Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre, Delhi

(NON-POLITICAL AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION) Smt. Shri. C. Subramanium and Shri. Today, the Centre has 40 branches all over India.

Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre
(NON-POLITICAL AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION)

219, Deen Dyayal Upadhya Marg
New Delhi-110002

A BRIEF PROFILE

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre was established on 18th January 1968 in response to a call given by late. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister and veteran leader of the country, who felt the need for starting a non-partisa

n NGO aimed at working towards the assimilation of youth within the national mainstream, which would be non-political in nature. Uma Shankar Dixit, freedom fighters and veteran Congress leaders became the first president and treasure respectively of this organization. Indira Mayaram was appointed as the first honorary General Secretary of the organization. They are situated in different parts of the country including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttrakhand and Delhi. There are 21 members are in the trustees in the trust out of which they are the office bearers and Executive Members. There is an Executive Committee of the Trust which has its own duties to activate the trust programmes. Presently the following are the office bearers:

a. Narayan Datt Tiwari, former Union Minister President
b. Goverdhan Reddy, Working President
c. Indira Mayaram, Vice President
d. Shankar Datt Sharma, Tresurer
e. Vishnu Prasad, Executive Member
f. Puroshttam Goel, Executive Member
g.Dr. Dharmendranath, Executive Member
h.Shri Ramesh Tiwari, Executive Member

Objectives and Activities

YOUTH REALTED

• Training of youth for participation in the democratic polity based on principle of social justice and equity.
• Inculcation of scientific temper in youth so that they may feel empowered to fight the age-old afflictions such as superstitions and biases that prevail in the society and in building a modern nation.
• To instill in the youth a high degree of commitment and stake in nation building and to lead them towards envisioning a progressive and peaceful world order.
• To inculcate in the youth the virtue of practicing austerity in all walks of life.
• To train youth to accept bold challenges and help develop in them a positive attitude and the desire to become achievers in whatever field they choose.
• To organize study circles, Literacy Forums, Group Discussion, Exchange Programmes, Educational Tours, Symposia, Seminars, Debates, Elocution Contests, Essay Competition, etc. to help broaden the horizon of the youth and made them competitive and confident.
• To expose the youth to the areas of fine arts, Music, folk dance, painting and to inculcate in them a passion for cultural advancement.
• To encourage the youth to participate in fitness programmes like Yoga, Aerobics and other physical activities like sports and games.
• To start activities to develop co-curricular and extra-curricular interests in the youth. At Delhi, in the recently constructed building of the Centre adequate infrastructure in the form of conference halls, library, and areas to run other activities has been constructed. Presently, the several activities, including the following, are being run: computer training, tailoring, beautician course and mobile repairing. In the future, the Centre plans to have seminar, symposium, debate competition, camps for youth from all over the country. Subsequently, participation of foreign youth organizations in these activities would also be considered. For the purpose of accommodating participating outstation youth, a few temporary dormitories and stay facilities have also been created. In accordance with the Centre regulations, Building Management Committee has been constituted to look after the day to day management. The Centre has in the past organized a very large number of programmes in different parts of the country. For instance, Maharastra branch organized four special trains carrying youth for national integration from Mumbai to Guwahati, from Mumbai to Kolkata via Delhi, from Mumbai to Chennai and from Mumbai to U.P., Rajsthan and other places. In this train 250 young persons traveled for two months interacting with local youth where ever they went. The lodging and boarding arrangements were made in the train itself. Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre, Rajasthan has also organized several camps for the youth from within the State and from different parts of the country. For instance, a national youth leadership camp was organized in Mount Abu which was inaugurated by Shri. Subramanian, the then Union Finance Minister. Two national cultural youth festivals were organized in Jaipur in which about 400 students from different universities around the counry participated. In the same way the Andhra Pradesh branch has undertaken a very large programme of providing computer education to youth around the State. About 200 such centres are presently functioning for training boys and girls. In addition, the Centre is also running activities centres where yoga and other activities are organized. In UP, the Ghaziabad Centre organizes annually cricket and tennis tournaments for the youth for the last 15 years. Lucknow centre organizes Youth Hostel, Youth Programme, Camps, Hospital, School and other centres have also been very active.

