Pune: 7th BCS at MIT Kothrud from January 17-19

While Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is the chief guest of the event, the list of dignitaries expected to attend and address students includes Indo-American Grammy Award Winning Composer, Music Producer Ricky Kej, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, eminent scientist Raghunath Mashelkar, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for power, coal, mines and renewable energy, MP and actor Manoj Tiwari, leader of the Maratha Andolan Swati Nakhate, former Chief Election Commissioner of India N. Gopalaswami, Swami Ramdev amongst others.

Besides dialogue with students, a number of awards like the Lifetime Achievement award, ideal Chief Minister award, and many such awards will be distributed at the BCS. MLAs from 16 states will also be awarded for Best Performance of Parliamentary Practice. There is a separate session called the ‘youth to youth connect’ that is a platform for various groups of youngsters for exchange of ideas and put forth their views.

Rahul Karad, founder of the Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad said, “We started this programme in 2011 with a view to get the youth together on one platform. The exchange of ideas will take place on serious ongoing issues of the country. It is the largest classroom in India to evolve future political leaders”.