It has been a great pleasure to lead Yi Guwahati Chapter. I am very happy to say that my journey has been very exhilarating and full of memorable experiences. I had the opportunity of interacting with

host of people from diverse fields and this was truly an enriching ex-perience. The chapter had a very active year with an array of activities and learning session planned throughout the year and with humility and pride I pass on my baton to the incoming Chair.

Guwahati Chapter worked on enhancing membership engagement by organizing several programmes and learning sessions throughout the year starting with the Bring a Buddy Campaign and Zumba Work-shop for member engagement.

In its endeavour to project Guwahati as a world class city Young Indians Guwahati Chapter in association with Confederation of Indian Industry supported by Guwahati Municipal Corporation organized the Clean Guwahati Contest 2015 amongst the 31 NGOs entrusted by the GMC to carry out cleanliness work in different wards of Guwahati. Through this Project we were able to be part of the National Volun-teering week this year with the theme “Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan” and reach to a huge population with a larger impact.

This year team Guwahati had the opportunity to host a session with Mr. Sam Cawthorn, Speaker, Author, Philanthropist and an expert in resilience and turnarounds from Australia with theme ‘’Bounce For-ward with Sam Cawthon’’

It was my privilege to be a part of various initiatives such as Global Entrepreneurship Week and organize the Road to Ideas Contest in the Chapter where the winner has been offered a seed capital of Rs. 1 lakh and free 1 year incubation space and start up support to start his venture.

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter opened 2 Yi Yuva Chaupals with Asian Institute of Management & Technology and Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati and engaged students in various Yuva and Learning activities.

On the learning front apart from having regular learning session we had interactive sessions with Ms. Bhairavi Jani, Director, SCA Group of Companies, Mr. Vishwas Mudagal, CEO & Co-Founder of GoodWorkLabs, Mrs. Rashmi Khosla, Chairperson Prerana, IASOWA, Mr. Shaurya Veer Himatsingka , National Vice Chair Young Indians & Deputy Managing Director India Carbon Limited and also conducted Industrial visit to DY365 production House and Learning Mission to SRD Nutrients.

On the International front It was my privilege to be a part of the G- 20 delegation to Australia this year. And Nationally as well Yi guwa-hati Chapter showed maximum number of participation in all National Summits held throughout the year .

I wish the incoming leadership to take forward the Yi forum to newer heights.

It is a pleasure and privilege to be a part of this Young progressive India. For me Yi is not just an organization where one can de-

vote one’s time and effort and work towards betterment of the society but instead I be-lieve that Yi has the potential to bring about impactful changes in the overall develop-ment of the nation.

I believe that the dream of a developed nation can only be delivered by the youth.Youth population is the strength and plays a vital role in the developmental process in any country. Keeping this in mind Yi Guwahati Chapter intends to create a platform for the youth where they can contribute towards re-alizing the dream of a developed nation.

We will carry out a series of initiatives aimed at encouraging and empowering young minds by awareness, advocacy and ac-tion. The chapter remains committed to the long-term goal of setting Yi as a benchmark for the youth community in the region.

The journey so far has been extremely satisfying with diverse experiences unique challenges and success and as Yi Guwahati Chapter moves forward there are many challenges to overcome and l reaffirm Yi’s commitment toward nation building and in-clusive development, promoting the attitude of “We Can, We Will’. I assure you as always we will be committed to work with passion, dedication and devotion.

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Bounce Forward with Mr. Sam Cawthorn : 20 March 2014: Guwahati

Young Indians (Yi) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Assam Down Town University hosted a ses-sion with Mr. Sam Cawthorn, Speaker, Author, Philanthropist and an expert in resilience and turnarounds from Australia with theme ‘’Bounce Forward with Sam Cawthon’’ .

In the session Bounce Forward, Sam shared the tools, strate-gies, and psychology that anyone can use to overcome any obsta-cle and also spoke about his new book Bounce Forward an inspir-ing business book that shows leaders and businesspeople how to turn adversity into innovation, productivity, and profitability.

