Overview
- Events across India are held on January 12 through schools, colleges and youth organisations to celebrate the day.
- The Government of India set January 12 as National Youth Day in 1984 to motivate young people through Vivekananda’s teachings.
- Activities include debates, speeches, workshops, community service led by NCC and NSS units, and state-level youth festival showcases.
- Media coverage features his enduring guidance, with widely shared quotations such as “Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.”
- Interviews with Gen Z participants highlight practical relevance in themes of fearlessness, self-belief, Karma Yoga, perseverance and purposeful education.