Like yesteryear, this year also VKSPV organised an educational tour for a group of selected school students. A team of 34 students and 12 teachers & officials led by Sushri Lalita M.S.Joint Secretary,VKSPV left Guwahati for Gujarat on 2nd July 2012. During the tour they visited many places of social, historical and technological importance at Ahmadabad, Somnath, Porbandar, Dwaraka and Dharampur. A few such were: Hridayakuni, the House of Madeleine Slade, Satyagraha Ashram, Akshardham, Energy Park, Spinning & Weaving School, Khadi Cottage Industry at Gujarat Vidyapeeth, vikram Sarabhai Community Space Centre, Golokdham Lakshmi Mandir, Somnath Temple, Jyotirlinga Temple, Hanuman Mandir of Jamnagar, Kirti Mandir, Nageshwar Temple, Bhalka Tirth Mandir, Gopi Talab and Dwarkadheesh Temple. From 9th July the team attended a four-day workshop at ARCH (Area Rescue Consortium of Hospitals) at Dharampur. During this period the team visited the District Science Centre and a school at Kharki where the members of the team had a few interactive sessions with the students & teachers of the school.