Hon'ble Shri. Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Honorary Patron
Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is a veteran politician and diplomat who has held key positions such as India's Minister for Civil Aviation, Railways, Environment, Commerce & Industry, and Power. He has also served as India’s Sherpa to the G7 and G20. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
He has been a Member of the Indian Parliament for 6 consecutive terms. He has held several government and semi-government positions, including the Chairmanship of the Maharashtra State Finance Commission, Saraswat Co-operative Bank, and Member of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Board. He is a part of various global organizations and strategic dialogues including the Global Water Partnership, World Economic Forum, United Nations Development Program, Asia Energy Forum, and the United Nations Committee of Biodiversity.
Shri Suresh Prabhu has constantly featured in the list of top five ministers in India in terms of both performance and accessibility in nationwide surveys conducted by various institutions. He was the 2nd best performing Minister in India Today’s report on the performance of key ministers of the Government of India; was awarded ‘Indian of the Year in 2017; and was declared “Best Member of Parliament in 13th Lok Sabha” by Aaj Tak. He was also featured amongst the top three Indian leaders of the future in the cover story of the Hong Kong-based Asiaweek Magazine.
Shri Sameep Shastri
Chairman
Shri Sameep Shastri is a Social Entrepreneur and currently serves as the President of the Confederation of Young Leaders (CYL). Taking forward the illustrious legacy of his grandfather former Prime Minister of India Bharat Ratna Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, he has been active in public service since many years now. He is a charismatic leader, versatile, performance-driven and armed with a tremendous sense of social responsibility, he brings to CYL a renewed sense of vigour and energy. He exhibits a high degree of flexibility, resourcefulness and commitment to work and thrives on challenges that require him to walk the tight rope. Owing to his warm personality and exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, he enjoys huge mass appeal whether he is walking with the people or leading them.
Being the youngest grandson of the much respected former Prime Minister of India, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Shri Sameep was introduced to the values of integrity and honest work ethics very early in life. These values have helped him build a strong network of like-minded people in the field of social work and business through which he regularly organizes and attends social and cultural events.
He also serves as one of the Trustees of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Education Trust which itself runs over 150 educational institutions across India. Through the Indian Institute of Governance and Leadership, he aims to work towards building a strong, skilled cadre of public leaders for all sectors. Shri Shastri also serves as the Board Member at BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry which serves as the apex organization for cooperation and engagement between industries and SMEs based in BRICS nations.
Powering his vision of creating a 21st-century leadership to combat present and future challenges, he exhibits exemplary dedication as a youth activist and public speaker and regularly appears on panels organized by media, government & universities globally.
Sameep holds a postgraduate degree from Oxford B, United Kingdom. His undergraduate degree was an Honours in Business from the Western International University, Phoenix, Arizona, the United States of America.
Shri Himadrish Suwan
Director General
Shri Himadrish Suwan is a globally renowned and award-winning institution builder and a leader whose words and work in the field of public service are inspiring a generation. He is currently serving as Chairperson of the Confederation of Young Leaders of India and Director General at the Indian Institute of Governance and Leadership. He is also a noted contributor to several reputed dailies and magazines.
Shri Himadrish Suwan served as one of the Working Group National Coordinators for the Civil 20 India (C20 India 2023) – Official Engagement Group under India’s Presidency of G-20. Being a firm believer in the traditional Indian ethos of “Vasudev Kutumbakam” (World is one Family) and youth-led public diplomacy Shri Suwan’s leadership saw the Confederation of Young Leaders forge cooperation to foster people-to-people, cultural, academic, and youth exchange mechanisms with over 50 friendly nations; right from Argentina to the United States of America.
Shri Suwan, recently recognized among the ’30 Under 30,’ brings a wealth of experience and vision to the confederation. Powering his vision of creating 21st-century leadership to fight 21st-century challenges, he has led several public projects on issues of urgent public importance. He is a regular special invitee at various international governmental conferences, seminars, and international and national events. He regularly appears on the panel organized by All India Radio, Niti Central and National Institute of Open Schooling, Ministry of Education, Government of India. His numerous suggestions were implemented by various public authorities and responses to his petitions and writings are prominently highlighted in the mainstream international media.
During his college years, Shri Suwan was also appointed as the Media President of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU). Delhi University Students Union is the umbrella student union of one of the premier universities of the country-University of Delhi. In addition, he also serves on the Advisory boards of several prominent organizations and institutions across the globe. ShriSuwan also served as the convener of the first National Youth Parliament organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, and Sports, Government of India in 2018.
In addition, Shri Suwan serves as Officer on Special Duty at the National Institute of Cleanliness Education & Research (NICER), Senior Advisor at the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) and the Indian Institute of Photography (IIP) to name a few. As the Senior Advisor of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) created during the NDA regime in the year 2004, ShriSuwan has tried to unite all the 753 universities in the country for optimizing the available resources in the country with a view to stopping the duplication of effort s in the area of higher and tertiary education. He has successfully led several projects under the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India) in association with several Members of Parliament, the Government of India. Acknowledging his efforts towards Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India Mission) BJYM, the youth wing of Bhartiya Janata Party; India’s largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies nominated him to lead the Prime Minister’s ambitious Clean India project in the national capital among the youth citizenry.
He has co-edited several books and has written widely for professional journals including “Foreign Policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” and “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vision for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission): Transforming Lives, Building New India” which was released by Union Cabinet Minister of India, Shri Suresh Prabhu and Shri Hardeep Singh Puri respectively.