Tiwari kin pitch for youth centre reins - The Times of India

13/10/2014

Times of India - NEW DELHI: A power tussle is being witnessed at the headquarters of Jawahar Lal Nehru National Youth Centre (JNNYC), a voluntary non-political organization located at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg. Accusations, name-calling and complaints are flying thick and fast in this takeover battle. At stake is a national body with premises spread across the country. Its president, 89-year-old ND Tiwari, is a sad witness to all the ongoing bickering.

P Govardhan Reddy, the working president of the centre reveals that Tiwari's wife and son, Ujjwala Sharma and Rohit Shekhar, 'invaded' the headquarters with ex-MP Praveen Singh Aron on October 7. He alleges that they were accompanied by 30-40 goons and ransacked the property. "Ujjwala Sharma and Rohit Shekhar, both non members, created a ruckus at the premises, broke locks and tried to take over the property in the garb of placing Tiwari in the president's chair," he said.

Reddy added that he was appointed as the working president by Tiwari himself. He reported the incident to police that he and his team were prevented from holding meetings and carrying out daily business. "We created this property and have been diligently carrying out our duties since 1993 at the behest of Tiwari. The other group is taking advantage of his old age and bad health," Reddy asserted.

The other group, though, rubbishes these allegations and has constituted a new body and removed Reddy and other senior office bearer Indira Mayaram from their posts. They, too, cite Tiwari's approval for their action. Aron asserts entry of a president at the centre's premises can't be termed an 'invasion'. He adds that Tiwari has been present at the centre for the last few days, but the other group hasn't shown the courtesy to meet him.

"They complained to the police that we are not letting them work. We want to know what stops them from working under the actual president," Aron questions.

The newly-appointed national general secretary, Purshottam Goyal, has questioned the legitimacy of Reddy's claims and asserts that Tiwari had appointed him as working president owing to his busy political schedule. Since Tiwari is free to resume his duties as the centre's head, the post of working president is not needed. "The president has assumed his office and so have other office bearers. We are functioning fully under the constitution of the body," he said.

Both sides are accusing the other of attempting to reduce a reputed body to a family fiefdom. The previous body accuses Ujjwala and Rohit of ignoring Tiwari's poor health and using him to acquire his properties. The newly-constituted body, though, terms it as an attempt to deflect the blame. "Reddy and Mayaram never fulfilled any of their duties such as hosting regular meetings, ensuring financial transparency and opening the membership drive. They had their children as members by altering the constitution. They were trying to use this centre as their family outfit and are now using their children to exert external pressure on us," accused Goyal.

Reddy insists he is still the working president and has sent copies of minutes of the meetings to the registrar to decide which body retains the right to run the centre. "We have sent the minutes of our meetings to the authorities to let them decide," said Reddy.

The one person who seemed to be the most disturbed by this episode was Tiwari.

When TOI met him at the centre, it was evident he didn't want to be dragged into the controversy. When informed about concerns raised over his mental health and inability to continue as president, Tiwari asserted, "It is an injustice to me. Those making such allegations are mistaken." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Tiwari-kin-pitch-for-youth-centre-reins/articleshow/44765507.cms

Tiwari kin pitch for youth centre reins - The Times of India A power tussle is being witnessed at the headquarters of Jawahar Lal Nehru National Youth Centre (JNNYC), a voluntary non-political organization located at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.

08/10/2013

A Cultural & Qawali programme is being organized on the auspicious occasion of the birthday of Hon. Shri. Narayan Datt Tiwari, President - Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre.
The programme details are as given below:-
Date: 18th October, 2013
Timing: 04:30 pm – Hawan
05:30 pm – Sarsawti Vandana
05:40 pm - Cultural Programme
06:10 pm – Qawali Programme
07:30 pm - Bhajan Sandhya
08:00 pm - Dinner

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre
Narayan Datt Tiwari Bhawan,
219, Deen Dayal Upadhya Marg, New Delhi-110002
Phone: 011-23237165