Through the headquarters at Dakshineswar, Calcutta, and its branch centres around India, the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission seeks to serve women and children in all possible ways, irrespective of caste, creed, colour and nationality.
Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, a partly residential degree college for women, was the first educational institution started by the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission.
The meeting was presided by most revered Swami Mahadevananda, the then-General Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.
Housed initially in a one-roomed makeshift structure, with 31 students and a handful of young, idealistic and enthusiastic teachers and monastic members, the college today stands among the premier women's institutions of the state.
The resident superintendent, a monastic member of the Order, is in charge of the hostel, under the supervision and guidance of the principal.