A voluntary blood donation camp and marathon run would be organised at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, on the occasion of National Youth day on Sunday.
The day marks the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The Governor of Uttarakhand, Baby Rani Maurya, would be the chief guest in the programme.
Addressing media persons on Friday, the AIIMS director Ravi Kant said that objective of the programme is to propagate the ideas of Swami Vivekananda more and more among youth and inspire them to assimilate the thoughts of the saint.
Terming Swami Vivekananda as great thinker and an inspiration for the youth, the AIIMS director called upon the youth to imbibe the life and ideals of Swami Vivekananda in them. He said that Swami Vivekananda had knowledge of many languages including Bengali, Hindi and English, and took upon the task of tying the youth of the whole world in one thread with his powerful ideas.
