The second edition of the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2026 will begin today in New Delhi. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this while addressing the media in New Delhi.

 

 

The Minister said the formal opening ceremony will be held tomorrow, in the presence of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will grace the concluding ceremony on the 12th of this month.

 

 

Mr Mandaviya said that more than 2 thousand 500 youth from across the country and abroad will participate in the 4-day event. He said that ISRO astronauts Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Nair will interact with the participants, while Indian Women’s Cricket Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur will take part in a fireside interaction.

 

 

He added that the dialogue will also witness the participation of eminent domain experts, including Pullela Gopichand, Leander Paes, Palki Sharma, Kaivalya Vohra, Sibabrata Das, and Anand Kumar, along with Padma Awardees and young MPs and MLAs.