Yi Youth Conclave organized by Young Indians Guwahati Chapter

The event was organized in association with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong as knowledge partner and was attended by State Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua and B Kalyan Chakravarty, Principal Secretary, Elementary & Secondary Education and SSA and RMSA MD, among others.

The chairman of Yi Guwahati Chapter HamadBerlashker, speaking on the occasion, said, "Young Indians have over the years worked across several platforms with a wide range of individuals and groups, the youth of course being our focus group. Our endeavour has always been to uplift and encourage the youth and to make them realize how age does not matter to bring about change but it is their energy and passion that will keep us all going."

The event hosted a series of sessions which were deliberated by industry experts on topics ranging from National Education Policy, filmmaking, psychology, etc. The Centre for Positive Psychology & Wellbeing – CPPW was also inaugurated at the event which aims to create awareness and promote strong mental health and psychological strengths among the youth.

AmritDeorah, Event Chair, Yi Youth Conclave said, "Yi Youth Conclave 2020 is a platform for the youth to converge, lead, co-create and influence India's future bringing together all stakeholders- State government, Central government, PSUs, corporates, local enterprises and start-ups, business & political leaders, thought leaders from India and abroad, authors, artistes, change makers, to understand, learn, contribute & exchange forward looking ideas."

An online session was conducted by Sanjoy Mukherjee, Associate Professor, IIMShillong on 'Turbulence to Excellence: Inspirational Insights from Ancient Indian Wisdom.'

The annual report book of Yi Guwahati Chapter and Newsletter 'Kopou' were also unveiled at the event which gives a glimpse of the activities and initiatives conducted by Yi Guwahati Chapter throughout 2020.

B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, Principal Secretary, Elementary, Secondary Education and SSA and RMSA MD R. C. Jain and others also deliberated on business opportunities in the New Education Policy for the young Education Start-ups, a press release said.

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