With over 800 plus audience the motivational and highly in-teractive session was well attended by eminent personalities of Industry, academicians , students etc.

Interactive session with Ms. Bhairavi Jani, Executive Director SCA Group : 12th June, 2014,:Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized an Interactive Session with Ms. Bhairavi Jani, Executive Director SCA Group on 12th June, 2014 with the Members and Yuva members. While in-teracting with the Yuva members she talked about their dreams and aspirations and advised them to have realistic goals in life and keep working hard towards achieving them. The Members & Yuva Students actively participated in the discussion.

Bihu Celebration with Deepjyoti Children: 14 April 2014: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized a day out with the Deepjyoti Children as part of Bihu Celebration on 14th April, 2014. Members took them to different venues namely Lata-sil, Bharalamukh and Chandmari with an motive to make the children realize the significance of Bihu and Assamese Culture. Prime Cabs was associated with Yi Guwahati Chapter for the event

Launch of the First Yi Student Net, ( renamed as Chaupal) Guwahati Chapter: 13 May 2014: Asian Institute of Management & Technology: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter launched its first Student’s Net ( renamed as Chaupal) in Asian Institute of Management & Technology (AIMT) on 13th May, 2014. Mr. Sunit Jain, Chair Yi Guwahati Chapter declared the Net ( renamed as Chaupal) as functional after signing of the MOU between Ms. Pallavi Barua, Chair - Yuva Guwahati Chapter, Proprietor, Ruby Visions and Mr. Mayank Taparia, Treasurer, Gyanjyoti Foundation, AIMT. Students actively participated in the session out of which 30 stu-dents filled up the form and became members.

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Sam Cawthorn interacting with the audience at the ‘’Bounce Forward with Sam Cawthon’’ interactive session on 20th March 2014 at Guwahati Medical College Auditorium

( L-R) Ms. Atreyee Barooah Thekedath, NER, RMT Head, Director, Web.Com (India) Pvt Ltd , Ms. Pallavi Barua, Chair - Youth Affairs – Nets , Guwahati Chapter, Proprietor, Ruby Visions, Mr. Mayank Taparia, Treasurer, Gyanjyoti Foundation, Mr. Kaushik Barua , Co Chair – Yi Guwahati Chapter , Director, Lynchpin , Mr. Sunit Jain, Chair Yi Guwahati Chapter, Director, Outreach Advertising Private Limited, and Mr. Debajit Chaliha , Di-rector, Green Gold (Assam) Pvt Ltd at the Launch of the First Yi Student Net , Guwahati Chapter, in Asian Institute of Management & Technology, Guwahati on 13th May, 2014

-( L-R) Ms. Pallavi Barua, Chair - Youth Affairs – Nets, Guwahati Chapter, Proprietor, Ruby Visions, Mr. Sunit Jain, Chair Yi Guwahati Chapter, Director, Outreach Advertising, Ms. Bhairavi Jani, Executive Director SCA Group , Ms. Atreyee Barooah Thekedath, Yi Chair – North Eastern Region, Director, Web.Com (India) Pvt Ltd , Mr. Rahul Agarwal, Partner, Intygritty Financial Solution.

Yi Guwahati Chapter Members along with Deepjyoti Children as part of Bihu Celebra-tion on 14th April, 2014

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Industrial Visit to DY365 : 13 September, 2014: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized an Industrial Vis-it to DY365 for the AIMT Yuva Chaupal Students on 13th Sep-tember 2014. The students were taken to different departments of the production house and explained about the various process of running a production house. Ms. Dipannita Jaiswal, Managing Director, Brahmaputra Teleproductions (Pvt) Ltd also had a one to one session with the chaupal student where she answered the different queries of the students present. The students actively participated at the session and it was an excellent learning ex-perience for them as most of the students were from the Mass Communication stream.

