International Youth Forum 2012

International Youth Forum 2012


It was held in Sharda University, Greater Noida. A forum simulated by 'just' the youth and for the youth. Working with difficulties in getting sponsorships, in making people believe in us & our work, we had faced a lot before the actual starting of the conference. 


From the venue correction to arranging what all we had promised, everything seemed like a fight but we had never given up. The team did face challenges but never did we quit, we kept moving, we kept sailing, we kept crossing hurdles, one by one, leaving our personal issues aside we decided to join hands and work for what we had initially come together. 


With a welcoming heart, sound mind and lots of dreams we inaugurated the event with the kind presence of Mr. Shashi Tharoor and other deemed dignitaries, we started this journey with more than 300 delegates coming from all across the globe to deliberate on the Role of Youth in Indian Renaissance' with discussions, seminars and competitions based on Social Entrepreneurship, Model Governance and Citizens' Participation. 




It was an experience of its own kind, working with people you haven’t met before, meeting people from all across the world, knowing their culture, hearing them speak about their nations, from events ranging from Global Village, Cultural Night,  Fashion Show, Musical Performances , Dance and Drama Performances.



We had bands like Rishi Inc who had us all for them. 


I met so many people who had varied talents, some could manage anything and everything and handle all the crisis, people like Raghav Garg, Raj Singh Nimbalkar, Hitesh Bachani & Dipankar Gupta. People, who left impressions, people like Sanket Verma, Abhishek, Nishant Mandal, Piyush & Sohail. People who made sure that work never got onto our nerves, Shaily, Shwetank, Nikita, & Apoorva Khera, thank you for all those moments. 


A special thanks to Aditya Singh, Vibhanshu, Anilesh, Abhishek, Gazal, Atulesh, Ayush, Vikas sir, Abhijeet, Aditya Singh, Premankit, Daksh, Prateek Pandey, Jatin Garg, Umesh sir, Aashish Birgi, Aditya Kumar, Shyam Bansal, Gaurav, Siyali, Mehak Sir, Dheer Sir, Ishan, Saurabh Gupta, Simran Sehgal, 


Room no 404 was and will always be special, from the balcony sightseeing to sleeping in a mess, from all the bitching sessions to our secret sacred parties :p 


From all the heart to heart talking sessions to being thorough professionals, to those walkie talkie talks, from discussing our lives before & after IYF, to making sure that the night meetings would solve all our issues, from the dancing sessions on the stage to the drama behind the scenes, from those sleepless nights to the eventful days, from the constant chitter-chatter to sitting quietly bruised & unwell, from hating a few to loving so many.  


IYF taught me lessons so many, from hearing what people had to speak on my back, to meeting a few who’d really come up front and speak it on my face, from meeting people who are fair to those who can cross limits of being biased, from the delicious food to the all the more needed morning teas. 


This forum will ofcourse get better the next time with many a people joining in, new nations coming in, a venue as brilliant as Goa but I am sure, nothing can be better than Room no 404, that balcony & that open ground where we let our hearts out. 


This one is to those late night walks, to those random people, to my favourite people, to the people who don’t matter and those whom I am never gonna let go. 


Thank you for taking care of me during those health peeps,  those breaking down sessions, for talking to me and setting me straight, for never letting me quit, for making me behave like a professional when I wished to slap a few, thank you for all what you guys have done. 


I won’t regret quitting my internship for IYF, for I met you & I have memories that will do me good forever. :)