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3. Kashmir Youth Festival
Kashmir Youth Festival was yet another effort of NYKS in association with NSS to create
conducive environment for the youth of Kashmir for playing a positive role and realize their
inherent talents. Kashmir Youth Festival was organized in 18-19 October l 2011 for 2 days. Total
number of Participants were 500 out of which 150 participants were from NSS & rest 350 were
from different NYKS. It provided a platform to these budding youth to exhibit their creativity and
talent. A number of competitions and talks were organized by eminent personalities.
Shri Ajay Maken, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Jenab Omar Abdullah, Hon'ble Chief
Minister, J&K, Er. R S Chib, Minister for Youth Services & Sports, Medical & Technical Education
spoke at large to over 600 youth present at the Inauguration Function held at SKICC, Srinagar.
Others who interacted with Kashmiri youth were Prof. Radha Kumar, Interlocutor, Ms. Shabana
Azmi, Cine Artist eminent Social Worker and other speakers were from the field of Media
Education and social work.
4. My Earth My Duty Campaign
In order to observe Dharti Parv/ Earth Festival, in collaboration with Zee News, Nehru Yuva
Kendra Sangathan has launched My Earth My Duty Campaign during 2010-11 and 2011-12.
During this Campaign, District Youth Coordinators had made environment building in their
districts by briefing to media, contacting youth clubs and motivating them for participate in such a
big and important campaign. They organized informal meetings also with youth club members,
panchayat leaders for making this campaign successful. The campaign was carried out on
voluntary basis and by mobilizing local resources.
In order to inform the people about the festival celebration, the campaign was launched in selected
11 cities in the month of August and September, 2010 & 2011. Shri Ajay Maken, Hon'ble Minister
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of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports has inaugurated this festival at Leh (J&K) on 12 of
September, 2011. Seminars, Cultural, Exhibitions, Pledge, Rallies, etc. were the main activities
during the launching functions.
The objective of the campaign is to sensitize and encourage society to take concrete action towards
mitigating the effects of climate change, to bring about behavioural change to fight the hazards of
the climate-change and environmental degradation and also to motivate people about simple steps
which they can take in their routine life as a duty to save earth.
Under this campaign, NYKS had planted a record number 6795957 ( 2010-11 : 3889227 & 2011-
12: 2906730) of saplings of different species during Sadbhavna celebration across the country
through its network of village based youth clubs.
5. North East Youth Festival
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2 North East Youth Festival 2011 was held from 7 to 9 April, 2011 at J.N Sports Complex,
Shillong, Meghalaya. Festival was inaugurated by Shri Ajay Maken, Ho'ble Union Minister of
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State (IC) on 7 April, 2011. Sh. B.M. Lonong, Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya
who is also Minister incharge of Youth Affairs and Sports, Meghalaya was the guest of honour.
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