An initiative of Swapna Foundation

By the Youth. With the Youth. For the Youth.

YUVANITI puts young people from Lucknow in the same room as the ministers and officials who make policy — and turns what happens there into something they can act on.

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Youth convened: 500+
Institutions represented: 30+
Editions of Yuva Samwaad: 2
Working since: 2019

Figures cover the Yuva Samwaad editions held in 2021 and 2024.

Turning Vision into Action

YUVANITI — Young United Voices for Action, Nation’s Innovation, Transformation & Inclusion — is a youth-led platform that connects young citizens, policymakers and change-makers.

We enable meaningful dialogue, civic participation and leadership initiatives so that India’s youth can actively shape the nation’s development agenda.

Our mission To turn India’s demographic dividend into a force for progress, policy and purpose.

What we do

Policy Dialogues

Yuva Samwaad brings students face to face with serving ministers and senior officials — a structured, on-record conversation, not a photo opportunity.

Recognising Youth

Our felicitation programme honours young people already creating measurable social impact, so their work is seen and others follow it.

Leadership & Exposure

Internships, mentoring and community action projects that give young people practical experience of how governance actually works.

Highlights from Our Dialogues

From spirited youth debates to high-impact policy discussions — YUVANITI dialogues bring the brightest minds and the boldest ideas together.

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Vision 2047

Towards a Viksit Bharat

India’s 100th year of independence will mark not just a milestone, but a mirror of what our generation built.

Through YUVANITI, young people come together to co-create ideas, inform policy and drive innovation for a prosperous, inclusive and self-reliant Bharat.

Who our young people have questioned

Across two editions, students from Lucknow have put questions directly to serving and former ministers of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, senior police officers and public figures.

Mr. Swatantra Dev Singh

Minister of Jal Shakti, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Mr. Jai Veer Singh

Minister of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Mahendra Singh

Former Minister of Water, Energy and Resources, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Mr. Satish Kumar Dwivedi

Former Minister of Basic Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Mr. Danish Azad Ansari

Minister of Minorities Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Mrs. Aparna Bisht Yadav

Vice President, BJP Mahila Morcha

A selection. The full roll is on the Yuva Samwaad page.

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In the press

Our work has been covered by regional and national outlets.

Amar Ujala

16 September 2021

Youth in dialogue with the Cabinet Minister at Yuva Samwaad
Khabar Satta

2021

Swapna Foundation hosts Yuva Samwaad in Lucknow
Navbharat Times

5 March 2020

Swapna Foundation featured for youth-led community work

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Bring YUVANITI to your campus

We work with universities, colleges, corporates and public institutions to host dialogues and youth programmes.

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