Interactive session with Mr. Vishwas Mudagal, CEO & Co-Founder of GoodWorkLabs: 5 September, 2014: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized an Interactive session with Mr. Vishwas Mudagal on 5th September, 2014, at Guwahati. Mr. Vishwas Mudagal is a successful serial entrepre-neur and currently the CEO & Co-Founder of GoodWorkLabs, one of the fastest growing technology firms in the industry, which helps entrepreneurs, start ups and global companies build high-end software products and succeed in the market.

The session was a part of the regular learning activities for the members and the topic of discussion was Youth Entrepre-neurship. He spoke about Youth Entrepreneurship and his work of fiction ‘Losing My Religion,’ which is inspiring the youth of the country to take up entrepreneurship and follow their passion is based on the experiences of entrepreneurship. The session was highly interactive and members actively participated in the dis-cussions.

Interactive session with Mr. Shaurya Veer Himatsingka: 17th September, 2014 : Guwahati

As an membership engagement initiative Yi Guwahati Chap-ter is organized an Interactive Session with Mr. Shaurya Veer Himatsingka, National Vice Chair Young Indians & Deputy Man-aging Director India Carbon Limited on 17th September, 2014 where Mr. Himatsingka interacted with the new and present members of the Chapter and gave them a broader perspective to Young Indians Nationally and Internationally .

Ms. Dipannita Jaiswal, Managing Director, Brahmaputra Teleproductions (Pvt) Ltd at the one to one session with the AIMT chaupal student during the Industrial Visit to DY365 for the AIMT Yuva Chaupal Students on 13th September 2014.

( L-R) Ms. Anjuli Chittaranjan , Head Assam Office, CII, Ms. Atreyee Barooah Thekedath, Yi Chair – North Eastern Region, Director, Web.Com (India) Pvt Ltd , Ms. Pallavi Barua, Chair – Yi Yuva, Guwahati Chapter, Ms. Rashi Khadria, Lawyer & Member Yi Guwahati Chapter, Ms. Dipannita Jaiswal , Managing Director, Brahmaputra Teleproductions (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Vishwas Mudagal, CEO & Co-Founder of GoodWorkLabs, Mr. Kaushik Barua, Co- Chair Yi Guwahati Chapter, Managing Director, Lynchpin.

Yi Guwahati Chapter organized an Interactive Session with Mr. Shaurya Veer Himat-singka, National Vice Chair Young Indians & Deputy Managing Director India Carbon Limited on 17th September, 2014, at Guwahati

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Interactive Session on Entrepreneurship with Mr. Samrat Deka , Director, Repose Foods Pvt Ltd :22 November 2014: AIMT Campus: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized an Interactive session with Mr. Samrat Deka , Director, Repose Foods Pvt Ltd on 22nd November , 2014, at Guwahati. The session was a part of the learning series for the Global Entrepreneurship Week and was attended by AIMT Yuva Chaupal members, students & as-piring entrepreneurs. The session was highly interactive and Yi members along with the AIMT Chaupal members actively par-ticipated in the discussion.

Mr. Samrat Deka , Director, Repose Foods Pvt Ltd at the Interactive Session on Entre-preneurship as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week on 22nd November 2014.

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Learning session with Mrs. Rashmi Khosla, Chairperson Prerana, IASOWA: 28 October 2014: AIMT Campus: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized an Learning ses-sion with Mrs. Rashmi Khosla, Chairperson Prerana, IASOWA on 28th October, 2014, at Guwahati. She was an entrepreneur and was into manufacturing home fashions and exporting to differ-ent countries for almost fifteen years. The session was a part of the regular learning activities for the members and the topic of discussion was Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Sharing her exper-tise she presented an overview on Entrepreneurship Ecosystem to the audience present. The session was highly interactive and Yi members along with the AIMT Chaupal members actively par-ticipated in the discussions.

