Brief Concept Note Event: Being an annual feature, 6th edition of 4-day’s national conclave of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad (6th Indian Student Parliament), Pune, India, will be organized on January 27, 28, 29 and 30, 2016, at MAEER’s MIT Campus, Kothrud, Pune, India. (A first of its kind initiative to channelize the energy of youth for strengthening the democracy) Organizers: Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad Foundation, Pune, India and MAEER’s MIT School of Government in association with Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, Ministry of Higher & Technical Education and Ministry of Sports & Youth Welfare, Government of Maharashtra, and is supported by UNESCO Chair of Human Rights, Democracy, Peace & Tolerance, Pune, HBS Club of India, Association of Indian Universities (A.I.U.) & Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Other Important Participation/support: United Nations, SAARC, Commonwealth and Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva have also participated and extended their support. In India, it is ably supported by Important Indian Parliamentarians, Speakers of state Legislative Assemblies and political leaders of different orientations and ideologies. Rationale behind Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad Student politics is not new to India. Many Prominent political leaders, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, State Ministers, Parliamentarians, Legislative Members, Members of Local Self Government of various Indian states have come up through student political movements. Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad has been igniting this very spirit of healthy politics in the youth of today and is inculcating public spirited and socially sensitive values right during their formative years. Doing so is all the more important in present times with the engagement of considerable number of youth in various movements and democratic processes in recent years. Also, as transparent and accountable governance can come through only spirited, educated and trained young men and women, today the foremost challenge before us is to rebuild their eroded trust in our political and democratic system and seek their active participation. To revolutionize the mindset of younger generations; and to ignite their spirit to enter public life with a purpose to serve the nation, the Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad was launched in 2011. It is an apolitical outfit and does not engage in any mainstream party politics. It is transforming the outlook of youth and reaffirming their respect for politics, political leaders, democracy and its institutions. It is raising their extent of sensitivity, awareness, involvement, responsiveness, access and say in political and democratic processes so that a healthy democratic system can be evolved to produce competent public leaders and policy makers, from the grassroots and from all walks of life.

What we do at 4-days annual national conclave The platform has created a youth movement by connecting thousands of youth across the nation with hope and assurance. 10 to 12,000 student leaders are engaged in absorbing academic sessions for four days to discuss and deliberate on a wide range of significant issues. A number of political leaders, engaging thinkers, intellectual giants, industrial leaders and youth icons of national and international eminence, from all walks of life and spectrum of ideologies provide them the context, analysis, courage, insight and perspective so that they can dream bigger, see clearer and speak louder. They raise their consciousness and intellect, so that the youth have an opinion, a point of view and most importantly, a sobering thought about - what they will do to make a difference in the nation’s life. Direct Participation of Students: Politically and socially active students from 450 universities, 10,000 colleges of all states of India are subjected to go through a rigorous selection process adopted by the colleges independently and 10 to 12,000 of them finally make way to participate at the flagship annual conclave of BCS. 90,000 Student Participation by live webcasting in 200 universities of India: The event is webcasted live in 200 universities of India targeting over 90,000 students across 200 universities. Participation of Speakers of Legislative Assembly from 8 different states of India All academic sessions of the conclave are chaired by one of the Hon’ble Speakers of Legislative Assembly from different states of India. Participation of Vice Chancellors of 8 different Universities of India All Academic sessions get opening remarks by one of the Vice Chancellors of Indian universities. Media Coverage: The event is widely covered by electronic and print media at Regional, National and International level. In addition to private television channels, Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV provide full coverage of the event. Felicitation of 16 young M.L.A.s from different states and political parties Each academic session of the conclave witnesses felicitation of two young members of legislative Assemblies from different states of India. The idea is to encourage youth participation in politics by recognizing the positive change these young legislatures have brought in the society.

