Shillong, Nov 15: The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) foundation day was celebrated at Youth Hostel, Shillong on Wednesday.
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan a premier and prestigious autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India ‘Foundation Day’ anniversary which coincided with Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru’s Birth anniversary at Youth Hostel, Shillong amidst several dignitaries was grace by Ivyreen Warjri assistant director MATI as the Chief Guest.
The programme was concluded with a cultural dance competition. Speaking on the occasion, Warjri said, the NYKS is the now one of the most prestigious body of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with it endeavours to create an opportunity for rural youth to achieve national goals. Mr Warjri said, the youth are the key agents of social change, economic development and technological innovation.
Established in 1972 as part of the Silver Jubilee celebration of India’s Independence with the objective of providing the non-student rural youth with the opportunity to grow and achieve national goals (NYKS) was on the recommendation of the National Advisory Board on Youth with the objective of providing the non-student rural Youth avenues to take part in nation building activities and also to provide opportunity for the development of their own personality and skills.
In 1987 Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) was constituted as an autonomous organization of Department of Youth Affairs & Sports under the Ministry of Human Resources Development. Today, it functions under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. NYKS is a registered society and is governed by a Board of Governors headed by the Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports.
The largest grass-root organization of its kind in the world, NYKS reaches through more than 8 million non-student rural youth in India in the age group of 15-35 years, through its 0.18 million village-level youth clubs. The organization’s strategy has been generation of awareness; organization and mobilization of the youth for development work in the village, with emphasis on value, vision and voluntary action.
The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan currently has 500 district offices, 46 regional offices, 18 zones, 1000 youth development centers and over 181 thousand village based youth clubs enrolled under it. The purpose behind these clubs at the grass-root level is to form village-level voluntary action groups of youth that come together with concern for the poorest of the poor.
