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Participate in India's democracy | We help bring out the youth vote & talk about youth civic engagement | #Why25

[Centre for Youth Policy @CtrYouthPolicy]

Where Dhaka's Gen Z revolution produced a youth movement that lost the election to the returning establishment, Kathmandu's has produced a result that will be the most significant electoral repudiation of an entrenched political class.

https://t.co/Kw1KCawRdh

[Centre for Youth Policy @CtrYouthPolicy]

Read our analysis of the Nepal election and the lessons young people can draw from Bangladesh.

https://t.co/RpdVbVkITb

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

🗳️ How did young voters shape Germany’s 2025 elections? 🇩🇪

Join us for Youth in the Bundestag: Reflections on the German Elections, where Dr. Wiebke Winter and Hrithik Bhasin will break down youth turnout, policy shifts, and party dynamics.

📅 March 5 | 12:30 PM

[Jennifer Pedraza Sandoval @JenniferPedraz]

Qué honor estar en la lista global Sub 30 de @YoungIndiaFDN ¡Gracias! Creo firmemente en la capacidad de nuestra generación para enfrentar desafíos sociales y construir un futuro más equitativo.

Este es un reconocimiento al poder transformador de la juventud en todo el mundo.✊

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

Thanks to Darsh Vatsa and Parth Gaikwad for their coordination on making this happen.

And we’d like to thank @MU_Rajkot and @JeetMarwadi for their support and making this year’s list a possibility.

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

Happy National Youth Day! 🎉 Today, on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, we celebrate the power, passion, and potential of young people shaping India’s future.

We’re releasing our Under 30 list of young Indians in political and policy.

🔗 https://t.co/qWamEZabgN

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Check out the entire list of our honorees in India at this link: https://t.co/qWamEZabgN

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With the help of our incredible panelists—Rahesha Sehgal, Anish Gawande, Saral Patel, and Harsh Dahiya— we had the opportunity to speak to visiting students about Indian politics, the institutions of our democracy, and the recently concluded Lok Sabha and state elections.

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

YIF is delighted to have led a teach-in on Indian democracy with the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University!

[Sudhanshu Kaushik @sudhikaushik]

We’re back this year with our 30 Under 30 list for people in politics. This year we’re also looking for global names. Help us out!

If you know an MP/local officials/campaign officials/figureheads/activists below 30 who have had a political impact, reach out to us!

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

Meanwhile, only 2.8% of the state's MLAs are women—one of the lowest in India. Of this, most come from the #BJP, followed by #NCP (Ajit Pawar), #ShivSena (Eknath Shinde) and the #Congress.

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

YIF is breaking down the results of the #MaharashtraElections2024 across the state's 288 constituencies.

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In one of the oldest state legislatures delivered in 2024, NCP (Sharad Pawar)'s Rohit Patil emerged as the youngest MLA, with BJP's Karan Deotale being the second-youngest.

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Did #Jharkhand vote for its youth in the #AssemblyElection2024?

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Scholars, faculty, and students at Marwadi University will play a critical role in ensuring that the research that the Centre for Youth Policy undergoes will be of academic calibre and peer-reviewed.

[Young India Foundation 🗳️ 🗣️ @YoungIndiaFDN]

The Centre for Youth Policy, inaugurated in 2023 by YIF, stands as India’s only research institution focusing on youth political engagement.

From tracking youth candidacy to generating data on political accessibility, the CYP brings young voices to the forefront of research.

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Now officially housed at Marwadi University (@MU_Rajkot), the partnership will include joint publications, research papers, surveys, and programming that include international partners and think-tanks.