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Roundtable on Promoting Youth Volunteering in India March, 14 th , 2017 UN Conference Hall, UNDP 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi

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Roundtable on Promoting Youth Volunteering in India

March, 14th, 2017

UN Conference Hall, UNDP 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi

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Table of Contents

Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

Introductory remarks and keynote address: ........................................................................................ 5

1. Mr. Yuri Afanasiev, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative India ........................... 5 2. Mr. Toily Kurbanov, Deputy Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers Programme .................. 6 3. Youth volunteering for community development – Volunteer Voices by Mr. Siva Kumar, UNV District

Youth Coordinator, Anatapuramu, Andhra Pradesh ......................................................................................................... 6 4. Dr. A. K. Dubey, Secretary (Youth Affairs), Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India ....................... 7 5. Ms. Preeti Sinha, Senior President and Glocal Convenor of the YES BANK: YES Institute ........................... 7

Highlights ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

I. Release of the four Action Plans for implementation of National Youth Policy 2014: .................................... 8 II Action research - State of Youth Volunteerism in India and its impact by Elaine Colaco, Think-through

consulting ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 III Short film ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 III Signing the Letter of Intent with YES BANK ................................................................................................................... 9 IV Online - Volunteering Portal ................................................................................................................................ 10

Insights from the discussion ..................................................................................................................... 10

Concluding remarks ..................................................................................................................................... 11

Annexure I Agenda .................................................................................................................................... 12

Annexure II List of participants ............................................................................................................... 13

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Acronyms

GoI Government of India

MoYAS Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,

NSS National Service Scheme

NYKS Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan

PLHIV Persons Living with HIV

PwD Persons with Disability

RUDESTI RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute)

SC Scheduled Castes

SDG Sustainable Development Goals

ST Scheduled Tribes

SWVR State of World Volunteering Report

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNV United Nations Volunteers Programme

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Introduction

State of World Volunteering Report (SWVR) 2015 states that “young people volunteer their time and skills for

a wide variety of reasons, such as idealism, hope for a better world, wanting to gain skills for future

employment …… and to contribute to their own society”.

India’s National Youth Policy (2014) identifies five key objectives to empower youth in India – create a

productive workforce, develop a strong and healthy generation, instill social values and promote

community service, facilitate participation and civic engagement, support youth at risk and create equal

opportunity to all. The National Youth Policy (2014) also includes a focus on promotion of volunteerism

by building on existing youth volunteer infrastructure – NYKS and NSS. Further, the 12th Five-year plan of

the Government of India states that it would look for creative ways to rejuvenate institutions in order to

utilize and channelize youth energy in nation building and socio-economic development.

As guided by National Youth Policy (2014), 12th Five Year Plan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

(MoYAS), Government of India (GoI), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme and the United

Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are jointly implementing a project ‘Strengthening Nehru Yuva

Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and National Service Scheme (NSS)’. The four year project (2014-17) is being

implemented with USD 2.34 million combined contribution of MoYAS, UNV and UNDP aims to promote

youth volunteering by strengthening two of the largest youth volunteering infrastructure in India – NYKS

and NSS.

In order to implement the National Youth Policy 2014, four Action plans have been developed on- Social

Inclusion, Social Entrepreneurship, Gender Justice and Equality and Environment Management and

Disaster Risk Reduction. These Action Plans duly consulted in 2016 with multiple government, civil society

partners provide clear strategies and recommendations to achieve the objectives of the National Youth

Policy 2014 through youth volunteerism. Simultaneously, research on the State of Youth Volunteering and

an online platform to promote youth volunteerism has also been initiated.

The National Youth Policy (2014) and SWVR 2015 recognize engagement of all stakeholders for youth

development and volunteering. SWVR 2011 also recognizes the contribution of private sector in promotion

and recognition of volunteering. It is thus imperative to engage private sector in supporting the ongoing

interventions by UNV in India. The YES BANK established YES Institute as a practicing think-tank focusing

on India’s sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth and development. YES Institute/YES Bank has

expressed interest to partner with UNV in India to promote and recognize youth volunteering in India.

