Kalam Youth Summit 2025
Creating Leaders for Tomorrow
The 11th Kalam Youth Summit (KYS-2025) will be a landmark edition, bringing with it several distinct features compared to earlier summits. This year, the focus is on creating synergy between two critical groups the youth and the implementers. True transformation can only happen when young minds and experienced practitioners come together to share their knowledge, enrich expertise, and co-create innovative solutions. The summit will provide this unique platform, enabling both groups to excel and achieve greater impact.
KYS-2025 is designed to inspire audiences and challenge them to think differently. Dedicated to innovation and creative action, the summit will address diverse themes such as Education, Health, Science & Technology, Women Empowerment, Democracy, Youth Engagement, and Social Upliftment. It will bring together top decision-makers and on-the-ground practitioners, fostering dialogue, collaboration, and actionable outcomes.
11th edition of the Kalam Youth Summit is being jointly organized by the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Research Foundation and the Social Empowerment Society. The summit will serve as a bridge between leaders, development professionals, and the future of the nation – the youth. It seeks to nurture the dreams and aspirations of young and resurgent faces, strengthen their role in social and rational causes, and empower them to become changemakers.
The event will be graced by young public representatives, social entrepreneurs, innovators, activists, film personalities, sportspersons, authors, corporate leaders, media professionals, and potential global leaders. Together, they will inspire, engage, and collaborate with the youth to shape a brighter and more inclusive future.
The 11th Kalam Youth Summit will bring together a diverse and dynamic group of participants, making it a truly inclusive and collaborative platform. The summit will host youth delegations representing different parts of the nation, alongside public representatives, policymakers, bureaucrats, development professionals, eminent personalities, and young achievers. In addition, school, college, and university students from various states will participate, creating a unique opportunity for leaders, achievers, and opinion makers to engage directly with the budding talent and energy of India’s youth. Together, they will ideate, collaborate, and envision pathways for the nation’s progress and the upliftment of the world.
Students will be selected through KTSE 2025 (Kalam Talent Search Examination), conducted at the school, college, or university level either in online mode. The examination will consist of MCQs and essay-based questions covering General Science, General Knowledge, Social Science, History, and Geography. The best-performing students will be shortlisted and invited to be a part of the summit. Furthermore, exceptional young talents who have excelled in fields such as art, science, sports, education, entrepreneurship, and social service will be recognized with the “Kalam Achievers Award.”
Sustaining the Spirit
Beyond the summit, the Kalam Foundation and its partners will work to establish follow-up mechanisms, mentorship networks, and collaborative projects that connect youth with policymakers, educators, innovators, and social leaders. Regular capacity-building workshops, innovation challenges, and community-driven initiatives will be launched to transform the vision of the summit into ground-level realities.
