Participation of KSBLM Students of Karunya University in the 3rd ‘Indian Student Parliament’
10th – 12th January 2013, MIT School of Government, Pune
Indian student parliament is an annual event conducted by MIT School of Government, Pune in association with Union Ministry Youth affairs and Sports, Govt. of India and Ministry of Higher & Technical Education & Ministry of Sports & Youth Welfare, Govt. of Maharashtra State. The programme was supported by UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Democracy, Peace and Tolerance.
This year the third edition of this event which garners students from across Indian sub-continent was held from 10th to the 12th of January, 2013. The event is the only one of its kind, where thousands of students congregate to discuss debate and find solutions for the various social, political and economic conditions that baffles the nation and the world as a whole. The 8 sessions that stretched over three days saw around 8,000 students participants from 28 States and many dignitaries including Mr. Omar Abdullah, Chief minister of Kashmir, Mr. Nithish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, MP, Rajya Sabha, Prof. Ramjee Singh, Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, Mr. Rajat Sharma, Mr. Leander Paes and many others.
A group of first year students represented Karunya School of Business Leadership and Management consisting of Shalom Immanuel Lall, Rajasekar Rao, Sujith Kumar, Danny Johnson and Lily Lakera were the proud participants.
Among whom, Lily Lakara won laurels for KSBLM by becoming a part of the final 16 student speakers at the event chosen from 8000 candidates based on their understanding about current topics. As the finalist, Lily was felicitated by the Founder & Convener of The Indian Student Parliament, Mr. Rahul V Karad himself with a shawl and a memento. She will also be a part of a study tour of 14 days to Europe in June and another tour to Delhi to get a firsthand experience in political scenario of the nation’s capital.
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