India to be one of top five in sports in 25 years: Union Min

Heartfulness, in collaboration with the Telangana government, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) inaugurated ‘Rising with Kindness’, a three-day youth summit at Kanha Shanti Vanam, the headquarters of Heartfulness, on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday.
The annual summit which is aimed at inspiring the youth to inculcate kindness and compassion, is in the second edition this year and attracted over 10,000 students and youth from various streams of study from across the country.
 Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya was the chief guest. He said, “Meditation gives us stability, sustains us, shows direction for life. To be successful you need to study the lives of successful people. For the vision of the next 25 years for the country’s development, we are also aiming at bringing India to the top 5 in the world in the sports arena.  We also welcome to hear from our youth on their ideas and thoughts as a responsible government. Our aim is to progress holistically.”
Rev. Daaji, guide of Heartfulness & president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, said, “Rising with kindness are the three very important words.
What would be our lives like had it not been for kindness starting from our mother and family who spoilt us with all their love and kindness.  The ultimate purpose of life is to be happy as told by Lord Krishna himself.”
A Fireside chat involved  Pragya Mishra, Lead, Public Policy & Partnership, Open AI;  Neeti Goel Founder What Now Initiative – a Youth Forum against Cyber Harassment with Dr Nivedita Shreyans, Director Youth Programme Heartfulness Institute. Breakout sessions for youth were also conducted.