On January 27th 2011, The Deshpande Foundation held the first ever Yuva Summit. Championed by D.C.S.E.’s LEAD & EA programs, the Yuva Summit was a tremendous success.
Rahul Bose, Bollywood Actor, Director, & Social Activist, was the Yuva Summit’s featured speaker. Other special guest speakers were:
Dr. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Founder, Deshpande Foundation
Dr. Ashok Shettar, Principal, BVB College of Engineering
Prof. Ken Zolot, Senior Lecturer, MIT
Ms. Meenu Venkateswaran, CEO, Pravah
Mr. Vishal Talreja, Executive Director, Dream A Dream
After the opening ceremony, the Yuva Summit continued with a special panel session for college administrators and faculty. A LEAD Mela was also held, allowing guests to visit stalls and learn more about the different projects LEAD has helped to bring about. The Yuva Summit concluded in the later afternoon with Rahul Bose once again joining LEAD students and other dignitaries on stage.
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Visit www.deshpandefoundation.org and http://dcselead.blogspot.com/ for more coverage of Yuva Summit 2011 and Development Dialogue 2011.
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