About National Rural Youth Festival
National Rural Youth Festival started in 2008-09 when the students of TISS Tuljapur took the
initiative to create a platform to bring together various rural development stakeholders within the
same space and foster a conducive environment for creative and critical learning and unlearning.
With the participation of 400 rural youth from across the country, and particularly from the
Marathwada region of Maharashtra, the first chapter of this event was a huge success.
Today, NRYF has become a signature event of TISS Tuljapur, bringing together students from all over India and mapping a range of events aimed at exploring the milieu of rural development by engaging rural youth, farmers, development practitioners, self-help groups, and researchers. The event forms a major part of TISS by enhancing its community-level understanding and engagement. The 2023 edition of NRYF is a part of the legacy carried forward by the sustained effort of the passionate TISS community, which comprises the students, staff, and people of Tuljapur. This effort forms the vision of our work which we vehemently hope to carry forward.
Today, NRYF has become a signature event of TISS Tuljapur, bringing together students from all over India and mapping a range of events aimed at exploring the milieu of rural development by engaging rural youth, farmers, development practitioners, self-help groups, and researchers. The event forms a major part of TISS by enhancing its community-level understanding and engagement. The 2023 edition of NRYF is a part of the legacy carried forward by the sustained effort of the passionate TISS community, which comprises the students, staff, and people of Tuljapur. This effort forms the vision of our work which we vehemently hope to carry forward.
Objectives
To establish a dialogue between the youth, academicians and rural development agencies across the nation with the prime aim of mapping ideas and stimulating debates on rural development.
To sustain and reinforce the spirit of volunteerism amongst the youth so as to ensure a people-centered development practice in rural areas.
To highlight multi-dimensional facets of cultural heritage and to promote the participation of youth in various activities.
NRYF aims at mapping and analyzing gaps in rural progress so as to define our role as youth, academia, civil society organizations and Government agencies in developing rural India.
After the huge success of the previous editions of NRYF, this year we have set out again to make the festival a memorable one. In the wake of the severe drought in the state of Maharashtra in general and the Marathwada in particular, the festival is keen to spread awareness and make the youth realize of their moral responsibility towards the people of the state.
After the huge success of the previous editions of NRYF, this year we have set out again to make the festival a memorable one. In the wake of the severe drought in the state of Maharashtra in general and the Marathwada in particular, the festival is keen to spread awareness and make the youth realize of their moral responsibility towards the people of the state.