Given this background, UNDP, UNV, MoYAS and YES BANK organized the roundtable to accelerate the initiative. The roundtable was attended by private sector and civil society. These members have been pursuing activities to promote youth volunteerism. The objectives of the roundtable were as follows:

To release Action Plans on implementation of National Youth Policy

To highlight the contribution and impact of youth volunteering in India through two volunteer

stories under UNV/UNDP/MoYAS joint project “Strengthening NYKS and NSS” and a presentation

of Action Research on State of Youth Volunteering.

To initiate conversations with private sector on their potential engagement in supporting existing

youth volunteer infrastructure in India.

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Introductory remarks and keynote address:

The dignitaries from UNDP, UNV, MoYAS and YES Bank began the roundtable introducing the agenda and objectives. Below is a summary of the address by the representative of the respective organizations:

1. Mr. Yuri Afanasiev, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP

Resident Representative India

In the introductory address Mr. Yuri Afanasiev UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative India explained his ease to share the concept of Volunteerism to the Indian society especially the linkage to SDGs on citizen engagement. Indian society traditionally promotes the concept of volunteerism in society for the benefit of others. Sharing an anecdote from a recent interaction with MPs in Indore, where the same concept was reiterated

in the Lok Sabha, he was filled him with pride on the response across various stakeholders in the country. Focus on youth Given that youth is a big issue, Mr. Afanasiev highlighted the key thrust to the youth category by the GoI towards achieving the 2030 SDGs informs India’s commitment towards supporting the youth and dealing with this demographic peak by addressing issues of education, skill development for employment opportunities among others. With the Government of India proposed to launch a National Development Agenda in the next two- three months committing to the demographic peak. He emphasized the importance of investing in the youth of the country defining the positive strengths he stated:

The energy of the youth should be capitalized, as it will bear dividends to development It will contribute to the skilled workforce of the country Young minds today are more savvy with the new technology and ready to engage in innovations and ideas

Considering youth today is technology driven he pushed for the philosophy of volunteering among the youth especially through the use of modern devices. While, he also cautioned on the need to provide them adequate employment opportunities. He further added that building a nation involves contributing to community and society not necessarily entailing monetary benefits. While, thanking the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs, he specially congratulated the Ministry for shaping a positive environment for the youth especially complimenting on the interest from the highest level of Government.

Aligning the Action Plans with GoIs development goals While enumerating the Action Plans, Mr. Afanasiev indicated the alignment with the action plans and the GoI development plans. In regard to the action plan on social inclusion, India already had set an example with the passage of the Bill on the Disability Inclusion Plan 2016 expected to impact over 20 percent of population comprising of persons with disabilities. Whereas the focus on Disaster Risk Reduction was evident in the Prime Minister’s address at the Annual Conference of Parties (COP)-21 Summit on Environment and Climate Change at Paris, on November 30, 2015 while sharing the 10 points agenda on DRR pushing for development efforts to build Asia’s infrastructure. India is also working on gender empowerment especially increasing women’s participation in the work force. He specified that the action plan introduces social entrepreneurship which emphasizes a socially responsible business models and not just profitability. At the same time sustainability will be an important feature without which there will be no future.

The rest of the developing world is watching India, as this development boost will help them find solutions to deal with the youth population. The country provides a natural eco-system to find localized solution as a result of the prevalence of a democratic structure. India has served as an inspiration to its South-Asian neighbors on solar energy, mobile technology, biotechnology, e-governance, Aadhaar card among many

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others. At the same time private sector plays a key role in boosting technology and appreciated YES Bank’s efforts. He added that India’s model of volunteerism could be an inspiration for the rest of the world – especially looking at its scope in scale and size.

2. Mr. Toily Kurbanov, Deputy Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers Programme

Mr. Kurbanov reaffirmed Mr. Afanasiev following up with the fact that the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme established in 1971 has been contributing to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Since, then it has forged partnerships with member states to advance national development. He reiterated UN Volunteers commitment in achieving large-scale impact through the promotion of volunteerism to achieve the 17 SDGs.

UNV in India While in India, volunteerism is institutionalized and nationally promoted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs in the form of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and National Service Scheme (NSS). He shared that currently, 29 United Nations Volunteers are assigned as District Youth Coordinators to 29 target districts in India

where they are working with more than 124,000 youth volunteers through more than 7,000 youth clubs. UNV

has been able engage with tribal communities and youth with disabilities. UNV has been actively working with

youth groups to enhance their leadership potential, learning, soft skills and vocational trainings. The online portal

to be launched shortly will provide both volunteers and organizations to engage with each other as per interest.

