Indian Delegates Discuss Future Policies and Plans at the First BRICS and SCO Youth Forum in Ufa, Russia

5 Dariya News

New Delhi 29-Jul-2015

Indian delegates asked for the establishment of a BRICS and SCO Business Club to promote Business and Employment and also the designing of a BRICS Leadership and training Programme to facilitate education and cultural exchanges between the BRICS and SCO nations at the First BRICS and SCO Youth Forum, which concluded in Ufa, Russia today. "We suggested that leaders be appointed for these Business Clubs and the Exchange Programmes in each country, who can then coordinate with counterparts in other countries and help facilitate these programmes. Also, it was a proud moment for our entire delegation to have addressed the member nations from the Congress Hall from where our Honourable Prime Minister had made his address in the recently held BRICS Summit in Ufa, Russia”, said Malvika Shastri, representative from the BRICS International Forum, an international organisation established to promote youth tie-ups in the fields of Business, Education, Politics, Humanitarian and Science & Innovations  within BRICS nations. The other members of the delegation were Ganita Bhupal, Gaurav Aggarwal, Rohit Singh Saroha and Manoj Chaudhary. Mrs Purnima Anand, President of BRICS International Forum feels proud on the participation of Indian Youth to support our leaders on youth centric matters.

The organizers of the Forum are the Russian Youth Union (RYU) and the Government of Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan and the Civic Chamber of Russia and Rossotrudnichestvo. The four-day Forum gathered together young members active in areas of social activism, business, politics and diplomacy from various BRICS and SCO countries. “The discussions held at the Forum would help create a road map for the development of promising areas for youth cooperation within BRICS and the SCO space,"said Tatiana Seliverstova, head of the Department of International Cooperation and Innovation Activity of the Russian Union of Youth. She also added that India is currently one of the most lucrative markets for business and that together with the BRICS International Forum, they would soon be organizing a Business Forum in India to boost business and trade ties and also invited all participating nations to attend it. 

"Russia is currently presiding in BRICS, so we need to make maximum use of this in order to create as many joint projects as possible. Within the framework of the forum, we gather active young people from these countries who are involved in social activism, business, politics, and diplomacy," said Pavel Krasnorutsky, chairman of the Russian Union of Youth.