Felicitation of 10 Young Outstanding Sarpanchs from different Villages of India In order to promote the idea of public service and spirit of democracy amongst youth in public life, 10 Outstanding Young Sarpanchs (Village Head) from different villages of the country are felicitated during the four days annual conclave. These young Sarpanchs are chosen on the basis of their performance and contribution in the comprehensive development of their village. Their sense of commitment towards their village and it’s people inspire many youngsters to get into the public life. Eminent Speakers of 1st,, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th editions of Indian Students Parliament (1) A.P.J Abdul Kalam (Former President, The Republic of India) (2) Abhay Firodia (Chairman, Force Motors) (3) Abhijit Pawar (Managing Director, Sakal Media Group, Pune) (4) Abu Taher Mondal (Speaker, Meghalaya State Legislative Assembly) (5) Ajay Maken (Then Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India) (6) Amit Thaker (Former National President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM)) (7) Anand Kumar (Founder, Super 30) (8) Anna Hazare (Social Crusader, Leading Activist in Lokpal Movement) (9) Anu Aga (MP, Rajya Sabha & Former Chairperson, Thermax India Ltd.) (10) Anurag Singh Thakur (MP, Lok Sabha & National President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha) (11) Aruna Roy (Founder of the Mazdoor Kishan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)) (12) Ashutosh Gowariker (Film Director & Producer) (13) Arnab Goswami (Editor-in-Chief, Times Now) (14) Bhaiyyujji Maharaj (Rashtra Sant, Spiritual Guru) (15) Bhavana Gawali (MP, Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena) (16) Biman Banerjee (Speaker, West Bengal State Legislative Assembly) (17) Brij Behari Lal Butail (Speaker, Himachal Pradesh State Legislative Assembly) (18) Charnjit Singh Atwal (Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly) (19) Dada J. P. Vaswani (Revered Spiritual Guru, Sadhu Vaswani Mission) (20) Dalai Lama (Nobel Laureate & Spiritual Guru) (21) Dattatray Dhanakawade (Mayor of Pune) (22) Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister, Maharashtra) (23) Dilip Walse-Patil (Then Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra) (24) Fr. Joseph Chinnayyan (Revered Spiritual Guru, Deputy Secretary General, CBCI, India) (25) Gagan Narang (Rifle Shooter) (26) Girish Bapat (Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Maharashtra) (27) Govind Singh Kunjwal (Speaker, Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly) (28) Gurdeep Singh Sappal (CEO, Rajya Sabha Television) (29) Haribhau Bagade (Speaker, Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly) (30) Harshwardhan Patil (Then Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Maharashtra) (31) Late Ishwar Das Rohani (Then Speaker, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly) (32) Jabbar Patel (Eminent Film Director) (33) Jayaprakash Narayan (Former MLA & President, Lok Satta Party) (34) K. Natwar Singh (Writer, Former Union Minister for External Affairs, Govt. of India) (35) Kapil Dev (Former Captain, Indian Cricket Team)

(36) Kapil Sibal (Then Union Minister, HRD, Law & Justice, Communications & IT, Govt. of India) (37) Kiran Bedi (Former Director General, Bureau of Police Research & Development) (38) Kirron Kher (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha) (39) Kodela Siva Prasad Rao (Speaker, Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly) (40) L. K. Advani (Veteran Leader & Chairman, BJP Parliamentary Party) (41) Leander Paes (International Tennis Player) (42) Lila Poonawalla (Chairperson, Lila Poonawalla Foundation) (43) Manoj Kumar (Legendary Actor, Indian Cinema) (44) Margaret Alva (Then Governor, Rajasthan State) (45) Mark Tully (Journalist & Former Chief of Bureau, BBC, New Delhi) (46) Mata Prasad Pandey (Speaker Uttar Pradesh, Vidhan Sabha) (47) Maulana Mahmood Madani (General Secretary, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind & Former MP) (48) Maulana Syed Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi (Social Reformer & Renowned Islamic Scholar) (49) Late Mohan Dharia (Then President, Vanrai) (50) Lobsang Sangay (Prime Minister of Tibetan Government in Exile, Dharmashala, India) (51) Morari Bapu (Spiritual Guru & Renowned Exponent of Ram Charit Manas) (52) Mukesh Sharma (Additional Director General, West Zone, Mumbai Doordarshan) (53) Mumtaz Ali Khan (Sri M.) (Spiritual Guru & President, The Satsang Foundation) (54) N. R. Narayana Murthy (Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Technologies Ltd.) (55) Nabam Rebia (Speaker, Arunachal Pradesh State Legislative Assembly) (56) Nadeem Javed (Former National President, NSUI & MLA, Jaunpur, (U.P)) (57) Nana Patekar (Film Actor) (58) Nandita Das (Film Actress) (59) Niranjan Hiranandani (Then Chairman, Indian Merchants' Chamber) (60) Nita Chowdhury (Then Secretary Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India) (61) Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Govt of India) (62) Omar Abdullah (Then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir) (63) P. Sainath (Eminent Journalist, Former Rural Affairs Editor, The Hindu) (64) Pasha Patel (Farmer Leader & Former MLC, Maharashtra) (65) Poonam Mahajan Rao (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, BJP, Mumbai North) (66) Prabodh Thakker (President, Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Mumbai) (67) Prakash Ambedkar (Writer, Social Activist & President, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh) (68) Prithviraj Chavan (Then Chief Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra) (69) Priya Dutt (Then Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha) (70) Raghu Thakur (Veteran Socialist Thinker, President, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party) (71) Raghunath A. Mashelkar (National Research Professor & Ex – Director General, CSIR) (72) Rahul Bajaj (Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd) (73) Rajashree Birla (Chairperson, Aditya Birla Foundation, Mumbai) (74) Rajat Sharma (Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV) (75) Rajdeep Sardesai (Consulting Editor, India Today Group) (76) Rajeev Gupta (Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Govt. of India) (77) Rajeev Satav (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha & Ex-President Indian Youth Congress) (78) Rajendra Singh (Magsaysay Award Winner, Well Known Water Conservationist) (79) Rajesh Tope (Then Minister for Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra) (80) Raju Shetty (MP, Lok Sabha, SWP)

