YUVA 2.0 is being launched in view of the significant impact of the first edition of YUVA that saw huge participation from young and budding authors in 22 different Indian languages and English, YUVA 2.0 is now being launched.
The Ministry of education on Sunday launched YUVA 2.0. YUVA (for Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) is the Prime Minister’s scheme for mentoring young authors. The scheme rests on an author mentorship programme to train young authors aged below 30 years of age. The mentorship programmes is designed to promote reading, writing and book culture in the country, and to project India and Indian writings globally.
YUVA 2.0 is being launched in view of the significant impact of the first edition of YUVA that saw huge participation from young and budding authors in 22 different Indian languages and English, YUVA 2.0 is now being launched.
The ministry of education said that the launch of YUVA 2.0 is in tune with the Prime Minister’s vision to encourage the youth to understand and appreciate India’s democracy. YUVA 2.0 is a part of India@75 Project or Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav that is being observed. It aims to bring to the fore the perspectives of the young generation of writers on the theme ‘Democracy’ in an innovative and creative manner. The Democracy theme extends to institutions, events, people, constitutional values – past, present, future and the scheme will help develop a stream of writers who can write on a spectrum of subjects to promote Indian heritage, culture and knowledge system.
This scheme has been conceptualized on the premise that twenty-first century India needs to groom a generation of young authors to create ambassadors of Indian literature. 75 authors will be selected through a nation-wide contest.
Link with NEP
The ministry of education says that NEP 2020 has emphasized on the empowerment of the young minds and creating a learning ecosystem that can make the young readers and learners ready for leadership roles in the future world. India tops the chart in youth population being 66 per cent of the total, waiting to be tapped for capacity building and nation building.
The ministry programme is based on the requirement to take initiatives at highest level by mentoring a new generation of young creative writers.
The scheme will be implemented by the National Book Trust that is tasked to ensure phase-wise execution of the scheme under well-defined stages of mentorship. The books prepared under this scheme will be published by National Book Trust and will also be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of culture and literature. NBT will also help the selected young authors to interact with some of the best authors of the world and participate in literary festivals, the ministry says.
The scheme will help to develop a stream of writers who can write on various facets of Democracy in India encompassing the past, present and future so as to provide a window to the aspiring youth to articulate themselves and present a comprehensive outlook of Indian democratic values at domestic as well as international platforms.
India is ranked third in the arena of book publishing and we have a treasure trove of indigenous literature.
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