Built in the premises of the Vivekananda House, where the reformist monk stayed for nine days in 1897 after his tour of Western world, the 8,000 square feet centre was inaugurated by Jayalalithaa through video conferencing yesterday.
It had been built at an estimated cost of Rs. Three crore, with Rs.Two crore contributed by the state government, as part of Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary celebrations, a government press release said here today.
Programmes on nurturing the growth of young people and their leadership skills were among the several other initiatives of the centre.