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LYF’s Campus Pulse Project jumpstarts with the Orientation Workshop for Campus Coordinators and Mentors from across India

FNF partner, Liberal Youth Forum (LYF) has launched its Campus Pulse Project 2009. With the longer term objective of having young liberals in the Parliament, this initiative aims to provide a platform for liberal youth activists to undertake governance projects on their campuses. Through an open application process, ten campus coordinators as well as their corresponding mentors have been selected to lead this initiative across India from Delhi, Mumbai, Ranchi, Bangalore, Patiala, Amritsar, Jamshedpur, Guwahati, and Mokochung (Nagaland).

An Orientation Workshop was organised to provide deeper understanding on campus governance issues from a liberal perspective; enhance practical skills in planning, implementing and evaluating campus programs and provide a platform for youth to present their work and learn from each other. Expert resource persons were invited to share their experiences, LYF Core members with Meenakshi Natarajan
LYF Core members with Meenakshi Natarajan including Ms Meenakshi Natarajan (Member of Parliament from Mandsaur), Dr. Anjana N. Dev (senior faculty member in the English Department at Gargi College, University of Delhi), Mr Saurabh Sharma (Joint Action for Social Help-JOSH) and Dr. Parth J. Shah (Centre for Civil Society).

At the end of the workshop, the coordinators presented their action plans for the next five months to launch this project on their campuses. Post this workshop, LYF will provide support in terms of guidance and resources for the coordinators and mentors. Each team is expected to jointly work towards effective projects to solve campus problems using liberal solutions, contest elections in campus or identify individuals for the same, write a snapshot report on status of campus governance issues and start a Liberal Youth Club on campus.

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