">\n                        <div class=\"svg-block video-block\">\n                                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"block-header pt-0\">\n                            <p class=\"mb-xs-15 mb-lg-8\"> \n                                Aumorto                            <\/p>\n                            <h2 class=\"mb-xs-25 mb-md-25\"> \n                                                            <\/h2>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <p>Aumorto is a state of the art retirement community for active seniors located amidst lush greenery at Uttarbhag, near Baruipur, about 40 kms from Kolkata.<\/p><p>Aumorto is inspired by the ideals of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo.<\/p><p>Aumorto is for those who choose to remain young, those who believe they can contribute, people who may be retired but are far from tired.<\/p><p>For further information please visit the website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aumorto.in\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.aumorto.in\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-xl-6\">\n                        <div 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class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"row align-items-sm-center align-items-lg-start\">\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-xl-6 about-content-text\">\n                        <div class=\"block-header pt-0\">\n                            <p class=\"mb-xs-15 mb-lg-8\"> \n                                SHAKTI CENTRE                            <\/p>\n                            <h2 class=\"mb-xs-25 mb-md-25\"> \n                                                            <\/h2>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <p><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p><p>Shakti Centre was founded with the Mother\u2019s blessings in the late \u201960s. It is run by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, a charitable Institution registered under the West Bengal Societies\u2019 Registration Act, 1961.<\/p><p><strong>AIMS AND OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/p><p>Initially, the principal aim of Shakti Centre was to address the need for empowerment of women \u2013 specifically by imparting cultural education and attempting to provide insight into our rich cultural heritage. Over the years, the centre has widened its base to include not only women, but also men and children from a broad spectrum of society.<\/p><p><strong>COURSES<\/strong><\/p><p>The Centre offers one year courses of different levels on the following subjects:<\/p><ul><li>Rabindrasangeet<\/li><li>Kabyageeti (Nazrulgeeti, AtulPrasadi, Songs of Dwijendralal, Rajanikanto, Nishikanto and Dilip Kumar Roy)\u00a0<\/li><li>Folk Songs, Devotional Music, ChhararGaan and Adhunik<\/li><li>Indian Classical Music<\/li><li>Western Vocal<\/li><li>Indian Classical Dance : Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Manipuri\u00a0 and Odissi<\/li><li>Folk Dance<\/li><li>Rabindrik and Creative Dance<\/li><li>Instrumental Music : Violin, Guitar, Synthesizer, Tabla<\/li><li>Drawing &amp; Painting<\/li><li>Recitation<\/li><li>Craft<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-xl-6\">\n                        <div class=\"svg-block video-block\">\n                                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-content\/themes\/childit\/assets\/img\/lazy.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"video-prev lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/307367577_400907195547805_4106699691917386703_n.jpg?fit=800%2C571&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n                                                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        <!-- Begin text-block -->\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture Based out of Tollygunge in bustling South Kolkata, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture exists since 1975 and has spawned numerous entities namely a reputed higher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1519,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1187","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions\/1535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriaurobindoschools.org\/ans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}