The Young India

On international youth day today, let’s see what youth in our country is up-to. It  is said  that youth  are the  pillar, future and good resource of the country since they have potentialities to bring the  change. Youth are  the period  between childhood  and adulthood,  spring  of life  and are  the most important  and dynamic  segment of the population of any country.

Our country - India is enjoying more than half of it’s population in the age group of people which come under the category of youth. The youth of today has the power to bridge the gap between the oldest of the old and youngest off the young. On contrary to our rival countries like Japan, United States of America, UK where the working population has a mid average age of 38.9- 48.9 our country has the age of 28!

This very gap is our ticket towards turning this nation into a superpower provided. We harness this weapon correctly and understand our importance when the time is right. Speaking of which I would like to address the newly introduced National Education Policy 2020 which has done some significant changes keeping mind the same points.

Time and again our youth has proved that we are not just some rebel without a cause but in fact we are the change bringers of the society. A clear proof of which can be obtained on the youth’s role over challenging the UGC for current exam schedule, to collection of whopping 14 lakhs for Assam floods which were collected by all the BTS fans from India.

This particular move of BTS fans from India has proved and broke the stereotype people were having about K-Pop for a long time now, that it’s not some group of guys all teenage girls go heads over heels and go on supporting their music without a cause, they do it because they believe in the ‘love yourself ‘, “all lives matter” concept supported by BTS when it’s really not easy to do so in the country which has even more closeted society than our country has.

A few more notable inspiration we can take a look from youngsters of India are :

ANAND GANGADHARAN & MOHAK BHALLA, CREATORS OF WALKIE MOBI CHARGERS. (2018)

This pair of friends redefined the mobile charging technique used till now. They implemented the law of energy and created a mobile charger from shoes. Walkie Mobi Chargers apply the law of energy which states that energy can be transferred from one form to another. Their charger can charge up to 40% in thirty minutes, which is more than the usual 25%.

Gourish Singla- The 26-year-old founder of Shivom, Singla aims to make India disease-free in 5 years. Shivom provides genetic data to Pharma companies while ensuring the individual remains anonymous and is incentivised.

Jubin Varghese, Ameya Gadiwan- Aged 25 and 24 respectively, these two men are the co-founders of Gegadyne Energy, a man which has developed a proprietary non-lithium battery technology that can charge a car battery from 0 to 100 per cent in under 15 minutes.

Nikhil Kumar- The 29-year-old Co-founder of Setu, Nikhil has created APIs for UPI and led the team which built BHIM. His platform, Setu, helps connect companies to financial service providers.

Palak Shah- The 28-year-old CEO of Ekaya, focuses on propagating versatility and global appeal of Indian heritage weaves. With Ekaya, Shah supports more than 8,000 Indian weavers.

Abhay Rangan- Aged 22, Abhay is the CEO of Goodmylk, a platform to make plant-based milk affordable in India. Apart from vegan milk, it also retails other vegan items like yoghurt, mayonnaise and butter.

Krishna Gupta- The 27-year-old is the founder of 1441 Pizzeria which employs Italian wood ovens and offers a Make Your Own Pizza option.

Abhishek Gupta, Rishabh Verma- Aged 27 and 28 respectively, Abhishek and Rishabh are the CEO and COO of NavGurukul, a company which runs a one-year residential programme for low-income youth, to train them in software coding skills.

Suthirth Vaidya, Abhijith Chunduru, Adarsh Raj- Aged 27, 26 and 27 respectively, Suthirt, Abhijith and Adarsh are the CEO, CTO and Chief Architect And Co-Founders of Predible Health. Their company uses artificial intelligence to analyse radiology imaging and helps the doctors in identifying the disease.

Krishnakant Mishra- Aged 28, Mishra crisscrossed India for 1,200 days over four years, leading HUL rural's high-stakes Kumbh campaign.

Ullas Samrat and Dhruv Khanna- Both aged 29 are the co-founders of Triton Food-works. The self-funded startup uses hydroponics and low-cost, internet-enabled smart farms that use 300 times less land.

Sai Gole and Siddharth Dialani- Both aged 26 are the co-founders of BharatAgri, the algorithm of which tells farmers what to grow, when and how to grow it to maximize the production.

Whoa!! that was a long list who would have thought we start and end our day all smooth thanks to these young minds. From the coffee you need to kick-start your day to the charger made by those innovative school-kids, combined with those seamless online payment which give a healthy competition to Gpay. We are proud to see the youth of India today has come out of their cocoons and ventured out, have left no stone upturned to excel at whatever field they choose to do so.

It’s not just the age we have at our disposal but also the internet an consistent efforts should be made to harness the good qualities of this combination in a holistic manner. We have not just stopped at scientific inventions but have also left a remarkable milestone in the field of entertainment, from bhuvam bham to ajay nagar we have nailed it all.

Not just success but youth here is consistently working for eradication of untouchability, casteism, racism, and all those thoughts of the older generation are slowly fading.

We, as today’s kids believe more in rational thinking, move towards development where people from everywhere no matter our origins can co-exist in harmony. Yes, undoubtedly there are a few bunches of mislead youth who have went astray and believe in inflicting physical violence as well but I guess they will soon be taken care of as well, this is also why we should be supporting New Education policy 2020. Etiquette's first.

 NISHITA PATIL