HT Youth Forum 2018: Celebrating youth the epitome of hope, change

HT Youth Forum 2018 blended the past, present and the future as the young achievers, who are tomorrow’s leaders, were honoured in the perfect backdrop of Mughal and Rajput architecture at The Oberoi Sukhvilas luxury resort in New Chandigarh. ...read more

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(Left to Right) RJ Rahul Makin with panellists actor Kartik Aaryan, actress Yami Gautam, athlete Neeraj Chopra and cricketer Virender Sehwag during the 7th edition of HT Youth Forum 30-under-30 2018 event held in Chandigarh on Friday. The panellists discussed if India’s demographic dividend has really delivered. (Sanjeev Sharma/HT)

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From left (standing): Wushu champ Narender Garewal, rower Sukhmeet Singh, shooter Manu Bhaker, INS Tarini crew Lt Payal Gupta, Kashmir Administrative Service officer Anjum Bashir Khan Khattak, martial arts coach Faisal Ali Dar, chief guest and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, cricketer Siddharth Kaul, printmaking artist Rahul Dhiman, artist Ashima Raizada, hockey player Navneet Kaur, Panjab University student council president Kanupriya, designer Seerat Virdi, skier Jagdish Rawat, para shooter Manish Narwal, poet Harmanjeet Singh and athlete Manjit Singh Chahal (extreme right). Seated from left: Under-16 Indian football players Varsha, Manisha, Anju, Poonam, Kavita, Nisha; and para athlete Amit Balyan, shooters and twins Udayveer and Vijayveer; and rising football players Kiran and Ritu. (Sanjeev Sharma/ht)

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Abhinav Bindra, the first and only Indian shooting star to win an individual gold in the Olympics, was the chief guest at HT’s flagship event that shines the spotlight on youth brilliance in diverse fields from sports to fine arts. The event blended the past, present and the future as the young achievers, who are tomorrow’s leaders, were honoured in the perfect backdrop of Mughal and Rajput architecture at The Oberoi Sukhvilas luxury resort in New Chandigarh. (Sanjeev sharma/ht )

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Actress Yami Gautam and actor Kartik Aaryan were the guest at the event in New Chandigarh on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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Executive Editor Hindustan Times Ramesh Vinayak welcoming chief guest, Abhinav Bindra at the 7th edition of HT Youth Forum 30-under-30 in Chandigarh on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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Udayveer and Vijayveer were one of the achievers at the HT Youth Forum 30-under-30 held in Chandigarh on Friday. The twins had won gold in pistol shooting in the junior world championship 2018. (Sanjeev Sharma/ht )

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Guests during the 7th edition of HT Youth Forum 2018 held in Chandigarh on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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Para athlete Amit Balyan interacting with cricketer Virender Sehwag during the event. (Keshav Singh)

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Chief guest Abhinav Bindra presenting an award to Anjum Bashir Khan, who topped the Kashmir Administrative Services exams, during the HT youth Forum 2018 in Chandigarh on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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Guests during the HT Youth Forum 2018 event in Chandigarh on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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Chief guest Abhinav Bindra presenting the award to Kanupriya, the first woman president of Panjab University, at the 7th edition of HT 30-under-30 event in Chandigarh on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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Chief guest Abhinav Bindra presenting the award to Lt Payal Gupta, one of the officers in INS Tarini Crew, which created history by circumnavigating the globe in a gruelling 254-day voyage. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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HT senior news editor Yojana Yadav with Olympian hockey player Rajpal Singh at the event on Friday. (Keshav Singh/ht)

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The youngest Indian shooter to win a gold in the World Cup, Manu Bhaker with HT assistant editor Manraj Grewal at the event on Friday. (Sanjeev Sharma/ht )

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First Indian designer chosen for the Redress Design Award, Hong Kong, Seerat Virdi receiving the honour at the HT Youth Forum 2018 event held in Chandigarh on Friday. (sanjeev sharma/ht)

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Players of the under-16 Football team that won the SAFF U-15 Cup held in Bhutan in August this year at the event. (sanjeev sharma)