January 2019 \ News \ MEA—INTERVIEW WITH SECRETARY CPV & OIA
“PM’s interactions have increased diaspora confidence”

Dr D.N. Mulay who has overseen the preparations of the 15th PravasiBharatiya Divas Convention in Varanasi spoke to India Empire Magazine’s Editor and Publisher SayantanChakravarty on a range of issues concerning overseas Indians. This is the second PBD in a row under his charge as Secretary in the MEA ...

We understand that there will be a strong engagement with the Youth Diaspora. You’ve already strengthened that engagement through the various KIPs and SIPs. Please elaborate…

Yes we will have a Youth PBD on January 21. It is going to be a kind of a curtain-raiser for the main PBD…it’ll have participants from the Know India Programme. This year we’ll have a golden jubilee batch of KIP participants. Essentially this batch will have a candidate from each of the previous 49 batches. In addition, the 51st and 52ndbatches will attend. For senior citizens from across religions we will have a Darshan / TeerthYatra. Between 350-400 youth are expected to be present at an interaction at the Banaras Hindu University. Among those who will be interacting with them will be Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Uttar Pradesh Minister ChetanChauhan will be interacting with them. There will be a cultural programme and a Know India quiz programme.




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