About National Youth Conference

Immersive participative result-oriented deliberations

National Agenda Catalysing groundswell of Employability, Entrepreneurship and Jobs Rural Youth

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country by April, 2023. A more significant milestone is that India will have the largest population of working age (15-64) than any other country in the world. With an average age of 29, the demographic bulge is forecasted to continue till 2050, with the largest growth in the coming decade. If harnessed well, this youth energy can create a never-before opportunity for ushering prosperity for India.

Conference insights in the form of illustrations

Keynote Conversation

Synopsis Session 2: Future of Work

Synopsis Session 3: State of Employability

Synopsis Session 4: Entrepreneurship and Youth

Synopsis Session 5: Whole of Economy Approach

District as a Unit of Change

Coordinate the local employment ecosystem to address structural barriers to economic opportunity
Customise youth employment strategies to local needs and current, future market demand
Advance a “suite of solutions” for youth employment and entrepreneurship commensurate with the size of youth unemployment

Build around the aspirations, perspective of young people in the creation of solutions
Create a national network of youth leadership to share learning, actions, and innovations
Link young people to resources, support, and allies to build their agency and navigational pathways

Build system capacity to adopt data-driven approaches to problem analysis, collaborative decision-making, and strategic planning
Support district to gather and share “one-stop” data and opportunity
Accelerate digital platforms that can shift outcomes at mass scale

Pilot Districts- District as a Unit of Change Approach (Phase I)

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Tea & Registrations

10.00 AM

Welcome: National Conference Structure and OutcomesIndia @100: demographic opportunity and whole of country approach

10.05 AM

Keynote Conversation: Mr. Praveen S Pardeshi, Member, Capacity Building Commission, GoI and Mr. Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator in IndiaPolicy and Programme Framework of Emerging India – Society and Economy. Opportunities for Rural Youth to have dignified and sufficient work. Need for de-silofication in our approaches and imperative for integrated solutions

Future of Work | India @ 100 | Opportunities for Youth

10:30 AM

Introduction to the Workshop Session

10:40 AM

Lead Presentation: Kanika Verma, Work4Progress and SAMUDYAM

Discussants: Ms. Arti Ahuja, Secretary (MoL&E),# Jamie McAuliffe (GOYN/Aspen Institute), M S Sriram (IIM Bangalore)

11:10 AM

Participant Deliberations: Pathways for Youth Employment ChallengeCreating a groundswell of demand-supply match, expanding sub-scale successes/pilots to respond to the rapidly growing cohort of working-age rural youth

11:45 AM

Tea/Coffee Break

State of Employability and Entrepreneurship | Expanding Economic Opportunities

12:00 PM

Lead Presentation: Annu Mehta, Global Opportunity Youth Network

12:10 PM

Discussants: Atul Tiwari (Secretary, Ministry of Skills Development and Enterprises); Alkesh Wadhwani (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Anisha Sharma (Ashoka University), Joel Miranda (GOYN)

12:25 PM

Participant Deliberations: Design for Universalisation of Economic Opportunity for rural youth
Framework for creation, access of economic opportunity for workforce in informal and formal sectors

Youth Aspirations and Voices | Entrepreneurship: Women and Green Economy

13:00 PM

Lead Presentation: Dhuwarakha Sriram, Chief, YuWaah at UNICEF

13:15 PM

Sub-Group Discussions: 3 parallel round table discussions on Models for Rural, Urban & Green Entrepreneurship

14:00 PM

Lunch

14:45 PM

Action Levers: Summary Deliberations Prashant Sinha, Executive Director, PwC; Madan Padaki, GAME

Whole of Economy and Place-based Approach | Convergent Implementation Framework

15:00 PM

Lead Presentation: Aliva Das, Transform Rural India Foundation

15:15 PM

Discussants: Shri Charanjit Singh (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development), Alice Gugelev (Global Opportunity Youth Network), Lakshmi Venkatesan (BYST), Siva Subramanian Ramann (MD, SIDBI)#

15:45 PM

Plenary Discussions
Models for place based systemic engagement for rural youth Convergent Implementation Framework – Reaching Saturation

Call for Action

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Tuesday, 07 February 2023

09:30 AM

Tea & Registrations

10.00 AM

Welcome: National Conference Structure and OutcomesConference Structure and Outcomes India @100: demographic opportunity and whole of country approach

10.05 AM

Inaugural Address: Shri Anurag Thakur, Hon Minister for Youth Affairs, Government of India# India’s National Youth Policy – Focus on place-based economic opportunities through Hon’ PM Vision of Whole of Government and Whole of Country Approach

10.15 AM

Keynote Conversation: Mr. Praveen S Pardeshi , Member, Capacity Building Commission, GoI and Mr. Shombi Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator in India Policy and Programme Framework of Emerging India – Society and Economy. Opportunities for Rural Youth to have dignified and sufficient work. Need for de-silofication in our approaches and imperative for integrated solutions

Future of Work | India @ 100
Opportunities for Youth

10:30 AM

Lead Presentation: Kanika Verma, Work4Progress and SAMUDYAM

10:40 AM

Discussants: Meeta R. Lochan (Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs), Jamie McAuliffe, Global Opportunity Youth Network; Ashok Mallik (ORF)#

11:15 AM

Participant Deliberations: Pathways for Youth Employment Challenge Creating a groundswell of demand-supply match, expanding sub-scale successes/pilots to respond to the rapidly growing cohort of working-age rural youth

11:30 AM

Tea/Coffee Break

State of Employability and Entrepreneurship
Expanding Economic Opportunities

11:45 AM

Lead Presentation: Annu Mehta, Global Opportunity Youth Network

11:55 AM

Discussants: Atul Tiwari (Secretary, Ministry of Skills Development and Enterprises)#; Alkesh Wadhwani (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Amit Basole (Azim Premji University), Joel Miranda (Global Opportunity Youth Network)

12:25 PM

Participant Deliberations: Design for Universalisation of Economic Opportunity for rural youth Framework for creation, access of economic opportunity for workforce in informal and formal sectors

Youth Aspirations and Voices
Entrepreneurship: Women and Green Economy

12:45 PM

Lead Presentation: Dhuwarakha Sriram, Chief, YuWaah at UNICEF

13:00 PM

Sub-Group Discussions: Madan Padaki, GAME & Abhishek Gupta, Yuwaah 3 parallel round table discussions on Models for Rural, Urban & Green Entrepreneurship

14:00 PM

Lunch

14:30 PM

5 minutes presentation by each working group

14:45 PM

Action Levers: Summary Deliberations Prashant Sinha, Executive Director, PwC; Madan Padaki, GAME

Whole of Economy and Place-based Approach
Convergent Implementation Framework

15:00 PM

Lead Presentation: Aliva Das, Transform Rural India Foundation

15:10 PM

Discussants: Shri Charanjit Singh (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development), Alice Gugelev (Global Opportunity Youth Network), Lakshmi Venkatesan (BYST), Siva Subramanian Ramann (MD, SIDBI)#

15:45 PM

Plenary Discussions