(81) Raju Vegesna (CEO & Managing Director, Sify Technologies Ltd) (82) Ramjee Singh (Ex. Member of Parliament & Vice Chancellor) (83) Ramoji Rao (Chairman, Ramoji Group) (84) Ravi Shankar Prasad (Union Minister for Communication & IT, Govt of India) (85) Renuka Chowdhury (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha) (86) Ronjan Sodhi (Well Known Indian Trap Shooter) (87) S. Parsuraman (Director, Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) (88) Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (Yogic Guru & Founder, Isha Foundation) (89) Sam Pitroda (Then Adviser to PMO on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations) (90) Saroj Pandey (Then Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha) (91) Shabana Azmi (Film Actor & Social Activist) (92) Shailja Kant Mishra (IPS – Former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh) (93) Shashi Tharoor (Then Union Minister of State, HRD, Govt. of India & International Diplomat) (94) Shazia Ilmi (Social Activist & Leader, BJP) (95) Shekhar Suman (Acclaimed Indian Film Actor) (96) Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh) (97) Shubh Vilas (Author, Motivational Speaker and Spiritual Life Style Coach) (98) Sitasharan Sharma (Speaker, Madhya Pradesh State Legislative Assembly) (99) Sonia Choudhary (Acid Attack Victim and Campaigner, Stop Acid Attacks Mission) (100) Sri Sri Ravishankar (Spiritual Guru & Founder, Art of Living) (101) Subhash Ghai (Film Director) (102) Subramanian Swamy (Academician, Economist & Former Union Minister, Govt of India) (103) Sudheendra Kulkarni (Columnist & Former Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, Govt of India) (104) Sulajja Firodia-Motawani (Joint Managing Director Kinetic Engineering Ltd., Pune) (105) Sumitra Mahajan (Speaker, Lok Sabha (Through Video Message)) (106) Sunita Narain (Environmentalist & Director, Centre for Science & Environment) (107) Supriya Sule (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (Baramati, Maharashtra, NCP) (108) Sushil Kumar (Wrestler) (109) Swami Paripoornananda Saraswathi (Spiritual Guru, Founder Sreepeetham) (110) Swami Sukhabaodhananda (Spiritual Guru & Founder Chairman of Prasanna Trust) (111) Swami Vigyananand (Joint General Secretary, Vishva Hindu Parishad) (112) Swaminathan Gurumurthy (Eminent Journalist & Co-convenor, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch) (113) Tushar Gandhi (President, Mahatma Gandhi Foundation) (114) Uday Narain Chowdhary (Then Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly) (115) Ujjwal Nikam (Eminent Lawyer & Well Known Public Prosecutor) (116) Unmukt Chand (Then Captain Under -19 Cricket Team India) (117) Vandana Shiva (Scientist and environmentalist) (118) Venkaih Naidu (Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Govt of India) (119) Vijay Kumar (Olympic Medalist) (120) Vijay P. Bhatkar (Computer Scientist & Chairman, Board of Governor, IIT Delhi) (121) Vikram Gokhale (Film Actor) (122) Vikram Sathaye (Author, Comedian, Entrepreneur) (123) Vinay Sahasrabuddhe (Vice President, BJP, Director General, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini) (124) Vishwanath D. Karad (Founder Executive President MAEER’s MIT, Pune)

