YOUTH4IMPACT
One generation choosing to act.
A national youth leadership development programme that brings together leadership training, domain knowledge and experiential community volunteering. It turns youth potential into meaningful, measurable community action.
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India's journey towards Viksit Bharat @2047 will be shaped not only by infrastructure, institutions and economic growth, but by the people who will lead them. And at the heart of that journey is today's youth.
The leaders India needs for Viksit Bharat will require more than ambition and professional capability. They must understand India, stay connected to its communities, and develop an appreciation of the real challenges and opportunities around them. Youth4Impact will be a catalyst for this endeavour.
Youth4Impact is a national youth leadership development programme by Reliance Foundationand Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL), with Jagriti Yatra and AIESEC in India as implementing partners. It brings together leadership training, domain knowledge and experiential community volunteering.
Leadership cannot be developed through classrooms alone.
Participants first undergo leadership development, followed by expert-led learning across four domains: Education, Career Readiness, Environment Action and Special Care Communities. They then take their learning into real community settings through structured volunteering.
The intent is not to expect young people to solve India's challenges today. It is to help them understand those challenges, connect with communities and develop the awareness, empathy and perspective that can shape how they lead tomorrow.
A young person may understand a social challenge intellectually, but interacting with a school student navigating career choices, spending time with an elderly person in a care home, or participating in an environmental initiative creates a fundamentally different understanding.
The challenge becomes human. The community becomes real.
Youth4Impact therefore positions volunteering not simply as an act of service, but as an integral part of leadership development, creating exposure, awareness and connection to India's realities.
As these young people move forward as entrepreneurs, professionals, educators, public servants, corporate leaders and institution-builders, this experience can influence how they understand problems, make decisions and develop solutions.
Three forces.
One platform.
Three of India's most credible institutions, so young people don't just learn about change. They choose to act on it.
The world's largest youth-run organisation, activating leadership across 100+ countries through cross-cultural exchange.
A national non-profit building Bharat through enterprise, and the force behind the Jagriti Yatra.
The philanthropic arm of Reliance, driving inclusive development across education, health, rural transformation and environment.
One national platform for the youth to choose to act.
Lead. Act.
Measure.
Leadership development, experiential learning and community projects, delivered as one structured system.
3,600 youth.
Where youth
choose to act.
Expert-led learning across four domains, then structured volunteering into real communities. Each runs with about 900 volunteers across the seven cities.
Give every classroom something that lasts.
Health, hygiene, nutrition, well-being and safety sessions, with a permanent School Resource Kit in every classroom.
Don't just talk about change. Show up for it.
Community clean-up drives and Climate Heroes school sessions, with a lasting display left at every school.
I can build my future.
For classes 9 to 12: financial literacy, digital income, personal branding and problem solving.
Connection. Dignity. Shared humanity.
Digital literacy, reviving hobbies and documenting life stories at old-age homes and care centres.
Nobody leaves
empty-handed.
Complete the 60 days and the door stays open, whether or not you are selected for the Yatra.
Internship Access
All programme completers gain access to facilitated internship opportunities, regardless of selection for the Yatra.
Jagriti Yatra
The 20 strongest participants are selected for the 15-day Jagriti Yatra across India's entrepreneurial heartland.
3,600 start.
20 go further.
From over 3,600 participants, the top 20 board the 15-day Jagriti Yatra, a national journey across India's entrepreneurial heartland.
Our generation.
Our India.
Leaving communities better than we found them.
The intent is not to expect young people to solve India's challenges today, but to help them understand those challenges, connect with communities and build the awareness and empathy that shape how they lead tomorrow.
