Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav said that on April 6, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would interact with the students of universities and colleges through 'Yuva Samvad' (Youth Dialogue).

About 16.50 lakh students of more than 1300 government, non-government, aided colleges and universities of the state will be connected through this programme via virtual and live broadcasting. Dr. Yadav informed that online registration is being done at college and university level for "Yuva Samvad" to be held at Kushabhau Thakre Auditorium in Bhopal. Live telecast of the programme can be seen on various platforms of electronic news channels and social media.

Yadav told that through NIC, more than 25,000 students will be able to communicate directly in the programme through virtual classes set up in 52 district headquarters and government colleges. Selected students from different places of the state will also be present in the auditorium. For the first time, the Higher Education Department is doing this programme by connecting a large number of students with the help of online, virtual medium.

Chouhan will launch the training programme of Vivekananda Career Guidance Cell and teaching-training programme for vocational courses. In the programme, the booklet 'Nai Shiksha-Nai Udan' of National Education Policy-2020 and 'Utkarsh', a magazine of Swami Vivekananda Career Guidance Scheme will be released.

Seed money will also be distributed to the students to encourage start-ups through the incubation centres of the universities. Exhibition stalls will be set up by 18 universities at the venue, in which information about courses run by universities, beneficiary-oriented schemes, information about digital education, availability of e-content and online learning courses will be displayed.