[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the occasion of International Youth Day on 12 August, the United Nations and State Bank of India are organized a Dialogue on Youth for Development in New Delhi.
The Dialogue showcased innovations by six SBI Youth For India Fellows who are on a thirteen month-long Fellowship programme with select non-governmental organizations across parts of rural India, working in the areas of education, skill development, health and sanitation and e-governance.
The SBI Youth For India Fellowship enables India’s brightest young minds to volunteer their time to work on some of the country’s most pressing development challenges. Presently, the SBI Youth For India Fellowship is supporting 60 Fellows, 55 percent of whom are women, working in 35 locations across 10 states in India. Further details are available at: http://www.youthforindia.org/
Meet some of India’s brightest young minds working tirelessly on rural development projects:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8839″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Simren Singh
Let’s Talk Menstruation!
Twenty-five-year-old Simren has always been convinced of the need to break the taboos that surround menstruation in India and has worked relentlessly to create awareness on the issue. Better menstrual hygiene promotes improved health status of women, in particular teenage girls, but women in rural areas lack convenient choices in the use of sanitary napkins. Many rural women typically use soiled pieces of cloth which is unhygienic and contributes to their poor health… read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8844″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Priyvrat
Clean Villages, Clean India
Thirty-one-year-old Priyvrat joined the SBI Youth for India fellowship with one aim – to promote community hygiene in rural India. He took a sabbatical from his job at the State Bank of India and headed to Odisha to pilot a project on decentralized waste management systems to improve sanitary conditions in Hardingo village in Ganjam District…. read more [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8848″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Ashwini Shelke
Gender Inclusive Governance
As the daughter of a village sarpanch, Ashwini Shelke grew up knowing the transformational power of good governance, especially at the local level. Which is why she chose to create awareness about the role and functioning of panchayats and promote e-governance as her initiative under the Youth for India programme…. read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8849″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Anant Vats
Skilling India
Technology and how it can be used for social change has always fascinated Anant Vats. It’s this passion that he uses in his work with bamboo artisans in the Dang region of Gujarat under the Fellowship programme… read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8851″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Sunayana Chatrapathy
Learning, the fun way!
Till a year ago, 31 year old Sunayana Chatrapathy spent most of her days shuttling between glass cabins and meeting rooms as a Human Resource Manager for a Bangalore-based technology firm. But Sunayana knew that was not her true calling. In search of something more meaningful and gratifying, she quit her job… read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8853″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Diksha Mishra
Healthy women, healthy environment
Unlike most 20-somethings, Diksha Mishra did not plan a vacation with her friends after finishing college. Nor was she looking for a job. She had her mind set on a different agenda – to volunteer her time for rural development, especially for women. So at 23, she packed her bags and left for a remote and nondescript tribal village in Dang, Gujarat to work on a project to improve women’s health and create an alternate source of income for them… read more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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