IIT Guwahati to host first Youth20 Group Meet 2023 from Feb 6 to 8

The Y20 Summit allows the youth to provide policy inputs and utilise the platform to voice their opinions for the world audience. 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati is hosting the first Youth20 (Y20) Group Meet 2023 from February 6 to 8, 2023. The Y20 Summit allows the youth to provide policy inputs and utilise the platform to voice their opinions for the world audience. It is one of the eight official engagement groups under the G20 umbrella. 

The G20 rotating presidency bears the responsibility of hosting the youth summit, which usually takes place some weeks prior to the traditional forum to know what the youths are thinking and incorporate their suggestions in their own policy proposals. It is an attempt to create a connecting point between G20 governments and their local youth. 

The Youth 20 India Summit will bring together the trustees of our future generations from across the G20 countries to deliberate, discuss and deduce innovative, sustainable and actionable solutions, especially in the realm of social development. 

Prof Parameswar K Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, said, “The future of the world rests in the hands of the youth. The Y20 Meet being hosted by IIT Guwahati will give the youth a unique opportunity to share their input on the global platform. The meet will focus on global youth leadership towards a futuristic, prosperous, inclusive, and developed society.” 

Themes of Y20 Summit

Below are the themes of Y20 Summit 

• Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovation & 21st Century skills, 
• Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a way of life 
• Peacebuilding and Reconciliation: Ushering in an era of No War 
• Shared Future: Youth in Democracy 
• Governance and Health, Wellbeing & Sports: Agenda for Youth 

With these, the Y20 Summit’s key focus will be on global youth leadership and partnership. There will be pre-summits on the five Y20 themes along with various discussions and seminars at different Universities across states in India in a run-up to the final Youth-20 Summit. 

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