The Habitat Young Visionary Award has come to Saarang now.

One of the most prestigious youth awards in the country, HYVA entails writing and arguing out your vision about the nation. If you are the next visionary a fully paid summer school to Cambridge awaits you.

Topic: The Change I want to See; The Change I want to Make

Deadline for essay entry: December 15, 2009


Are you the next visionary?


The list of semifinalists for HYVA 2010 can be found here.

The semifinals for the south-zone will be on 20th January in IIT Madras.



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Essence: Shaping Future Leaders

Essence has been envisaged to be a three day Youth Summit, which aims at shaping future leaders through constructive discussions and interactive workshops on Youth and Policy Making. The vision is to engage some of the most creative minds in the country in coming up with solutions to a variety of issues that come under the ambit of policy making.

The Summit aims to be a unique learning experience for the participants. It includes participatory workshops, interactive discussions, model building exercises, a field visit and lectures by who's who from media, politics and thinktanks. With such activities on the first two days, the final day of the summit shall culminate in STEP: an open public policy debate between participants, dignitaries in the field, media personalities, NGOs, civic bodies and other stakeholders.

Structure

Twenty four shortlisted entries shall be invited to participate in the Youth Summit. The selected students shall be given a specific micro problem in governance for which they will have to provide provide a possible solution. The participants shall be evaluated on the basis of their solutions.

The first day of the summit shall have lectures and panel discussions by speakers who have for long been associated with the field of policy making. The sessions of lectures shall be supplements by interactive workshops oriented towards leadership development for policy -making.

The second day of the summit shall have a field visit to provide a in-depth perspective to the young leaders about the actual problems encountered in governance. The final day of the summit shall see the participants engage in a public debate with a panel of journalists, politicians, administrators and civil society activists.

Speakers

The list of confirmed speakers at the summit as of now includes:

Arun Shourie:

Arun Shourie is among India's best known commentators on current and political affairs. Born in Jalandhar, Punjab (1941), he studied at St. Stephen's College in Delhi and then obtained his doctorate in Economics from Syracuse University, USA.

Among other portfolios, he held the office of the Minister of Disinvestment, Communications and Information Technology in Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet. He is the recepient of numerous national and international awards, including the Magsaysay Award and one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan.

List of Selected Participants

 

Participant Institute

TEAM 1
Aditya Harit IIT Madras
Cheistha Kochhar Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi
Karan Sharma Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Delhi
Urmila Pullat ILS Law College, Pune

TEAM 2
Ananda Narayanan IIT Madras
Kush Kalra Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
Murali Satagopan SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Dinesh Kapur

TEAM 3		 Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Delhi
Sanyukta Iyer Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune
Harigovind IIT Madras
Karthick Balan Crescent Engineering College, Chennai
Shivanshi Gupta Symbiosis Law School, Pune

TEAM 4
Shrey Goyal IIT Kharagpur
Sushmita Nannuru IIT Madras
Rohini Kejriwal Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune
Swati Singh National Law Institute University, Bhopal

TEAM 5
Saswat Subasit Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Priti Rajagopalan Nagpur
Aswin James Christy Mepco Schlenck Engg College, Tuticorin
Srinivas. C SSN College of Engineering, Chennai

TEAM 6
Atish Mathur Symbiosis Law School, Pune
K Siddharth IIT Madras
Shwetangini Rastogi Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune
Govind Gopinath IIT Madras

FAQs

Q: Who can participate?

A: Any student enrolled in a undergraduate or graduate programme in a recognized academic institution is eligible to participate.

Q: Are group entries allowed?

A: The students shall be selected on the basis of individual essay on the above mentioned topic. Group entries are not allowed.

Q: Will we be provided accomodation?

A: Yes. All the selected students can register at the hospitality portal for accomodation request.

Contact

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