Union MoS Raksha Khadse Chairs Meeting with Vice-Chancellors of 93 Universities

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Raksha Khadse chaired a high-level meeting with Vice-Chancellors of 93 universities from across the country to strengthen the engagement of higher educational institutions with major youth-focused initiatives of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

The meeting was attended by Shri Sunil Paliwal, Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs; Shri Shiv Ratan, Joint Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, Shri Salil Kumar, Director, MY Bharat;; and Shri Prashant Priya Gautam, Director, National Service Scheme (NSS), along with Vice-Chancellors and representatives of participating universities.

The meeting brought together Vice-Chancellors of 40 Central Universities, 38 State Universities and 13 Deemed and Private Universities, along with representatives of NSU, Manipur and LNIPE, Gwalior. The meeting provided a platform to brief university leadership on the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2027, Nasha Mukt Abhiyaan and Yuva Connect Programme and discuss their active engagement in these initiatives.

The meeting concluded with key action points for strengthening university-level engagement with VBYLD 2027, Nasha Mukt Abhiyaan and Yuva Connect Programme. Vice-Chancellors including Prof. Nilofer Khan, Prof. Diwakar Singh Rajput, Prof. Kalpana Sharma, Prof. Dibakar Chandra Deka, Daljit Singh Chawdhary and Prof. Suresh Gosavi participated in the discussion.(updated on 18th sept 2026)