Amity International School Pushp Vihar Delhi, lifts winner’s trophy during 'Youth Power 2023'

Amity’s youth newspaper, The Global Times, organised the Grand Finale of the 14th edition of Youth Power-2023 Programme, a year-long social sensitising leadership programme that prepares the youth to ‘be the change’ and ‘bring change’, at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida campus.

Through its 14 years of being the tide of change, the programme has nurtured over 2000 changemakers and sensitised more than three lakh students on various social issues.

Eleven teams from Amity school branches across Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh created awareness on myriad issues such as “Helping senior citizens” (AIS Gurugram 43), “Anti-bullying” (AIS Pushp Vihar), “Sensitivity for specially-abled” (AIS VKC Lucknow), “Carbon Emissions” (AIS Gurugram 46), “Animal Cruelty” (AIS Saket), “Promoting reading habit” (AIS VYC Lucknow), “Organ Donation” (AIS Mayur Vihar), “Importance of Bees” (AIS Vasundhara 6), “Energy conservation” (AIS Jagdishpur), “Creating awareness on Hepatitis” (AIS Vasundhara 1), and “Body Positivity” (AIS Noida).

Amity International School, Pushp Vihar New Delhi, was the winner of “Youth Power-2023”. The team from Amity International School Saket and Gurugram, Sector- 46 were declared first runners up, while the second runners up was Amity International School Noida.

Amity International School VYC Lucknow was awarded Jury’s Special Mention Award and the other categories under which awards were given were – Best Research Strategy (AIS VKC Lucknow), Best Documentation (AIS Jagdishpur), Best Panel Discussion (AIS Pushp Vihar), Best Community Outreach (AIS Gurugram 46), Best Social Implementation (AIS Vasundhara 1), Best Social Media Engagement (AIS Saket), Best Awareness Movie (AIS Gurugram 43), Best Presentation (AIS Vasundhara 6), Most Impactful Answer (AIS Mayur Vihar), and Creativity For Cause (AIS VYC Lucknow).

The event was judged by the jury, Dr Amitabh Singh, Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Dr Neha Sharma, Senior Manager – Content & Curriculum, Arpan NGO.

Lauding the students’ efforts, Mr. Ayushman Jamwal, Senior News Editor and Anchor, CNN-News 18, said, “All of you are so many miles ahead of what we were when we were in school. This level of engagement on such burning issues is commendable. It is impressive to see such mature discussions on such pressing topics taking place at the level of students and not just newsrooms.”

Congratulating the students and teachers, Dr. Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity International Schools, said, “The Global Times was started with the aim of nurturing young talent and providing them a platform to showcase their writing skills.”

“This is a great initiative by Amity Schools under the visionary leadership of Dr. Amita Chauhan ma’am. This event is a testimony of the human values being imbibed in the students who are working for various causes through their creative innovations.” said Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh.

Introducing the concept and ideology of Youth Power, Mrs. Vira Sharma, Managing Editor, The Global Times, said, “Youth Power is not only the most extensive and elaborate school sensitising programme, but also one that deftly trains the youngsters of today to ‘Be the Change’ and ‘Bring Change.”

The event was also attended by Mrs. Divya Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity School of Fine Arts and Amity School of Fashion Technology, Mrs. Jaishree Chauhan, Vice President, Amity Finishing School, who were present as dignitaries, along with the Principals of all Amity International Schools.