Delhi, Oct 3rd,2022: The Ministry of Education on Sunday launched Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s young authors mentorship programme, to train young and budding authors to promote reading, writing, and book culture in the country, and to project India and Indian writings globally.
“In view of the significant impact of the first edition of YUVA with large scale participation from young and budding authors in 22 different Indian languages and English, YUVA 2.0 is now being launched,” the Ministry of Education said in a statement.
The launch of YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) is in tune with the Prime Minister’s vision to encourage the youth to understand and appreciate India’s democracy.
As per the press release, YUVA 2.0 is a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to bring to the fore the perspectives of the young generation of writers on the theme of ‘Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values – past, present, future)’ in an innovative and creative manner.
As per the release, the National Book Trust, India, under the Ministry of Education as the Implementing Agency will ensure phase-wise execution of the Scheme under well-defined stages of mentorship. The books prepared under this scheme will be published by National Book Trust, India, and will also be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of culture and literature, thereby promoting ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.
The selected young authors will interact with some of the best authors in the world and also participate in literary festivals.
A total of 75 authors will be selected through an All India Contest to be conducted through https://www.mygov.in/ from 2 October 2022 – 30 November 2022.
The winners will be announced on 28 February 2023. They will be trained by eminent authors/mentors from 1 March 2023 – 31 August 2023. Under the mentorship, the first set of published books will be launched on 2 October 2023.
