by Hindu Students Council | Sep 29, 2012 | HSC Leadership Meet, News
“This is my first time at an HSC event, and I am really happy I came,” said Lakshmi Chandrashekar, an alumni of Emory University. “I am glad I found the company of Hindu [youth] like this, who are so dedicated to their work, and also very easy to relate to in a way...
by Hindu Students Council | May 29, 2012 | HSC Camp, News
May 25-28, 2012, Schuylkill Haven, PA – Memorial Day Weekend brought together over 50 Hindu youth from over ten universities across the country for the 22nd Annual Hindu Students Council (HSC) Camp on the grounds of Vraj Bhoomi in Schuylkill Haven, PA. HSC...
by Hindu Students Council | Sep 29, 2011 | Conferences, News
Columbus, Ohio, Sept 24 – 27, 2011 – Ravindra Jaishankar, HSC General Secretary, spoke passionately to over 200 Hindu Temple leaders and executives on what he termed a “bleak but hopeful future” for Hindu Dharma in America. Drawing from his...
by Hindu Students Council | Jul 29, 2011 | Conferences, News
July 29, 2011: Various academicians, scholars, public intellectuals, and organizational heads attended this conference, meant to dig up different Hindu perspectives on caste and clarify the true intent behind the Hindu Varna System, commonly mistranslated as Caste....
by Hindu Students Council | Jun 4, 2011 | HSC Camp, News
Schuylkill Haven, PA—Hindu Students Council celebrated its 21st Annual Youth Camp at VRAJ Bhoomi Temple this past Memorial Day Weekend. More than 50 students across HSC’s 50 plus chapters attended the camp traveling from as far as California. Camp activities focused...
by Hindu Students Council | Mar 26, 2011 | News, Retreats
Tampa, Florida, March 25th, 2011 – After much anticipation, the First Annual Southeast Regional Retreat took place this past weekend at the University of South Florida. Hosted by the University’s Hindu Student Council, the two-day retreat was filled with warm weather,...
by Hindu Students Council | Mar 15, 2011 | Press Releases
March 15, 2011: Today, popular New York Times-owned website About.com announced the winner of its 2011 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Hindu Organization: Hindu Students Council (HSC). The largest Hindu youth organization in North America edged out four other...
by Hindu Students Council | Oct 22, 2010 | Conferences, News
Houston, Texas, Oct 22, 2010 – Over 90 mandirs and organizations from all over North America gathered for the fifth annual Hindu Mandir Executive Conference 2010. Hindu Students Council sent three of its members, Priya Radhakrishnan, President of HSC, Siddharth Jain,...
by Hindu Students Council | Apr 19, 2010 | Campus News, News, Press Releases
“The college years are a time when many kids cut loose from church and family, but among the Hindu youth we found almost the opposite. Living at home, they didn’t understand a lot of their parents’ religion, often finding services in the temple “tedious”...
by Hindu Students Council | Dec 8, 2009 | Campus News, News
December 8, 2009: When Hindu students at MIT want to hold a religious gathering, they have to plan ahead. They must book a room somewhere on campus and move their deities there. Sometimes, no rooms are available and they have to pray in a dorm. Even when a classroom...
