Faith and Folk Art Empower Youth at Leadership Camp in Tirupattur

5 June 2025

Animation, Bosco Training, Catechetics, Education and Culture, Evangelization,

A vibrant confluence of culture, catechesis, and youth empowerment marked the recently concluded ten-day “Leadership Training Camp and Youth Catechesis through Folk Art” held from May 21 to May 31, 2025, at Sacred Heart College (SHC), Tirupattur. Jointly organized by the Salesian Province of Chennai (INM), the Youth Ministry Delegation, Deepagam (Don Bosco Catechetical Centre), and SHC, the camp brought together 65 youth and children from seven rural parishes in Vellore and Tirupattur regions, including participants from Chennai and FSAG sisters of Shalom Province, Tindivanam.

- DEEPAGAM

St. Xavier's School Shines at the National Level School Band Competition

25 January 2025

Bosco Training, Education,

St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Pathaliaghat, a Don Bosco Institution, has brought glory to Tripura by securing the Second Prize in the Brass Band Boys' Category at the prestigious National Level School Band Competition held at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, on 24 and 25 January. It is the second time St. Xavier's School has achieved accolades in this prestigious competition, marking a proud moment in its history.

- Fr. Babu Stephen SDB

Tech Exhibition and Skill Competition at Don Bosco ITI, Trichy

9 March 2023

Bosco Training, Don Bosco Tech India,

Don Bosco Tech Exhibition – 2023 and Skill Competitions were organized at Don Bosco ITI, AMSAM, N.Kuttapattu, Trichy, on March 2, 2023, to improve the practical skills in each trade. Students displayed their projects in an exhibition.

Apprenticeship Mela breaths employment opportunities for youth

15 February 2023

Bosco Training, Don Bosco Tech India, Education, Education Technical, Employment, Job Fair, Job Placement, Vocational Guidance,

With unemployment among the educated youth on a steady rise, the Apprenticeship Mela (Job Fair) conducted by Don Bosco Technical Institute, Park Circus, on February 13, 2023, at the request of the Directorate of Industrial Training, Government of West Bengal, was an opportunity for almost 300 participants.

Nepal Don Bosco Society Empowers Teachers

1 March 2022

Bosco Training, Education, Education School, Skills Training,

To provide quality education to the students of the government schools, the Nepal Don Bosco Society (NDBS) organized a Teacher Training Programme at Manthali, a prominent central city, about 170 Km away from Kathmandu from February 24, 2022. The training lasted for three days for 31 teachers from ten schools.

- Fr Augusty Pulickal

1200 Young Job Seekers Attend Mega Job Fair

20 December 2021

Bosco Training, Education Higher, SPCSA, Skills Training, Vocational Guidance, Youth, Youth Groups,

A job fair organized by the Don Bosco Job Placement Network India of the Salesians of Don Bosco in collaboration with Nirmala College for Women on December 18, 2021, was attended by 1200 young people. The young had the opportunity to get selected to 36 companies at the fair in Coimbatore. The job fair was inaugurated by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore, Mr Vincent, with Lijo Chungath, Managing Director of Pavizham Jewellers.

- Fr Gabriel Karunairaj

Bosconet Hosts Capacity Building Awareness Programmes

3 December 2021

BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, Development Office, Skills Training, Social Development, Social Life,

Bosconet India has organized one-day orientation programmes across India for Civil Society Organizations (CSO`s) to promote awareness and assist the weaker sections of society, to avail their entitlements and welfare schemes in the last two months. The sessions were for selected `Training of Trainers (TOTs) and CSOs in the following cities: Chennai and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Aurangabad, Maharashtra and Delhi and Goa.

- Madhuri Isaacs

Salesians Create First Happy Zone Learning Space for Children in Kerala

9 November 2021

Bosco Training, DB Alumni, Development Office, Don Bosco Plus, Education, Education Dept, Education Higher, Education School, Education and Culture, Salesian Family,

Students in Kerala went back to school on 1st November after a long spell of Covid-19 lockdown. Students of Don Bosco School in Puthuppally, near Kottayam in Kerala, were in for a surprise and thrilled at what they saw in school.

