New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) begins 'Yuva Sangam', a cultural exchange program between the students of Gujarat and Assam.
This initiative has been taken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme. As a part of this initiative, 18 students and off-campus youngsters from Assam have arrived at IIT Gandhinagar to visit Gujarat, and 53 youngsters from Gujarat are on a visit to Assam.
During their week-long visit, students will visit various places in these states and experience various facets of art, culture, life, and landmarks.
The aim of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) programme is to strengthen people-to-people connect and build empathy between the youth of North-Eastern States and the rest of India.
The exchange students, which include 11 males and 7 females, plus their accompanying officers from Assam, will be visiting different places in Gujarat between February 24 and March 02, 2023. The students will be getting exposure in five dimensions- paryatan (tourism), parampara (traditions), pragati (development), prodyogiki (technology), and paraspar sampark (people-to-people connect).
During the exposure tour, participants are going to visit Indroda Park, Akshardham Temple, Amul Dairy, Muni Seva Ashram in Vadodara, Statue of Unity, Sabarmati Ashram and Riverfront, NIT Surat, Modhera Sun Temple, and Rani ki Vav. They will also get a first-hand experience of living among students of various cultural diversity at IITGN and NIT Surat campuses and engage in different activities with them, including telescopic observation of the night sky, cultural activity, research glimpses, interaction with other North-East region students at IITGN, and so on. They are also going to meet the Governor of Gujarat Acharya Devvrat.
Terming the programme as a unique learning opportunity, IITProf Rajat Moona, Director, IITGN, said, “Yuva Sangam is a very interesting programme to bring together people from various parts of the country so that they can learn from each other’s culture, traditions, development, technology, and so on. When Mahatma Gandhiji came back from South Africa for the first time, he travelled throughout India to understand the country, its people, their culture, and problems and connect with them because there were very limited means of connectivity at that time. Today you all have embarked on a similar kind of journey, and we are fortunate that the means of connectivity have improved drastically across the country. We are sure you will have a very good time.”
Sharing his thoughts upon coming to Gujarat and IIT Gandhinagar, Supratim Deb, a student from Silchar, studying BA in Journalism and Mass Communication, said, “I have come to Gujarat for the first time, and I am very hopeful that this tour will help me in academic as well as personal development. I have already met many new people and am going to meet many more and learn from their experiences and wisdom. I am also keen to know about the culture, food, and music of Gujarat and excited to see the Statue of Unity.”
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