Young Indians Club, NIT Rourkela.
Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India’s premier business association, formed in the year 2002, with an objective of creating a platform for young Indians to realize the dream of a developed nation. Yi has over 826 direct members in 16 City Chapters & 135 members in 2 corporate chapters. Yi engages another 10,000 members through its District Chapters, Farmer Nets and Student Nets. The Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the age group of 25 & 40 years. The members comprise of entrepreneurs, professionals and progressive achievers from different walks of life. “To become the voice of young Indians globally” being the vision of Yi, it provides a platform for young Indians to participate in and contribute to being and integral part of the Indian Growth Story. Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for the development of its members through the learning programs; the development and engagement of students in schools and colleges through its 47 Students’ Net platform which engage more than 2900 students from various educational institutions across India; and a Farmers Net platform that has enrolled 5903 young & progressive farmers from all across the country, providing them with real time agricultural inputs and know-how. Yi has successfully conducted campaigns and developed successful projects across the focus areas of primary education, environment, primary healthcare and employability, contributing positively to its surrounding eco system and the Nation. Through its initiatives like Akshara, Yi has impacted 15000 students across 50 centers, skilled & placed 713 youth under the aegis of its Yi labs employability program. Under the healthcare initiative, over two lakh children have been dewormed in addition to many health awareness programs across the community in different cities. Within the sphere of environment, Yi conducts a Green I contest, campaigns for tree plantation, solid waste management projects, involving citizens and school children in the process. To promote a country of responsible citizens, Yi has organized “Integrity India Campaigns” to work with the youth on creating a national level awareness, debate and dialogue on the issues of transparency, accountability and ethical behavior. Yi has so far spread this message to more than 10,000 youth across the country. Yi organises an annual national summit with themes relevant to India and its youth. The national summits include sessions and interactions with some of the finest and eminent personalities from various fields, across India and the world. 5 editions of the Summit have been organised to date. Yi works in partnership with various organisations. These include the Government, Companies, Civil society organizations. On the international arena, Yi engages with the BMW Foundation to promote the “Indo German Young Leaders Forum” for young thought leaders from Germany and India to come on a common platform to discuss issues and find solutions for enhanced relationships. Yi also works with the Aspen India Institute to conduct leadership development programs In 2008, Young Indians partnered with CII on the Mission on India@75: The Emerging Agenda, which reflects its aspirational role to facilitate the acceleration in India’s transformation into an economically vital, technologically innovative, socially and ethically vibrant global leader by year 2022. The Yi organisation and activities are today aligned to work towards the goals set in the vision of India@75. With six years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger movement and promote the positive attitude of “We Can, We Will”.
