RSS Belagavi Meet to Draft Plans to Attract Techies
These formats are designed to fit office schedules and urban routines, especially for those who cannot attend a daily drill
HYDERABAD: The RSS will use its Akhil Bharatiya Prant Pracharak Baithak in Belagavi from July 10 to 12 to push a fresh expansion drive for its shakha network under the centenary outreach campaign, with a special focus on urban formats for IT and other professionals and business communities.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is scheduled to arrive in Belagavi on July 6, will lead the three‑day organisational meeting during which senior leaders will review the current strength of shakhas, assess training‑camp outcomes and finalise the roadmap.
The Sangh has been running 83,129 shakhas at 51,740 places. Weekly activities stand at 32,147, reflecting the widening footprint of the branch network. RSS joint general secretary C. R. Mukunda said the organisation had reached more than 10 crore homes and over 3 lakh villages under its ghar sampark campaign.
Mukunda said emphasis was being placed on shakha expansion and public outreach, and described the centenary plan as having two dimensions — organisational growth through shakhas and a parallel effort to engage society and mobilise support for social transformation and public awakening.
A senior RSS functionary said the shakha system was evolving with changing social and work patterns. The Sangh has added night shakhas and IT milans to suit working professionals, while newer formats shifted to weekend meetings and flexible models for the educated workforce in major cities.
For urban professionals, the RSS is moving away from the traditional early‑morning open‑ground shakha to more flexible models such as evening, indoor and weekend shakhas, along with group‑specific milans for IT workers, popular as software shakhas, and business professionals.
These formats are designed to fit office schedules and urban routines, especially for those who cannot attend a daily drill. Such gatherings may include talks, discussions, yoga, multimedia presentations and, in some cases, online or video‑linked participation.
This shift shows the Sangh is trying to preserve the shakha as its basic unit while making participation easier for urban, mobile and time‑constrained members. The broader idea is that the shakha is becoming more adaptive while keeping its core structure intact.
It will hold sessions inside halls or housing societies, scheduling them late in the evening or on weekends, and tailor them to specific groups. The Belagavi baithak is expected to refine the next phase of this expansion, combining traditional shakhas, urban‑friendly formats and wider outreach as the RSS marks its centenary year.
The prant pracharaks, sah prant pracharaks, kshetra pracharaks and sah kshetra pracharaks from all 11 kshetras and 46 prants, along with top office‑bearers of Sangh‑inspired organisations, will attend the meet. The agenda also includes organisational review, the 2026 training camps, the Pravasa Yojana of Mohan Bhagwat and discussions on national issues such as the forthcoming census. Bhagwat, Dattatreya Hosabale, all sah sarkaryavahs, including Dr Krishnagopal, C. R. Mukunda, Arun Kumar, Ramdutt, Alok Kumar and Atul Limaye, besides Akhil Bharatiya Karya Vibhag Pramukhs and members of the executive council, will attend the meeting.