G20 Youth International Seminar at PU
Technical Sessions
After the inaugural session, four Parallel panel discussions took place at different venues. The first session took place in the Law Auditorium focusing on the theme of “Future of work: Industry 4.0, Innovation & 21 Century”. Eminent speakers of the session were Prof. Manu Sharma,Faculty in Mechanical Engineering branch of UIET, Punjab University; Prof Douglas Lecorchick Professor of Education (STEM), Fairmont University, North Carolina; Dr Srikar Vulli, highly experienced Wind Turbine Specialist R&D Engineer; Dr Chamkour Athwal, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environmental at Birmingham City University;and Mr Shashank Chitlangiri, a multi-disciplinary technology development professional with a focus on solution architecture, systems design, and vertical integration.
The second session was held at the Moot Court Hall was on the theme “Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance”. The key speakers were: Prof. Jyoti Rattan,Professor of Law, Panjab University; Sh. Anup Gupta, Mayor, Chandigarh; Dr. Jasleen kaur, Assistant Professor (Law), Panjab University; Prachi Hajela, Awarded as one of the 100 most influential women of India in Academician Category by Indian Bar Association, 2019; Kshitiz Goel, Advocate; Mr Roshan Mittal and Mr Lakshit Mittal.
The third session was held at UBS Conference Hall on the theme “Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance” with eminent speakers including Dr. Sanjeev Prashar, Krishan Kahna, Rajeev Sakuja, Amar Vivek, Mirlan Sethi , Robert York.
The fourth session was conducted at Seminar Hall, Department of Political Science with eminent speakers like Prof. Ashutosh Kumar, Dr Utsav Kumar Singh, Dr. Basant Kumar, Adv. Arjun Sheoran, Jiten Kumar, Sachin Gupta, Dr Ritu Khosla, and Dr Khushboo Mahajan.
In the post lunch technical sessions, various speakers were: Prof Devinder Singh; Amit Sharma, Dr Balwinder Kaur, Dr Madhumita Kothari, Varun Chacchar, Pranav Chamoli and Gautam Bhardwaj.
Valedictory Session
The valedictory session started with an address by Sh. Kartikeya Sharma, Member of Rajya Sabha. He talked about how India is moving in the right direction, and the several steps that are being taken to take the youth of the country in the right direction.Kartikeya Sharma also discussed about how India has moulded different identity on the world map. He asserted that “Unlike the last 3 revolutions in which the mindset of slavery was seen and tolerated, India is now moving forward with a future in mind, in which the Prime Minister’s DESI formula is contributing the most.” He explained, “D- digital;E-entrepreneurships; S-skill development and I- innovation and India first”.
Sh. Vijay Sampla, Chairman of National Commission on Scheduled Castes engaged the audience through his interactive session. On a personal note, he shared that he never went to college himself but he learnt a lot after becoming the Chairman of the commission and through his various college visits as a guest where he had first hand interaction with the youth of the country.
Hon’ble Justice Vinod Bhardwaj, Punjab and Haryana High Court in his presidential remark addressing the students stated “question yourself and do constructive criticism not for the sake of criticism but for further improvement”.
Prof. Devinder Singh, Panjab University extended a heartfelt vote of thanks to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for their cooperation. He extended his thanks to over 200 affiliated colleges, regional centres, and departments of Panjab University for their participation and enthusiasm.