Future of UNV in India

With over 200 million youth in the country – UNV initiative can be strengthened both in partnership and scale.

This will be undertaken through the following efforts:

Promoting volunteerism not just through the efforts of the GoI but also seeking partnership with YES Bank

which seeks to encourage a socially responsible business model through a volunteer base

Strengthening partnerships with the global south to provide a platform for sharing best practices in volunteerism

from other countries

Exploring different methods of partnership through varied advocacy measures

The potential is very huge – Just as they say, ‘Boond boond se banta hai saagar’ (Much like the sea is made up

of every drop of water coming together) - promoting volunteerism will also be achieved with every step forward

with the various partners and stakeholders.

3. Youth volunteering for community development – Volunteer Voices by Mr. Siva Kumar, UNV District Youth Coordinator, Anatapuramu, Andhra Pradesh

Mr. Siva Kumar UNV-DYC shared some of the volunteer movements he has

pursued through diverse initiatives in the Anatapuramu district through

collaborations with RUDESTI/RSETI, Lions Club among others. Giving an insight

into the various initiatives, he highlighted ‘The Project Ripple’ that worked towards

developing the skills among the local youth especially building their confidence in

English and soft skills. Around six local youth were successful in getting into private school, entering

competitions while one girl is supporting her family by giving tuitions. He also shared similar examples of

achievement among various vulnerable communities such as People Living with HIV (PLHIV), SC/STs and

children of women in sex work. Building confidence and ability to shape livelihood has been achievement

parameters for the initiatives undertaken. He further added the entrepreneurship schemes have also been

successful in helping youth to enable them to build innovations. He mentioned one such innovation where two

young men from the SC community who were training in electrical equipment work were asked to use local

resources to prepare a cooler. They used a plastic drum and demonstrated a cooler made of INR 2200 usually

available in the market for up to INR 5000. The budding entrepreneurs have made sale of four such coolers and

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aspire to pursue this further. He mentioned the emergence of a strong volunteer movement that is coming together

to support their community.

4. Dr. A. K. Dubey, Secretary (Youth Affairs), Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India

Mr. Dubey in his keynote address congratulated the Yes Bank and UNV for the

initiative to promote volunteerism. He emphasized the need for an inclusive growth

within a dynamic society where new ways have to be identified to resolve

problems. He quoted an anecdotal reference to the invention of windows in the

stone ages to the invention of the venetian blinds in the modern times.

He reiterated the need for finding local solutions, constantly reflecting and

relooking at society. Helping and seeking help is ingrained in the human race. As the human race has evolved –

changes have been reflected in the social, socio-economic and business environment. There is no space for

isolation rather effort should be towards inclusion – to take everyone along in the process of development. For

instance, migration is no longer profitable as before. Inclusion should assess needs and should take reference

from the current social milieu.

“Innovations should be socially and economically sustainable. As I recall, in Kerala environmentally sustainable

efforts were initiated almost two-three decades ago has taken shape into social movements. Today, innovation

has moved a step ahead with the Digitization and Digital India efforts”.

He concluded with the quote by Firaq Gorakhpuri, “In the land of Hind, the caravans of the peoples of the world

kept coming in and India kept getting formed”

5. Ms. Preeti Sinha, Senior President and Glocal Convenor of the YES BANK: YES Institute

Ms. Preeti Sinha began with a quote by Swami Vivekananda “Ask nothing; want

nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you multiplied

a thousand fold, but do not think of that now” putting forth the notion of giving at

Yes Bank.

Reflecting on YES Bank’s growth as the 5th largest bank since its establishment 12

years ago has been a significant achievement for the bank. The bank’s core thinking encourages entrepreneurship

and mobilizing capital for development. Hence, the YES institute was set up as a practicing think-tank focusing

on India’s sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth and development. Both equity and equality are

necessary for the growth and development of the country. Currently only 1.5 percent of India’s youth are engaged

in volunteering is much less in comparing globally. The recent digitization initiative by the Government has given

a boost to technological innovations. Private sector is supporting entrepreneurial initiatives globally –

crowdsourcing initiatives like Freelancer in Australia are supporting projects globally.