Zumba Workshop: 21 September 2014: Gold Gym: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter in association with G Plus is organised a Zumba Workshop, at Gold Gym on 21st Septem-ber’14 , as an membership engagement initiative. It was a fun learning experience and the instructor taught various dance forms such as Salsa, Tap Dance as part of the session. The mem-bers showed large interest and actively participated in the work-shop. The AIMT Yuva students were also present in the work-shop and participated actively.

Yi Yuva Interaction : 30 September 2014: IIIT G Campus: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter had an interaction with the IIIT G students, Yi Guwahati Chapter’s 2nd Yuva Chaupal for the selection of Yuva Chaupal Sarpanch and Yuva Chaupal Up-Sarpanch. Mr. Sunit Jain, Chiar Yi Guwahati Chaprer interacted with the student and gave them an overview of Young Indians and also discussed about the responsibilities of Sarpanch and Upsarpanch

Diwali Meet: 23 October 2014: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized a Diwali Meet for members as an an membership engagement initiative. The get together gave an opportunity for interaction between the old and new members of the Chapter.

Yi Guwahati Chapter Members and Yuva Students at the Zumba Workshop, on 21st September’14

Ms. Dipannita Jaiswal, Managing Director, Brahmaputra Teleproductions (Pvt) Ltd at the one to one session with the AIMT chaupal student during the Industrial Visit to DY365 for the AIMT Yuva Chaupal Students on 13th September 2014.

Yi Members Diwali Meet on 23rd of October’14

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Road to Ideas Contest: 19 November 2014: Guwahati

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized a Road to Ideas a Business Plan competition as a part of the Global Entrepreneur-ship Week . Mr. Himujjal Jibon Sarma, a Masters in Design from IIT, Guwahati has won the prestigious Business Plan competi-tion and offered Rs.1,00,000 as Seed Capital to help kick start as venture from Brand New Day and mentoring from successful entrepreneurs from the local chapter of CII Young Indians.

Mr. Himujjal Jibon Sarma, a Masters in Design from IIT winner of Road to Ideas Contest organized by Young Indians Guwahati Chapter on 19 November 2014.

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Learning Mission to SRD Nutrients : 21st December, 2014 : Mangaldoi

Young Indians Guwahati Chapter organized an Learning Mis-sion to SRD Nutrients on 21st December 2014 in Mangaldoi for its members. They were given an overview of the company and taken through various sections of the unit including the flour mill, state of the art bakery unit, almost automatic units of Hor-licks and Britannia cakes along with the upcoming units for ITC buiscuits. The members showed great interest and actively par-ticipated in the activity.

Clean Guwahati 2014 :22 November 2014: Guwahati

In its endeavour to project Guwahati as a world class city Young Indians Guwahati Chapter in association with Confedera-tion of Indian Industry supported by Guwahati Municipal Corpo-ration organized the Clean Guwahati Contest 2015 amongst the 31 NGOs entrusted by the GMC to carry out cleanliness work in different wards of Guwahati.

Objective of the entire project was :• Identifying the problems of the city related to environment, cleanliness, basic amenities, infra-structure etc. and to seek probable solutions of the problems• Promoting the role of civil society, industry, Government in the process of cleanliness of the city • To sensitize people about cleanliness and collec-tive ownership for keeping the city clean and green• To ensuring a mechanism for maintenance of assets created, so as to ensure long term project sustainability. Seeking suggestions for the beautifi-cation of Guwahati• Seeking expert suggestions for tackling the per-ennial problems of the city viz: artificial flood and land slide

Through this Project we were able to be part of the National Volunteering week this year with the theme “Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan” and reach to a huge population with a larger impact. The entire exercise was carried out within a frame of 3 months, with top three NGOs being awarded at its conclusion The first, second and third prize being 1 Maruti Alto Car , Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.60,000 for the winning NGOs in that order. Honourable May-or, Shri Abir Patra also announced a development fund of Rs.10 Lakhs for the winning ward which shall be routed through the Ward Committee.

