Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan
# Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan

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

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.

## 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.
* Opportunities 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 GOVERNORS :

| 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 Saurav Kumar Shah, IPS | Director General, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan | Member Secretary |