YES Institute will promote volunteerism with its already set up base where the bank has been investing in

knowledge volunteers – a social capital at each branch location that meets on weekend to support the community

around it. This YES community is based on a huge volunteering initiative. Apart from that YES Institute will

engage in impact investing, social entrepreneurship among other initiative to support the volunteerism in the

country.

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Highlights

I. Release of the four Action Plans for implementation of National Youth Policy 2014:

Action Plan on Social Inclusion: The Action Plan suggests creating safe spaces through youth clubs for

socially excluded youth groups (disabled, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women) to articulate

identity issues, barriers and constraints with self and the outside without threat and negation.

Action Plan on Social Entrepreneurship: The Action Plans suggests enhancing social entrepreneurship

through the skill development programme based on needs and interest of youth by developing the youth

clubs in each block of every district in India as education, information and incubation hub for promoting

social entrepreneurship with at least 25% participants from marginalized communities and at least 25%

women.

Action Plan on Gender Justice and Equality : The Action Plan suggests creation of student gender

champions/youth club composing of student gender officers (proportionate number of LGBTQI

members, women and men) who receive comprehensive training from women’s/LGBTQI organisations

within schools/colleges/ universities to act as interim points to address grievances and undertake

trainings, gender audits of schools and take lead in gender equality and justice activities.

Action Plan on Environment Management and Disaster Risk Reduction : The Action Plan suggests

engaging youth volunteers during all phases of disaster risk reduction i.e. disaster response,

preparedness, recovery, risk mitigation and prevention through youth in community based disaster risk

management planning.

II Action research - State of Youth Volunteerism in India and

its impact by Elaine Colaco, Think-through consulting

Ms. Elaine Colaco presented the key highlights from the action research on

the state of youth volunteerism in India. The evidence is expected to close the

gap on the limited information / data / statistics about youth volunteering,

forms and impact. With 125 stakeholder consultations held in 11 states and

responses from 1300 individuals, interesting insights have emerged on

progression of volunteerism, motivation to volunteer, the barriers/challenges often faced while

pursuing a volunteering. Some of the key findings include:

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While reiterating the culture of volunteering existed traditionally, there is also a prevaling shift in

the mindset for persevering towards more individualistic goals.

Though there is an interest in volunteering but most respondent complained on the lack of

awareness on the platforms available where one can explore to pursue an area of interest.

There is a certain amount institutional promotion of volunteering especially as a requirement for

academics and career growth, which has also led to the increased interest.

While the debate continues whether it is necessary to provide monetary gains to sustain interest.

Overall the impact of volunteering has been found to be essential in the overall development of the

personality especially nurturing future talent and leadership. Case studies from across the country such as

Chattisgarh, Kozhikode, Delhi were quoted for the large volunteer base either as a result of strong

mentorship, volunteer management skills and common goals for collective good.

III Short film A 6-minute short film showcased the encouraging efforts of UNV District Youth Coordinator Ms.

Hindaprabha Karve from Thane – Palghar district in Maharashtra. Through her active involvement and

motivation, Ms. Hindaprabha was able to mobilize youth volunteers to address the issue of unemployment,

out-migration from the district and malnutrition of children amongst Katkari tribe – one of the primitive

tribes in India. With the active involvement of NYK youth volunteers who were gathered from colleges by

Ramdas – NYK volunteer, they have been engaging with the community to deter migration giving them

information on the benefits of MNREGA. The volunteers have been keeping a constant check on the

Aanganwadi center (nursery) ensuring that mid day meals are provided. The activities have resulted 5,000

community members getting job cards under MGNREGA (one of the largest employment programmes in

the world) leading to reduced out-migration and coordination with district authorities in better

implementation of mid-may meal scheme for children.

