Modi to open SOUL conclave today, Bhutan PM is Guest of Honour

This will be the first conclave of SOUL, the upcoming Gandhinagar-based School of Ultimate Learning, which will be formally launched at the event.

Written by Vikas Pathak

New Delhi | February 21, 2025 02:15 AM IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI/File)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first SOUL Leadership Conclave in Delhi on Friday. The two-day conclave will set the ball rolling for periodic events that will bring together leaders from across various fields to share their life experiences, successes and failures with the youth to foster young leadership for a vibrant public life in diverse fields.

This will be the first conclave of SOUL, the upcoming Gandhinagar-based School of Ultimate Learning, which will be formally launched at the event.

Bhutan PM Dasho Tshering Tobgay will deliver the keynote address as the Guest of Honour. Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav and Ashwani Vaishnaw, former CJI D Y Chandrachud, former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, former Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi, industrialist Sunil Bharti Mittal, reigning world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju, among others, will speak at the event.

SOUL envisages medium to long-term training sessions beginning in 2027, when the sprawling campus is constructed.

“About 300 students, entrepreneurs and young professionals from across the country and from various disciplines will be part of the audience,” said a government source.

As per the 223 confirmations for participation received till last week, 92 were women, SOUL programme director Pranav Patel said. With ENS, Ahmedabad

Vikas Pathak

Vikas Pathak is deputy associate editor with The Indian Express and writes on national politics. He has over 17 years of experience, and has worked earlier with The Hindustan Times and The Hindu, among other publications. He has covered the national BJP, some key central ministries and Parliament for years, and has covered the 2009 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls and many state assembly polls. He has interviewed many Union ministers and Chief Ministers. Vikas has taught as a full-time faculty member at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai; Symbiosis International University, Pune; Jio Institute, Navi Mumbai; and as a guest professor at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. Vikas has authored a book, Contesting Nationalisms: Hinduism, Secularism and Untouchability in Colonial Punjab (Primus, 2018), which has been widely reviewed by top academic journals and leading newspapers. He did his PhD, M Phil and MA from JNU, New Delhi, was Student of the Year (2005-06) at ACJ and gold medalist from University Rajasthan College in Jaipur in graduation. He has been invited to top academic institutions like JNU, St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and IIT Delhi as a guest speaker/panellist. ... Read More

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