( L-R) Mr. Sunit Jain, Chair, Yi Guwahati Chapter, and Director Outreach Advertising Private Limited, Mr. S Viswanathan, Commissioner, GMC, Honourable Mayor, Shri AbirPatra, Mr. Ra-jbanshi , Additional Commissioner, GMC, Ms. Atreyee BorooahThekedath, Head- Northern Eastern Region, Yi, and Director Web.Com (India) Pvt Ltd at the press conference of CII – Yi - Guwahati Municipal Corporation - Mission Clean Guwahati 2014 on 10th November, 2014.

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Bring A Buddy Campaign

As an initiative towards increasing the membership strength of the Chapter, Yi Guwahati Chapter introduced Bring A Buddy Campaign under the supervision of Chapter Chair Mr. Sunt Jain. As part of the campaign every members was accountable to bring in at least one new potential member in the Chapter meets. The Campaign was a huge success and as a result of which the Chapter Membership substantially increased by almost 100%.

Yi Members at SRD Nutrients on 21st December 2014 in Mangaldoi

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Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation playing a proactive role in India’s de-velopment process. Yi was formed in the year 2002 with an objective of creating a platform for young

Indians to realise the dream of a developed nation. It has around 1800 direct members in 36 chapters in 25 states across India and engages around 10500 students through chaupals, under the brand ‘Yuva’. The Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the age group of 21 & 40 and comprises entre-preneurs, professionals and achievers from different walks of life. “To become the Voice of Young Indians Globally” being the vision of Yi, it provides a platform for young Indians to participate in and contribute by becoming an integral part of the Indian growth story.

Yi’s work is divided primarily into three groups; “Youth Leadership”, “Nation Building” and “International Engagements”.

Under youth leadership, Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for its members through the learning programs and missions to companies of global excellence in India and abroad; the development and engagement of students through its 109 Chaupal platforms that has 10500 students; Yi’s regional and national summits on themes related to times and role of youth and its engagement with the governments at the state and national level gives an opportunity for the members to become effective leaders with a vi-sion into the future. Entrepreneurship and Innovation, as one vertical adds to Yi’s work under the vertical of youth leadership. Yi plays a significant role during the ‘Global Entrepreneurship Week’ as one of the main partners for India.

Under Nation Building, Yi engages its members under the board categories of education, environment, healthcare, employability, arts (sports & culture) and rural initiatives contributing positively to its surround-ing eco system and the nation. The depth of Yi’s work in nation building is vast and continues to get better by each passing years. Yi has built various brans across the country under this vertical like: The Coimbatore Vizha, Jaipur by Nite, Horn Not Ok Please, Environment Quiz, Young Indians Premier League, Project Komal and Clean Guwahati Project to name a few. The commitment of members to this vertical is quiet clearly vis-ible in the size of impact and the quantum of innovation that is brought out each year and in the sustenance of its activities and initiatives that add value.

Under “International Engagements”, Yi is one of the proud founders of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance which is a collective of leading entrepreneurially-minded organizations representing the G20 coun-tries who seek to promote youth entrepreneurship as a powerful driver of economic renewal, job creation, innovation and social and is one of the founders of the Commonwealth Asia Alliance of Young Entrepre-neurs (CAAYE) which is a network of young entrepreneurs from the Commonwealth Asia region and the organizations that support them. Yi has organized learning missions to many countries around the world to understand and learn from the best practices and cultures. It has also worked with the Planning Commis-sion of India in conducting consultation workshops across its chapters for accumulating a youth perspective to be included in the 12th Five Year Plan and with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to facilitate missions of visiting delegations of young entrepreneurs to India from around the world. Yi has also hosted many incoming youth delegations from around the world in various parts of the country. With twelve years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger move-ment of young people and promote the attitude of “We Can, We Will”.

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