Education ministry to organise Young Authors’ Conference on April 12, 13

NEW DELHI : The Ministry of Education (MoE) will organise a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Young Authors’ Conference (YAC) on April 12, 13 on the occasion of SCO Summit 2023. The event will be held at New Delhi. The theme of the conference is civilizational dialogue amongst the SCO member nations – perspectives from young scholars, with the sub-themes of history and philosophy, economy, religion, culture, literature and science and medicine. The Ministry of Education will be organising the conference with the National Book Trust as the implementing agency.

“The two-day SCO Young Authors’ Conference will provide a dynamic platform to explore the avenues of modern education, training and advanced training of youth, wider involvement in entrepreneurial activities and innovative projects,” said an official statement.

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During the ongoing "SCO Council of Heads of States" Presidency of India, SCO aims at advancing the theme of ‘SECURE’ (Security, Economic cooperation, Connectivity, Unity, Respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and Environment), articulated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi initially at the SCO Summit in Qingdao in 2018.

During the joint address of heads of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for youth held in 2018, a wide policy framework for the engagement of youth power of the SCO member states was laid down in order to channelise them into a creative and productive path enabling better global understanding and dialogue.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organisation founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001. The SCO currently comprises eight member states (India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).