Vivekananda Youth Leadership Convention from January 10

10 January 2013 Kanpur - To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the Vivekananda Samiti, a student body of IIT-Kanpur is organising Vivekanand Youth Leadership Convention from January 10 to January 16.

The convention aims to spread Swami Vivekananda's inspirational message of inner awakening, human excellence and the spirit of serving the mankind, among the youth of India.

Rahul Jagtap and Shubhadip Mitra of IIT-Kanpur informed that the convention comprises of talks by eminent personalities on socially relevant themes and competitive events of literary, creative and intelluctual nature for school and college students and also ground level community service initiatives by students of IIT-Kanpur.

They also informed that the distinguished speakers include Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS and renowned social activist, Dr Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS with exceptional academic credentials and anti-corruption activist, Sandeep Maheshwari, Sandeep Pandey, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, Param Vir Chakra recipient Yogendra Singh Yadav, Amitabh Thakur, IPS, Raviraj Singh, senior advocate in Allahabad high court, Dharam Vir, State Election Commissioner, Haryana and Swami Shastrajnananda, Vice Principal, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur.Events like quiz on Indian Culture and Heritage, extempore, painting and essay writing with participation from over 25 schools and college level competitions like Youth Leadership Challenge, Kaun Banega Champion, Creative Writing and Workshop on Leadership and Soft Skills will be held.

ref : http://vivekananda150jayanti.org/media/2013/january/10/vivekananda-youth-leadership-convention-from-january