Ekal Sansthan organized its 15th Ekal Study Circle meet on 29th July 2017 at India International Center, New Delhi based on theme-“NAYEE UDAAN-A MODEL FOR INTEGRATED VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT” which was graced by around 40-45 eminent people from diverse fields and youth from colleges.
Dr. Baljeet Kaur in her presentation on ‘Ekal model of volunteering’ shared details of various volunteering projects to seek the participation of and engage urban volunteers as per their interest both in city and villages. These verticals include-Dream India tours, college /school outreach programs, door to door campaigns, social media campaigns, national volunteering campaign and corporate outreach program. Later in the event, students from her college also showcased snapshots of Ekal’s volunteering portal being developed by them to link Ekal projects with volunteer needs.

Miss Nikita-a college student volunteer of recently organized Ekal Dream India tour (DIT) in June 2017 presented an impactful glimpse of the activities and experience of urban youth in 4 day sensitization trip to Nanakmatta block in Uttarakhand. In her words, “Ekal’s DIT is a wakeup call for youth to transform paper patriotism to practical patriotism and finely balance between India’s progress and tradition.” The audience was captivated by the very spirit of urban volunteers and the sound of the song-‘Dildiyahai ,jaanbhidengey, aevatantereliye’ echoed in the hearts of all. Audio-visuals of Nanakmatta village community were shared to bring out their takeaway from recent DIT .

Dr. Nidhi P. Chanana,Fellow –TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), addressed the meet as the first panelist and discussed in detail the TERI model of rural development in Uttarakhand. Ekal and TERI project have many similarities in terms of having a 30 village cluster based approach, use of organic farming techniques and emphasis on skill development to boost local village economy.
Shri Praveen Arya- General Secretary Ekal Sansthan highlighted the Ekal model of integrated village development. The model has two components- one is the concept of Pragatsanch (high performing cluster of 30 villages), the other is concept of Gramothan Resource Centre (GRC) (cluster of 100 villages), which is an institutional model and a hub for skill development and livelihoods.
Dr. KashyapiAwasthi- Asst. Professor, National Centre for SchoolLeadership, National University forEducational Planning & Administration (NUPA)– the second panelist, was highly impressed with Ekal’s work and particularly connected well with young DIT participants. In her words-“there cannot be a better leadership that can be felt, understood and lived than Ekal’s Dream India tour.” She touched the audience with her simple yet thought provoking quotes that-‘we do not learn through books and degrees but through life.’ She exhorted youth to expand their circle of influence beyond their concerns to create a nation they truly desire. We need to develop such research projects in our education system across, which can actualize the skills learnt on ground for nation’s development. For example, a commerce student learning about and developing a cooperative bank in a village, a law student sensitizing about women rights in a village.
The Study circle meet got concluded with felicitation program where 11 Dream India student volunteers from prestigious Delhi colleges were awarded with certificate of participation by Smt. Manju Srivastava- President Ekal Sansthan.

BLSP organized a program to felicitate and honor its donors. The program was held in Delhi’s Hotel le Meridian.These magnanimous donors were honored with the blessings from 'BhaiShri' Ramesh BhaiOjha, Dr. RameshwarLalKabra (Industrialist) Dr. Mahesh Sharma (Union Minister of State) Dr. Madhukar Gupta (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industry) and Shri Mange Ram Agarwal, 

Shri Shyamji Gupta guided all the great dignitaries under the chairmanship of ShriLaxmi Narayan Goyal (Essel Group) and the revered brother 'Ojha' ji honored the artists of ShriHariSatsangaSamiti.Several dignitaries and journalists from Punjab Kesari and other news groups were also present on this occasion. A Cultural program was presented by the teachers.

Young Ekal US volunteer, Rohan Sharma son of Ekal member Brahm Om Sharma, sharing his experience of visiting Ekal Vidyalaya in India. Rohan has articulated Ekal's mission and his experience wonderfully in this video.