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India’s first youth-led national policy forum — bringing together students, policymakers, artists, and influencers to imagine India’s centennial through the lens of its next generation.
The Event
Youth Sabha 2047 was conceived as a space for young Indians to not just respond to policy questions — but to set the agenda. Held in New Delhi, it brought together an extraordinary room: fellows, policymakers, youth leaders, artists, and public influencers all in conversation about what India needs to do differently to realise its centennial potential.
The centrepiece of the event was the unveiling of the ‘India in Future Tense’ art installation — 47 words rendered as a floor-to-ceiling typographic landscape, each one a provocation about vocabulary, imagination, and power in India’s future.
My Role
Organiser & Moderator
Attendees
Students, policymakers, influencers, artists
Centrepiece
'India in Future Tense' art installation
Outcomes
1,200+ survey responses, national policy inputs
Organised By
UN Foundation & CEEW
Location
New Delhi, 2024
Programme Highlights
The 'India in Future Tense' dictionary, co-authored by the fellowship cohort, was unveiled as a physical installation — inviting attendees to walk through 47 definitions of India's centennial vocabulary.
Structured dialogues on India's five key disruptions: technology & AI, climate, geopolitics, demographic change, and economic transformation — each facilitated by youth moderators.
Delegates co-created a live manifesto of youth demands and aspirations, synthesised from 1,200+ survey responses and national consultations — presented to senior policymakers in attendance.