III Signing the Letter of Intent with YES BANK As per the initial discussions between YES Institute/YES Bank and UNV, the following initiatives have been proposed:

Instituting annual V-Awards (Volunteering Awards), in a YES Bank, UNV, Ministry of Youth Affairs

and Sports partnership mode covering all 29 districts (the 29 districts on Map of India in Annex) and

media for high visibility;

UNV-YES Institute, (YES Bank) District Development Initiative – Introducing projects focused on

Social Entrepreneurship and skill development of rural youth within the ongoing project districts;

Partnering on digital payment system to promote cashless and digital banking for rural youth

through YES Bank branches in the project districts. This will include engaging young people in

awareness generation activities, training and education on the usage of machines and digital aspects

and most importantly providing machines for digital transactions;

Other events for visibility and media attraction - Campaigns on thematic areas such as SDGs and to

celebrate important days such as International Volunteers Day, National Youth Day etc.

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IV Online - Volunteering Portal In line with the ongoing Digital India initiative of Government of India and to harness the potential of more

than 11 million youth volunteers under NYKS and NSS, an online volunteering portal for India is being

developed by UNV to connect volunteers and volunteer seeking organizations in India. The platform will

help to promote youth volunteerism in India, connect youth networks, volunteer-involving organizations,

civil society, governments and the private sector to promote recognition of youth volunteering.

Insights from the discussion

The release of the action plans was followed by an interactive discussion where members from the civil society put forth some issues they had confronted, challenges overcome and some possible solutions around the promotion of volunteering. Below mentioned are the key insights emerging from the discussion.

Role of the welfare state and volunteerism:

The general perception is that often there is a lag between initiating new policies and fully implementing them, citing the example of the recent policy for persons with disability. Hence, the possible challenges in the implementing volunteering program was necessary. One such suggested measure was institutionalizing volunteerism in the present structures. It was very important then the Government of India must make concerted efforts to ensure that volunteering complements its focus on development. It was emphasized there is no shrinkage of the welfare state and in no way volunteering is replacing government’s responsibility.

A collective feeling was echoed in the fact that at times volunteering is an act of helping others in need. However, this maybe deterred by institutional processes but there is a need to draw a fine balance between human solidarity and volunteerism. Training and risk management should be both part of the volunteer management to avert such eventualities.

Inclusion and Sustainability In order to succeed in the action plan on social inclusion, it was strongly felt that greater efforts are needed to engage the vulnerable communities such as the minorities, SC/STs, PWDs considering they are not yet at par in the development process. Further, it was discussed that during the SDG review in July, India will present on the targets vis a vis the indicators which would be a good exercise to assess the situation and take necessary steps.

Another important parameter for successful volunteering discussed was ‘sustainability’. Both research and experiences shared represented that any program that is project driven and lacks long-term vision

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often finds it difficult to sustain interest. Sustainability is certainly the cornerstone of every programme today. It still needs to be understood that India is going through a transition process moving from project-based interventions to ideas that can be sustained and scaled. While the momentum is gathering, another area that could be explored is the inclusion of volunteering as an activity across the various ministries and departments could give greater momentum to the programme. Similarly, online volunteerism is also another step to provide the boost and greater access to volunteering while cutting across any exclusion.

Finally concluding that any new movement should be viewed through cautious optimism and that volunteerism

should not be concurred as zero sum game but a positive sum game.

Fig 1. Representing the key takeaways from the roundtable on promoting youth volunteerism in India

Concluding remarks

Mr. Narendra Mishra, UNV Programme Officer, concluded informing the release of the action plans a significant step ahead to boost volunteerism. Citing the NYKS one of the largest movements to engage youth through volunteering activities. UNV will be complementing the efforts of the MoYAS and promoting youth clubs. As per the sustainable development program – engaging youth at the age of 15 for long-term development. The results from the action research will also help in strategizing and boosting volunteerism in the country.

He thanked MoYAS and YES Bank for their support for the initiative. He added that the launch of the online platform is expected to boost the momentum of volunteerism in India. Mr. Mishra requested to spread the word on the initiative to all the members while thanking them for their presence.