Participation of Eminent International Speakers (1) Ahmad Alhendawi (United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth) (2) Anders B. Johnsson (Then Secretary General, Inter–Parliamentary, Union, Geneva) (3) Alan Haselhurst (Then Chairperson, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association) (4) Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace Laureate & Leader of Opposition, Myanmar) (5) Ban Ki-moon (Secretary General, United Nations) (6) Daniel Radcliffe (Eminent English Film Actor) (7) Irina Bokova (Director General, UNESCO, Paris) (8) Kamalesh Sharma (Secretary General, Commonwealth) (9) Kiki Caruson (Associate Vice President, University of Florida) (10) Liam Burns (Then President, National Union of Students – NUS, United Kingdom) (11) Malala Yousafzai (Nobel Peace Laureate, Women Education Rights Activist, Pakistan) (12) Mohammad Ibrahim Ghafoori (Then Director, SAARC, Afghanistan) (13) Muhammad Yunus (Nobel laureate & Founder Bangladesh Grameen Bank) (14) Sunita Williams (Astronaut, NASA) Closing the loop 

Participants from the 6th Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad will be selected for Political study tours to the United States, China and to some European countries. These tours will be facilitated and sponsored by their respective governments who will also issue certificates to all participants

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50 participants each will be selected for specially organized political and spiritual training camps at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh and Art of Living campus, Bangalore, Karnataka. A certificate of participation will be issued to all participants.

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400 participants will be selected for 10-day International Study tour to Europe and 10-day National Study Tour to Delhi

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Based on the ideological affinity and interest, 100 inclined, equipped and bright minds from the participants of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad, will be sifted every year for each political parties of India, to undergo political leadership training Program.

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Academic sessions at 6th Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad apart from Inauguration & Valedictory : Session 1: Strong States for Stronger India Session 2: Spiritualization of Politics: A Vision or an Illusion? Session 3: National Integration through Culture & Constitution Session 4: State of Preparedness: Military Vs Police Session 5: Panel Discussion on Political Governance from the eyes of corporate Special session 1: Youth to Youth Connect – Part 1 Session 6: Politics of Political, Electoral & Judicial Reforms Session 7: Will Income & Crop Security seal the fate of Farmers? Session 8: Is Globalization a necessary evil? Special session 2: Youth to Youth Connect – Part 2 Session 9: Oscars, Olympics & Nobels: Still a distant dream?

Awards to be given at 6th Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad (1) Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar (Life Time Achievement Awards) – Inauguration (2) Gargi & Maitreyee Puraskar (Best Women Parliamentarian Award) (3) Adarsh Yuva Vidhayak Puraskar (Ideal Youth MLA Award) – Every Session 2 Ideal MLAs from 16 different state assemblies are selected (4) Adarsh Mukhyamantri Puraskar – Valedictory (5) Aadarsh Uccha Shikshit Yuva Sarpanch Puraskar – In one of the Session Ideal Sarpanchs are selected for going back and contributing the roots (6) Heroes of India Puraskar (Youth Icon) (7) Yuva Adhyatmik Guru Puraskar – From Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian & other communities

Information about Parent Organization – MAEER’s MIT SOG This novel concept was envisaged by the MAEER’s MIT School of Government (MIT-SOG), Pune, as an extension of its focused academic endeavors and brought out the classroom training to the thousands of common youth through Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad. MIT-SOG is a part of Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Education Research (MAEER) which was established in 1983 as Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT Pune) Pune, India. The academy has 68 institutions catering to graduate and post-graduate studies which offer higher learning to about 55000 students in wide array of fields – Engineering, Medicine, Marine Engineering, Design, IT, Business Management, and Journalism, among others. MIT-SOG is the 1st institute of its kind not only in India but also in Asia, which is imparting One Year Full Time - Masters Program in Government (MPG), a professional program for developing democratic leadership and a career in Politics and Government. It was started with the idea that youth aspiring to make careers in myriad fields of politics should have a formal training center where they would learn not only about various aspects of “Government” and “Governance,” but would also learn to become tomorrow’s leaders committed to respect and strengthen democratic values and actively participate in democratic processes.