On March 31, 2023 Youth20, the official engagement group of G20 signed a MoU with Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DICCI) during the National Conference of DICCI held at Ashoka hotel, New Delhi.
Y20 is a group which brings together young leaders from across the globe to discuss and debate about global challenges and policies on the five major themes which includes future of work, peacebuilding, climate change, youth in democracy and governance and health, wellbeing and sports, etc.
The MOU was signed by Abhishek Malhotra, Secretary of Partnerships and Finance, Y20 India on behalf of Y20 India Secretariat and Ms. Maitreyee Kamble, National Convenor DICCI NextGen on behalf of DICCI.
The MoU was signed to make DICCI an industry partner for the Y20 India Secretariat in the presence of Dr Milind Kamble, Founder Chairman DICCI and Chairman BoG IIM Jammu (Padma Shri awardee 2013); Mr. Ravi Kumar Narra, National President DICCI (Padma Shri awardee 2014); Sanjiv Dangi, National, Vice President DICCI; Dr Raja Nayak, National Vice President, DICCI, along with Regional heads and National Council team of DICCI.
Speaking about the MoU, Abhishek Malhotra, Secretary of Partnerships and Finance (Y20) stated, “There is no better forum than DICCI to be an industry partner for Y20 India Secretariat as it is a pioneering platform for promoting diversity and inclusion in the business and industry sectors till the grassroots level. It is renowned for conducing economic ideas aimed at encouraging the marginalised youth to carve out their own niche and contribute to national development”.
DICCI and Youth 20 together will work on the inclusivity and Diversity thread added Maitrayee Kamble, Convenor of DICCI NextGen.
The first event under this partnership is going to be organised on the occasion of Baba Saheb BR Ambedkar Jayanti that is on April 14, 2023.
Earlier, in January this year, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur launched the themes of Y20 summit, logo and website in the Curtain raiser event of Y20 Summit India. India is hosting the Y20 summit for the first time.
In Youth20 Engagement Group, India’s key focus is to bring young leaders from all across the globe together and discuss ideas for a better tomorrow and draft an agenda for action.
The activities to be undertaken by Y20 during our presidency will focus on global youth leadership and partnership.
For the next few months, 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.
For India, the G20 Presidency also marks the beginning of “Amritkaal”, the 25-year period beginning from the 75th anniversary of its independence on 15 August 2022, leading up to the centenary of its independence, towards a futuristic, prosperous, inclusive and developed society, distinguished by a human-centric approach at its core.
India is playing a significant role in finding workable solutions at the international level to ensure holistic well-being embodying the idea of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.
