Sullia: Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta launched Yuvvikas — a focused and guided youth engagement initiative n Sullia today.
Aimed at empowering students across Dakshina Kannada, the initiative will focus on skill development, career clarity, and entrepreneurship through guidance & direct mentorship from professionals.
The inaugural edition of YuvVikas , launched jointly with the Sundara Bharata Trust, Bengaluru, had various industry professionals address students on a range of topics from IT to AI as well as paths to pursue after SSLC.
In attendance were students from across Sullia, with the session focused on equipping them to think beyond conventional routes, ask the right questions, and begin discovering the one idea that could shape their journey.
In his inaugural address, Captain Brijesh Chowta, drawing inspiration from Swami Vivekananda urged the young minds in the audience to “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.”
He added saying, “We often speak of opportunities in large cities, but the next unicorn idea can just as easily come from here. Dakshina Kannada is a Sādhyategala Sāgara — an ocean of possibilities. Our region has produced pioneers in banking, education and enterprise long before the digital age. What they had was not access, but clarity, self-belief, and vision,”
Emphasising on PM Narendra Modi’s vision of empowering youth as the most powerful thing a nation can do, Captain Brijesh Chowta shared stories of local achievers like Sindhoora Raja, winner of the Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for her innovation through the Atal Tinkering Lab, and Lt Commander Disha Amrith, who led the Indian Navy’s contingent at the Republic Day Parade — emphasising to the students that role models are not found only in metros, but right among them.
The programme also highlighted the Prime Minister’s observation in Mann Ki Baat that more than half of India’s startups now emerge from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns, and that a large number of these are led by young women. This national shift is exactly what Yuvvikas seeks to amplify — by guiding students to dream boldly and act with clarity.
Four interactive sessions were held as part of the day’s programme:
• What after SSLC? – helping students explore informed choices.
• Opportunities in the Age of AI – introducing tech with purpose.
• IT Careers – options for both engineering and non-engineering students.
• New Learning Paths – focusing on awareness and real-world readiness.
YuvVikas will now travel across other parts of the constituency, expanding into schools and colleges with speakers and professionals from diverse sectors who can guide students in a contextually rooted, yet future-ready manner.
This is an effort to make access and mentorship available in every corner of Dakshina Kannada — not as an event, but as a consistent platform where young minds are encouraged to listen, reflect, and begin shaping their own path.