DREAMS of an IYCian

I would like to share some of my similar dreams and wish lists as an IYCian

Certifications Paths in IYC

Note: This is an abstract and I'm currently putting serious and sincere efforts and readings on this topic.

As a spirited IYCian I would like to dream of an idea of having different level of Certifications Exams for every IYCian. It can be a kind of exam, online, written or practical camps.

There should be Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced levels of Certifications in IYC. After some years media should start branding leaders like ‘He is an IYC Certified Politician’. Idea is to mould each IYCian to be a valuable strategic leader. Some initial sketch about the content of these curriculum I could think of are.

Beginner Level: Leadership, Management Skills, Decision Making, Analytical and Logical thinking, Basic Law Awareness, Fundamentals of Economics. Fundamentals of Political Science, Awareness of Government Projects for common man (Aam Admi ka Sipahi)

Intermediate Level: Advanced Political Science. Public Administration, India History, Indian National Congress History, Overview of World history and Economy, Economics of growth and development, Election strategies.

Expert Level: Political thoughts of other parties. Western political thoughts (Plato,Aristotile, Marx etc) Biographical analysis of legendary leaders (Political and non-political), Case studies on the fallen economies, Risen economies, Reasons for economic crisis, Case studies of fallen and risen political and non-political youth organizations in the world, Parliament proceedings, International Relations

* Sources for Learnings:- All the resources should be made online for reading. Best start would be IGNOU FlexiLearn website.What a wonderful treasure of knowledge with around 40000 study material openly available for reading and downloading

Main areas: Modules from MA Economics, Political Science, Public Administration

Mission Developed India 2020

I would like to dream this ultimate goal being achieved with the help of we IYCians. 


Do we realize that IYC members’ network is the ever biggest chain we have in this country with around 13 Million youths deeply rooted in every nook and corner of our country and strength will again increase in the coming years. We could achieve anything and everything if we move systematically and progressively.  


As Mahatma well said we should also start from our villages and we need to ensure MyPanchayat is developed by 2017. We should organize marathon workshops with similar minded organizations to realize the problems which MyPanchayat, potentials of MyPanchayat. If MyPanchayat can be developed by 2017 and we can easily achieve MyCountry  developed by 2020. We should read Dr. Abdul Kalam’s  ‘India 2020’ like a bible. We should target for 100% literacy in MyPanchayat. We should start creating job opportunities, look into possibilities of tapping natural resources like solar energy, rain water harvesting etc. We should help farmers to use modern scientific tools for agriculture and farming. We also need to understand more about economics as a science to know how we can march towards development.  As we know this is a very vast topic which cannot be covered in 2-3 pages, the summary is we should start thinking in this direction and as well said a good start means half-done.

Setting Short-Term and Long-Term Goals for each IYCian

As a spirited IYCian I wish to have short-term and long-term goals for each IYCian up to the grass-root level. This should be a kind of motivation booster for each IYCian to achieve targets.  Goals achieved should be reviewed in every 3 months.   Each goal should be well measurable. Goals should be there at national level, state level, constituency level, ward level and even at cadre level. Office bearers should have both individual level and team level goals. Every IYCian should have a clear visibility on the goals he/she has to achieve in another 3 months/6 months/1 year. Goals can be simple but should make some value addition to the society.

Some simple examples I could think of
Individual Level (Based on ward/mandal/constituency/education background)

• Study and present a paper on economic development  in a community
• Present a proposal on how MyPanchayat can be self sufficient
• Assist poor and needy children in their studies
• Plant 100 trees in your panchayat
• Enroll 100 youths to IYC

Panchayat Level

• Setting up reading room and reading club
• Setting up an oratory club
• Fighting for proper roads, internet availability
• Setting up a water purification plant, biogas plant, bus stop, water harvesting plant, playground etc

Indian Youth Congress Mentors (IYCM)

As a studious IYCian I wish to learn from our past generations. We should form a platform of great mentors who can guide and support young IYCians. This should consists of economists, retired professors, management experts etc. They can also be very helpful in designing the curriculum for different learning paths in IYC and also they can guide IYCians to achieve their goals. For every Panchayat we should have a group of mentors whom IYCians can contact for guidance and advice. I believe we can never compromise on focus and knowledge these mentors can bring.

Anytime Membership

As an IYCian I wish to have IYC membership open all time. We should be able to submit all the scanned documents online and get a pre-membership and this pre-membership should get converted to actual membership when he/she starts actively participating in weekly meetings or activities. This way we can attract more young dynamic friends to IYC. I wish this is much needed because as of now we are able to conduct membership drive only once in a year or once in 2 years.  I ‘m afraid that a generation may cross their age limit during this time and they may not get this golden opportunity to be a part of IYC.

IYC public forum for regular debates on India Development

“INC was then a platform where all the different minded people can share their thoughts and join their hands for the   ultimate goal – FREEDOM” – Pranab Mukherjee in ‘The Congress and making of India Nation

As a passionate IYCian I wish to have a politicaly unbiased public forum/platform under the leadership of IYC where all people irrespective of the political creed can come and debate on the development topics and current affairs. Eminent speakers, economic experts and other political party leaders should be invited on a regular basis to organize politically unbiased workshops and symposiums. All these debates should be recorded and made available for further hearing. This should gradually get a credibility like TED (www.ted.com) or may be more than that.

Moot Parliament Competitions

As a spirited IYCian I wish to participate in regular Moot Parliament competitions in  ward level/constituency level/state level and National level. This will sharpen our thoughts and words and get more visibility on parliamentary proceedings and constitution. This will help us in molding IYCians to be valuable and disciplined Parliamentarians.

IYCian to be a next door  boy/girl

As a energetic IYCian I wish to see every IYCian to be a great helping hand to common man. Still common man is unaware of many government procedures project, MGNREGA, grants, self-employement programs available to help people from poverty. People believe these programs are unreachable. All IYCians should be well educated about these projects  and should be approachable to all people irrespective of the political ideologies.

IYC  blood donor database

As a socially committed IYCian I wish to have a nationalized blood donor database which is easily accessible across the country. This should get a national level credibility and there should be any case of unavailability of blood reported in MyPanchayat. SMS alerts to be implemented so that every IYCian gets the request and can act on time.

DISCLAIMER: All thoughts are just personal

Jai Hind

Jins Thomas

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