Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan

Nehru Yuva Kendras were established in the year 1972. Later in year 1987 under Rajiv Gandhi Government it became Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, within the Government of India.

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
MottoTogether towards tomorrow...
CountryIndia
Websitewww.nyks.nic.in

It is largest and unique grassroot level youth organisation in the world, which integrates power of the youth based on the principle of voluntarism, self-help and community participation.

Objectives

There are two main objectives of NYKS

1:- provide rural youth avenues toward nation building

2:- provide opportunities to develop their personality and skills.[1]

Focus

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has been working in various fronts of youth development with a variety of youth programmes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and certain special programmes in coordination and cooperation of other ministries. Main focus has been on developing values of good citizenship, thinking and behaving in secular ways, skill development and helping youth to adopt a productive and organized behaviour.

Vision
  • Networks of volunteership.
  • Oppurtunities of participation in fundamental democratic practices of polity and development; and,
  • Instruments of empowerment of youth like skill-generation, awareness creation about health, life skills, and self employment.

Structure
COMPOSITION OF PRESENT BOARD OF GOVERNERS
Name Position held Status in the BOG
Shri Kiren Rijiju Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Youth Affairs And Sports Chairperson
Ms. Usha Sharma, IAS Secretary (YA), M/o Youth Affairs and Sports Sr. Vice Chairperson
Shri Pravesh Sahib Singh MP(LS)(Delhi- West Delhi) Member
Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel MP(LS)(Karnataka - Dakshina Kannada) Member
Smt Roopa Ganguly MP(RS)(West Bengal - Nominated) Member
Shri Ravi Mital, IAS Secretary , Department of Sports, M/o Youth Affairs & Sports Member
Shri Manoj Sethi Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, M/o Youth Affairs & Sports Member
Shri Sanjeev Chopra Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration M/o Youth Affairs & Sports Member
Shri Asit Singh Joint Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, M/o Youth Affairs & Sports Member
Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chopra Director General, NCC Member
Professor Sibnath Deb Director -RGNIYD, M/o Youth Affairs and Sports Member
Shri Saurav Kumar Shah, IPS Director - National Service Scheme (NSS), M/o Youth Affairs and Sports Member
Shri S. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Eminent Person (Andhra Pradesh) Vice Chairperson
Shri Dinesh Pratap Singh Eminent Person(Uttar Pradesh) Vice Chairperson
Shri Pradipsinh Vaghela Eminent Person (Gujarat) Vice Chairperson
Smt Madhavi Agarwal Eminent Person Member
Shri Saurav Singh Eminent Person from SRM UNIVERSITY Member
Shri Rajendra Prasad Sain Eminent Person Member
Shri Asit Singh Director General, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan Member Secretary

References
  1. "About NYKS". Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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