Swami Vivekananda's birthday on January 12 is always celebrated as National Youth Day and the week commencing from that day is known as the National Youth Week. As part of National Youth Week celebrations, the Government of India holds the National Youth Festival every year. This is an event of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and is celebrated annually in one of the States in a joint venture. The youth festival aims to propagate the concept of national integration, spirit of communal harmony, brotherhood, courage and adventure amongst they oath by exhibiting their cultural prowess in a common platform. This is done by organizing gatherings of youth across the country and encouraging them to take part in different activities.

Youth festival is an excellent event to bring the younger generation of your area or city together to provide an opportunity to enjoy, have fun, share experience with each other and exchange views on topics of common interest. For this purpose a non-government organization or group of such organizations join hands with each other and organize such type of event to give teens a chance to participate in social activities. This event can be exploited to raise environmental awareness in people.

OBJECTIVES :

• To bring young generation towards positive activities
• To make them become active member of the social fabric of society
• To motivate them play their role in collective social life
• To give them chance to get direct look at various social issues
• To prompt them share their views on various social problems

These youth festivals are monitored at different levels. The youth festival is classified according to the rules given by the Department of higher education,M.P. Government. The first rank holders of college level competition of different cultural, literary and intellectual activities are sent to participate in district level competition. Those who attain first rank at the district level are the participants of the university level competition. First rankers at this stage are, in turn, selected for the final stage – the state level. And, here, the best of our youths’ ability in literary and cultural fields reaches its’ peak. The Inter-Collegiate Competitions in various activities shall be held every year with a view to identify various talents amongst the students of all affiliated colleges, recognized institutions and University Departments, who can there by suitably be selected to represent the University at the State, Zonal and National Level Cultural Competitions, as a continuous process. This would also open the avenues for the students at appropriate levels and make avail of the right opportunities for expression of their talents.