In a bid to add tribal youths to mainstream of society, 13th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme (TYEP) is being organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Ranchi from December 18 to December 24, under the aegis of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
To provide detailed information about the programme and activities to be done in this programme, which will last for 7 days, on Friday a press conference was organized under the joint aegis of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) at the State office of the State Capital.
In this press briefing, NYKS State Director, Vijay Kumar informed that a total of 200 youth participants from Malkangiri, Kandhamal, Kalahandi districts of Odisha and Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh are participating in this programme.
Apart from this, information was given regarding conducting various types of activities for the tribal youth like orientation programmes, discussion on burning issues, visits to the tourist places of Jharkhand and conducting intellectual sessions on subjects like career guidance.
While providing the programme details of the activities of the entire 7 days to the journalists, it was requested by the State Director that maximum media coverage should be done in the public interest of the activities of all the days.
Highlighting the importance of the Tribal Youth Exchange Programme, Kumar said that the main objective of this programme is to make aware the tribal youth living in remote areas of the Country of the activities going on in other parts of the Country so that the tribal youth become the main members of the society and can be connected to the mainstream.
While discussing the main aspect of the programme, he said that there will be active participation of Padma Shri Madhu Mansoori Hasmukh and Padma Shri Mukund Nayak in this programme and presentation will also be done through their cultural groups.
The programme will be inaugurated by Deputy Inspector General (Administration) CRPF, Usha Kiran Kandulna on December 18 at 03:00 PM.
In the end it was hoped by Kumar that the tribal youth would get to learn a lot through this programme which lasted for 7 days.