Inclusion

• Vulnerable groups • Gender equality

Sustainability

• Scalable solutions• Long term planning

Volunteering

• Encourage future leadership

• Greater awareness• Provide longterm

goals

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Annexure I Agenda Roundtable on Promoting Youth Volunteerism in India

UNDP Conference Hall, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

4:00-4:10 pm Opening remark and introduction by Mr. Yuri Afanasiev UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative India

4:10-4:20 pm Optimising the Potential of Youth Volunteering by Mr. Toily Kurbanov, Deputy Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers Programme

4:20-4:30 pm A short film on success story of youth volunteering for development by UNV District Youth Coordinator, Thane-Palghar, Maharashtra

4:30- 4:40 pm Youth volunteering for community development – Volunteer Voices by Mr. Siva Kumar, UNV District Youth Coordinator, Anatapuramu, Andhra Pradesh

4:40- 4:50 pm Presentation of the action research - State of Youth Volunteerism in India and its impact by Elaine Colaco, Think-through consulting.

5:00 – 5:05 p.m. Release of the Action Plans on implementation of National Youth Policy, India and Launch of prototype of Online Volunteering portal for India by Dr. A. K.

Dubey, Secretary (Youth Affairs), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr. Yuri

Afanasiev, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative India, Mr. Toily Kurbanov, Deputy Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers Programme

5:05- 5:15 p.m. Key note address by Dr. A. K. Dubey, Secretary (Youth Affairs), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Leveraging Partnerships for promoting Youth Volunteerism in India

5:15-5:30 pm Exchange of Letters of Intent between YES Institute, YES BANK and UNV

Remarks on leveraging partnerships for volunteering in India by Ms. Preeti Sinha, Senior President & Glocal Convenor, YES Institute, YES BANK

5:30- 5:50 Discussion with Participants

5:50- 6:00 p.m. Closing and Vote of thanks

6:00p.m.

onwards

High Tea

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Annexure II List of participants

S. No Name Organisation

1 Dr. A.K. Dubey Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

2 L. K. Gupta Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

3 Yuri Afanasiev UNDP India

4 Toily Kurbanov UNV Hqrs

5 Manon Bernier UNV Regional Office

6 Narendra Mishra UNV India

7 D. Siva Kumar UNV India

8 Dr. Veerendra Mishra Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan

9 Annie Namala Centre for Social Equity & Inclusion

10 Meenu Venkateshan Pravah

11 Elaine Colcoa Think Through Consultancy

12 Ajay Pandey Think Through Consultancy

13 Tusha Seth Think Through Consultancy

14 Dominika Safin Think Through Consultancy

15 Gurkirat Youth Ki Awaz

16 Hemmi Takahiro Yamaha

17 Monika Chauhan Indian Chamber of Commerce

18 Nalini Paul Restless Development

19 Piali Bhattacharya Breakthrough

20 Anisha Gupta Youth alliance

21 Pravin Gold VSO India

22 Badar Uzzama Centre for Health and Social Justice

23 Kuljan ActionAid India

24 Shipra Chowdhary Intel

25 Simran Woodland

26 Suresh Reddy SRF Foundation

27 Tanya YP Foundation

28 Vimlendu Jha Swecha

29 R. S. Banwala Intertech Corporation

30 Gauri Kaur Heer Youth reach

31 Subrat Mishra Yes Bank

32 Swati Kumar -tGELF

33 Dr. Srikanta K. Panigrahi Indian Institute of Sustainable Development

34 Abec Caine UNESCO MGIEP

35 Neerja Sarin SPIC MACAY

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S. No Name Organisation

36 Medha Shrivastava Youth Reach

37 Nirichal. K Yes Bank

38 Chandan Sharma Yuva Vani

39 Martin Luther Universal Peace Foundation

40 Manoj Kumar FFWPU India

41 Premnath Arya Parkash Foundation

42 Dr.Sanjay Gupta World Universe of Design

43 Arnika Singh CSR India

44 Vikram Sharan CSR India

45 Prof. .P.R.Ramanujam IGNOU

46 C.S. Chabbra Ministry of Agriculture

47 K.G.Satheesh JVC Kenwood

48 Virendra Kaneja Khaneja Associates Consultants

49 Noor Abubacker Rapporteur

50 Krishna Raj UNV India

51 Gul Berry UNV India

52 Bhavya Goswami UNV India

53 Vriti Vasudevan UNV India

54 Vikas UNV India

55 Utkarsh Pandey UNV India

56 Ravi Rastogi UNV India

57 Kenji Mori UNV India

58 Mrinalini Santhanam UNDP India

59 D.D.Maheshwari Shubh Foundation