Shri Himadrish Suwan is listed among India’s most influential youth with a lot of Indian and International Awards honoring him for his work including the “Global Young Achievers Award” constituted by IAEWP – Affiliated to the United Nations: ECOSOC, UNICEF, UNESCO, and DPI; Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award; India’s Top 20 Young Leaders Award; World Cleanliness Education Promotion and Development Award and the illustrious Alumni of Amity International School and the University of Delhi to name a few.
Shri Himadrish Suwan introduced the “Mission-E-Safai”, a youth-led public campaign inspired by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on 2nd October 2015 by associating more than 51 Universities of our country and the religious places for ensuring to maintain a cleaner and greener India. The campaign drew wide attention from the political and academic circles of India including from the Office of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi.
Shri Suwan has a Masters Degree in Public Administration and Bachelors in Political Science and International Relations securing First Division.
Shri Vansh Saluja
Director, Projects
Shri Vansh Saluja is a noted social entrepreneur based in New Delhi, India having wide National and International experience working in the Development and Government sector. He was a distinguished WISE Learner's Fellow with Qatar Foundation from 2017-18. He has delivered guest lectures and workshops at both International and National Conferences and institutions on issues ranging from education, elections, governance, polity and policy.
His experience with Governance and administration is immense and he has wide experience of working with various Ministries, Government Departments, Bureaucrats and Politicians. In past 5 years, he has worked with different levels of Governments and Ministries and led several projects with Macro social impact. His passion for the education sector is well known, and he has been working at the intersection of high-school, university education and skill development since several years now. He is also serving as part of the Governing Body of Maitreyi College, Delhi University and has served in various capacities in School Management Committees in Government Schools under Department of Education, Government of Delhi.
He is a regular invitee to various colleges, schools, conferences, panels and forums as a speaker to speak on issues of education, youth employment, entrepreneurship, government and public policy. Internationally, he has also been a part of panels in Africa, Indonesia and various countries in Europe. He was also the convener and the speaker of the first National Youth Parliament organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, and Sports, Government of India in 2018.
Taking his vision of Social Empowerment and Youth Development forward he co-founded the Confederation of Young Leaders with Shri Himadrish Suwan and Shri Sameep Shastri and also serves as the Chief Operations Officer. He shall also be officiating as the Program Director of Indian Institute of Governance and Leadership established by CYL for realizing the vision of creating 50,000 public leaders in the coming decade.
Smt Malvika Shastri
Director, Communications
Smt Malvika Shastri shall be serving as the Director of Communications at the Indian Institute of Governance and Leadership (IIGL). She has been actively working in the field of media and communication since a very long time and has vast experience as a freelance content writer and social media marketer. She has delivered a wide variety of content for writing projects like blogs, press releases, project reports, event reports and website content among others.She has previously provided content writing services to organisations like ATS Group, The Aga Khan Foundation, the Dalmia Group, CCL India, the ITS Education Group, DLF Group, Jaypee Group, Vatika Group, BPTP, Ramprastha and Supertech Developers. She has also headed a 5-member delegation to Ufa, Russia for the First BRICS and SCO Youth Forum in July 2015.
Her previous work experiences also include stints with national dailies like ‘The Indian Express’ and ‘Daily News and Analysis’ (DNA) and her work as a media specialist with a development organisation. Her job role in that organisation was to write development focussed stories and create space for them in various media by adopting different forms of engagement. She was also responsible for handling media relations and correspondence, organising media events to create platforms where development sector representatives could interface with the various media at the national as well as state levels and establishing tie ups with media organisations for continual coverage of stories from the development sector. Smt Malvika was also nominated for the CNN Aspiring Journalist Award in 2007. As head of the Communications at IIGL, she would also be working in close proximity with the leadership team to shape future leaders possessing excellent PR and communication skills.
Shri Ezeugo Nnamdi
Director, African Affairs
Shri Ezeugo Nnamdi is a profound and Astute Pan-African hailing from Nigeria, he is secular, a traditionalist, a champion of diversity and gender balance. In 2017, Ezeugo was the convener of constitutional amendment of The Association of African Student in India (AASI), He served as The National University Coordinator of AASI from 2016, was elected and will remain Secretary General of The AASI till Mid 2019. He was elected Secretary General of The Africa-Asia Youth Foundation (AAYFO) an international Cooperation of African and Asian youths globally for a two year term. As Secretary General of The AAYFO, Ezeugo has preached mutual cooperation between Africa and Asia Youths geared towards building a stronger network of Global South young Servant Leaders. His activism on biodiversity preservation of the environment contributed to his being a founding member of The India-Africa Youth Energy Forum (IA-YEF) and the progressive African Youths For Change (PAY-C).
Prof. Dr. Satish Chandra
Consultant
Dr. Chandra is the former Provident Fund Commissioner, Government of India and Advisor, Government of Afghanistan. Dr. Satish Chandra has worked for three decades in different areas of public management, especially in the Public Management and Development Administration. Dr. Chandra holds MS in Public and Non Profit Management from Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU, USA, PhD from DMS, IIT Delhi, India – aside from several other academic credentials in multiple areas. He serves as Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Confederation of Indian Industries(CII), All India Management Association (AIMA) and Indian Association on Social Security(IASS). He has worked as a staff member with UNDP Afghanistan, USAID, and Multilateral programmes on governance, policy, budget, institutional development, audit, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and treasury and investment management functions, all within different settings of public administration in India, the USA, and Afghanistan.