Fr. Felix Koikara SDB, the well-known Youth Worker and Youth Animator, returned to the Father's House at 4.30 p.m. on Christmas day, 25 December 2020. He was 83 years old and was a Salesian for 62 years and a priest for 52 years. In his passing, the Salesian Province of Chennai has lost a great friend of youth and youth workers. He is remembered as one who contributed substantially to the development of youth ministry in the church in India. Youth ministry was his great passion. . Read More »

On 10th October, 2020, the Salesian Province of New Delhi inaugurated the new Don Bosco Centre at Maharajpur Nagar in Kanpur, the commercial capital of Uttar Pradesh. The centre will facilitate training of poor boys and girls and organize activities such as Personality Building, Social & Self Awareness programmes, Critical & Creative Thinking, Skill Development, Group Building, Basic Health Care and Psycho Social support.. Read More »

The 5th edition of'' Be The Change Education Conclave'', a series of online Education Conclaves being organized by the DBYA Educational and Cultural Dimension, South Asia, had the privilege of having Dr. Abdulla Rasheed Ahmed, Minister of State for Education and the Head of the National Institute of Education, Maldives as the Keynote Speaker. He made his presentation on the topic, ''Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century''. . Read More »

It has been the endeavour of the Salesian family of New Delhi to help the young people to know the joy of a deep personal walk with Christ. The 10th edition of the All India Inter School Don Bosco Bible Quiz 2020 is a great opportunity to assist young people in discipleship and devotion. . Read More »

The Don Bosco Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia [SPCSA] Assembly is currently in progress from 01 to 03 September 2020 via the virtual medium. Convoked under the leadership of the SPCSA President Father Biju Michael, South Asia Regional Councillor, 40 Salesians are participating in this virtual assembly including Province Delegates and South Asia Sector and Dimenison Coordinators, apart from the Provincials of the South Asia region. . Read More »

Don Bosco Youth and Educational services [DBYES] Ranchi, the Youth animation centre of the Salesian Province of New Delhi [INN] organized a Youth Day Special on its YouTube channel on 09 August 2020, as exhorted by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India [CCBI]. . Read More »

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.. Read More »

Past Pupils Association of Don Bosco, Alaknanda, did the first Facebook Live event on COVID-19 with Dr. Sai Kiran Chaudhuri on Sunday 12 July, 2020. Dr. Chaudhuri, a leading Pulmonologist with 24 years of medical experience, heads the Pulmonology Department at Delhi Heart and Lung Institute.. Read More »

Don Bosco Youth Animation [DBYA] South Asia delegates had a GoogleMeet on Tuesday 09 June 2020. Father Robert Simon, the new DBYA South Asia Delegate moderated the meet. South Asia Regional Councillor Father Biju Michael inspired the delegates to ''put the young person at the centre of Salesian youth ministry.'' Revising the DBYA Annual Plan, the delegates decided to implement the GC 28 guidelines and integrate the action plan of the Laudato Si' Year responding to the cry of the earth and the poor. . Read More »

Don Bosco Youth Animation South Asia [DBYA-SA] organised a 02-hour webinar on 22 May 'Salesian Youth Ministry amidst COVID-19 to discuss the 04 dimensions [Educaion to Faith, Education and Culture, Social Experience and Vocational Guidance]. Youth Ministry Delegates and the heads of the 04 Dimensions of Youth Ministry from every Salesian province of South Asia, participated in the webinar. Moderated by Father Robert Simon, the panelists were Father Paulraj Amalraj, Father Maria Charles and Father Glenford Lowe. All the participants were invited to take stock and read the signs of the times during Covid-19 and accompany young people in these challenging times. . Read More »