Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors - YUVA 2.0 - launched
YUVA stands for 'Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors.'
It's an Author Mentorship programme to train budding young authors - below 30 years of age - to promote India and Indian writings globally, along with instilling the culture of reading and writing in the country.
The theme for YUVA 2.0 is 'Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values - past, present, future.
It aims to encourage the youth to understand and appreciate India's democracy
YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) Scheme Launched
The Schedule of YUVA 2.0 is as follows:
- A total of 75 authors will be selected through an All India Contest to be conducted through https://www.mygov.in/ from 2 October 2022 - 30 November 2022.
- The received proposals would be evaluated from 1 December 2022 - 31 January 2023.
- The winners will be announced on 28 February 2023.
- The young authors will be trained by eminent authors/mentors from 1 March 2023 - 31 August 2023.
- Under the mentorship, the first set of published books will be launched on 2 October 2023.
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