Swami Vivekananda had sparked great interest and pride across the Western world in India’s spiritual heritage. At the same time, he knew that promoting science and industrialization was essential for economic progress and the upliftment of the nation. He was terribly upset by the economic misery of his countrymen and had spoken of the need ‘to organize monks for industrial purposes, that they might give the people the benefit of this industrial education, and thus elevate them and improve their condition’. Therefore,
