Mr. Himadrish Suwan is a globally renowned and award-winning institution builder and a leader whose words and work in the field of public service are inspiring a generation. He is currently serving as Chairperson of the Confederation of Young Leaders of India and Director General at the Indian Institute of Governance and Leadership. He is also a noted contributor to several reputed dailies and magazines.
Mr. Himadrish Suwan served as one of the Working Group National Coordinators for the Civil 20 India (C20 India 2023) – Official Engagement Group under India’s Presidency of G-20. Being a firm believer in the traditional Indian ethos of “Vasudev Kutumbakam” (World is one Family) and youth-led public diplomacy Mr. Suwan’s leadership saw the Confederation of Young Leaders forge cooperation to foster people-to-people, cultural, academic, and youth exchange mechanisms with over 50 friendly nations; right from Argentina to the United States of America.
Mr. Suwan, recently recognized among the ’30 Under 30,’ brings a wealth of experience and vision to the confederation. Powering his vision of creating 21st-century leadership to fight 21st-century challenges, he has led several public projects on issues of urgent public importance. He is a regular special invitee at various international governmental conferences, seminars, and international and national events. He regularly appears on the panel organized by All India Radio, Niti Central and National Institute of Open Schooling, Ministry of Education, Government of India. His numerous suggestions were implemented by various public authorities and responses to his petitions and writings are prominently highlighted in the mainstream international media.
During his college years, Mr. Suwan was also appointed as the Media President of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU). Delhi University Students Union is the umbrella student union of one of the premier universities of the country-University of Delhi. In addition, he also serves on the Advisory boards of several prominent organizations and institutions across the globe. Mr.Suwan also served as the convener of the first National Youth Parliament organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, and Sports, Government of India in 2018.
In addition, Mr. Suwan serves as Officer on Special Duty at the National Institute of Cleanliness Education & Research (NICER), Senior Advisor at the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) and the Indian Institute of Photography (IIP) to name a few. As the Senior Advisor of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) created during the NDA regime in the year 2004, Mr.Suwan has tried to unite all the 753 universities in the country for optimizing the available resources in the country with a view to stopping the duplication of effort s in the area of higher and tertiary education. He has successfully led several projects under the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India) in association with several Members of Parliament, Government of India. Acknowledging his efforts towards Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India Mission) BJYM, the youth wing of Bhartiya Janata Party; India’s largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies nominated him to lead the Prime Minister’s ambitious Clean India project in the national capital among the youth citizenry.
He has co-edited several books and has written widely for professional journals including “Foreign Policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” and “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vision for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission): Transforming Lives, Building New India” which was released by Union Cabinet Minister of India, Shri Suresh Prabhu and Shri Hardeep Singh Puri respectively.
Mr.Himadrish Suwan is listed among India’s most influential youth with a lot of Indian and International Awards honoring him for his work including the “Global Young Achievers Award” constituted by IAEWP – Affiliated to the United Nations: ECOSOC, UNICEF, UNESCO, and DPI; Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award; India’s Top 20 Young Leaders Award; World Cleanliness Education Promotion and Development Award and the illustrious Alumni of Amity International School and the University of Delhi to name a few.
The basic aim of the different action programs designed and implemented by CYL is to solve the problems of the world in general and India in particular including the problems related to peacelessness, poverty, violence, insurgency, unemployment, intolerance, pollution, faulty educational system and population explosion, etc. by providing appropriate solutions for having a cleaner, greener and sustainable world. Mr.Himadrish Suwan introduced the “Mission-E-Safai”, a youth-led public campaign inspired by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on 2nd October 2015 by associating more than 51 Universities of our country and the religious places for ensuring to maintain a cleaner and greener India. The campaign drew wide attention from the political and academic circles of India including from the Office of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi.
Mr. Suwan has a Masters Degree in Public Administration and Bachelors in Political Science and International Relations securing First Division. There are many more ideas and innovations available with Mr.Himadrish Suwan and the same may be had and exchanged/transferred by contacting him at the following email address: officesuwan@gmail.com or www.shimadrish.com
