In the year 2006, the Vivekananda Kendra Odisha Seva Prakalpa (VK-OSP) was setup as a dedicated project of the Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, to drive the service oriented developmental works in the rural areas of Odisha, with a focus on tribal and underprivileged communities. The key objectives are:

• Prevention of large-scale school dropouts among the poor children in rural and tribal areas.
• Increase in enrolment of children in primary and middle schools.
• Development of reading habit to raise the level of education of the rural and tribal children with the aid of audio-visual educational kits.
• Increase in the literacy level in the village areas across genders and age.
• Educating and building health awareness.
• Educating the villagers on financial literacy and digital literacy.
• Education on values of national integration, conservation of environment, social equality to the rural and tribal people through functional demonstration.
• Exposing the youth to the cultural heritage of our country. Motivating and assisting them to know more about their own traditions and culture.
• Career counselling and guidance to the rural youths

Anandalaya is an ‘education supportive service’ of VK-OSP for the tribal and the socially disadvantaged children in the age group of 3-9 years. It started in the year 2006 with the objectives:

1. Create education supportive atmosphere in interior villages
2. Impart education through play-way learning and increase interest for studies among primary school students
3. Pro-active focus in bringing girls to primary education
4. Give value-based education (man-making)
5. Reduce drop-outs rate and improve the education status
6. Enhance patriotic feeling among villagers
7. Create health awareness and establish practices for healthy living among children and villagers
8. Work for the all-round development of the village leading to sustainable living (nation-building)

During the year 2019, the VK-OSP MMU (Mobile Medical Unit) initiative was started with mobile health delivery system and with referral services in case of high-risk pregnancies and illness. Key Achievements and impacts of VK-OSP – MMU:

• The mobile medical van visited around 30 village locations for 1000 days in the last five years
• It addressed the medical/health need of 30,000 villagers
• It distributed free medicines of commercial value of approximately Rs. 12,00,000/- (Twelve Lakhs Rupees).
• The social impact in the cluster of villages covered by MMU is significant.

When Indian Oil Corporation commissioned an oil refinery at Paradip in the year 2012, they reached out Vivekananda Kendra, who had rich experiences in managing hospitals in oil sector in India, to hand over its newly constructed hospital’s management. Kendra also accepted the offer as it was an opportunity not only to serve refinery’s employees but also the thousands of needy people in surrounding villages.

At a time when different corporate hospitals frequently preferred to have hospitals at crowded capital cities and towns, its commendable that VK Hospital took up the challenge to run a hospital at Refinery township and First Aid centre at the refinery site. VK Hospital (VKPRMS) surrounded by lush green lawns and beautiful gardens cater to the needs of not only IOCL employee but also the surrounding villages near the township by a group of dedicated medical and paramedical staffs.

Key Achievements and impacts of VKPRMS:

• VKPRMS treated more than 6,00,000 (6 Lakhs) patients in the last 12 years (FY 2012 – FY 2024). Currently, the hospital has 72 regular staffs (Medical, Paramedical, Support Services, and Administration) and 22 Visiting Practitioners/Specialists
• The health services covered are Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatric, ENT, Anaesthesia, Biochemistry / Pathology (with auto analysers), Orthopaedics, Medicine, Eye, Cardiology, Dental, Skin & VD, Radiology, Ultrasound, Physiotherapy, and General OPD. The medical has round the clock Emergency Services, Occupational Health Centre, First Aid Centre, Industrial Hygiene Services, and Pharmacology Medicine Store (run by Apollo pharmacy).
• The regular health check and blood donation camps are conducted in the surrounding five panchayats covering 12 villages.