- C.M. Paul

Faculty Development Programme (FDP) for Don Bosco Institutions

1 July 2021

Bosco Training, Don Bosco Tech India, Education, Education Dept, Education Technical, Education and Culture, Skills Training,

To enhance the competence of teachers and produce positive progress on pupil`s empowerment and academic achievement, a six-day online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) was organized, for the Instructors of Ten Don Bosco Technical Institutes from May 31, 2021, to June 5, 2021.

- Arokiadass Maria

Bosco Bible School Past Pupil Wins IYDC Don Bosco Mobile Photography Contest

8 June 2021

Bosco Training, Education, Education School, SPA-India, Salesian Society, Social Development, Social Life, Success Story, Youth, Youth Groups,

Chawan Matey, a Bosco Bible School past pupil, won the Integrated Youth Development Centre (IYDC) Don Bosco Mobile Photography Contest, held in April 2021, on the theme, ``The World Through My Window``. Matey won a cash prize of 5000, organized by the IYDC Kochi.

- Madathiparambil Jose Thomas

Training for Office and Support Staff of Salesian College

15 April 2021

Bosco Training, Education, Formation, Skills Training, Social Life,

Salesian College Sonada held a day-long training program for the Office and Support Staff of Siliguri and Sonada Campuses. About 30 plus office and support staff participated in the first-ever such program held in Salesian College.

- Nandita Bhowmik

Academia-Industry partnership empowers tea women

21 February 2021

BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, ChildEducare, Development Office, Education, Lifestyle, Missions, Self Help Groups, Skills Training, Social Life, Young at Risk, Youth, Youth Groups,

Sonada, 21 February 2021: In a first time effort in the hills, academia-industry partnership initiative to empower tea garden women was launched on 21 February 2021. Salesian College Sonada established in 1938 and the Tea Promoters India who own plantations in Darjeeling, Dooars, Assam and Kerala have launched a pilot project entitled: Women Empowerment in Tea Communities Workshop, to be spread out on five Sundays from 21 February to 21 March 2021.

- C.M. Paul

E-Oratory connects slum children, plans all India network

9 September 2020

Agencies, Art Forms, BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, ChildEducare, Don Bosco Plus, Education, Formation, Marginalized, Mental Health, Volunteering, Young at Risk, Youth Groups,

Mumbai, 9 September 2020 -- Youth workers in Mumbai have come up with on-line youth centres connecting marginalised children not only in their neighbourhood but also from Don Bosco institutions across India with no extra cost.  Some 1,000 children across India (Mumbai, Pune, UP, MP, Bihar and Jharkhand) are enrolled and counting in the e-Oratory today.

- C.M. Paul

New Shillong Province Development Office Building Inaugurated

13 August 2020

Administration, Agencies, BOSCO, BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, ChildEducare, Development Office, Marginalized, Procure, Projects, Self Help Groups, Skills Training, Social Ministry, Young at Risk, Youth, Youth Groups,

The new Province Development Office (PDO) building of the Salesian Province of Shillong or commonly known as the Bosco Integrated Development Society (BIDS) was finally inaugurated on 12 August 2020 by Shri Charles Pyngrope, MLA Nongthymmai Constituency, and was blessed by Shillong Salesian Provincial Father Paul Olphindro Lyngkot.

- Father Michael Makri

Don Bosco Tech India Raises Concerns about NCVT & Offers Suggestions for Curriculum Development

27 July 2020

Bosco Training, DBYES, Don Bosco Tech India, Education Higher, Education Technical, Marginalized, Skills Training, Social Ministry, Youth,

Don Bosco has been in the forefront of technical education for over a century in India. It manages 27 NCVT recognized ITI institutions and several others offering skill training under various schemes of the government such as NSDC and different ministries at central and state levels. Don Bosco Tech Society, as the network of all skill training initiatives of the Don Bosco institutions across the country, represented the concerns and suggestions about the NCVT examinations for the consideration of the Director General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

- Father Babu Varghese

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