PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme: 75 Authors selected for a Scholarship-cum-Mentorship Scheme

The government has shortlisted 75 young budding writers and authors from across the country for a mentorship scheme.

These authors have been selected after an All India Contest in which they were asked to write on the Theme of ‘National Movement of India.” The event was under the PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav programmes.

These authors, who are below the age of 30 participated in the All-India Contest which was organized from 1st June-31st July 2021 through MyGov and National Book Trust, India platforms.

“Nearly 16000 entries in 22 Official languages and English were received from all across the country including some from Indian Diaspora Community. All the book proposals were read by multiple panels of experts and went through three layers of scrutiny,” A press note from the Ministry of Education said.

It added, “It may be recalled that during his Mann Ki Baat address dated 31st January 2021, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had stated: “I call upon our young friends to write about our freedom fighters, events associated with them & tales of valour during freedom struggle from their areas.” Thereafter the PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme for young authors was launched by the Ministry of Education, Government of India with National Book Trust, India as the Implementing Agency.”

It further informed that out of the 75 selected authors, 38 are males and 37 are females.

“Further, two are below 15 years, whereas there are 16 authors in the age-group of 15-20 years, 32 are in the age group of 21-25 years and 25 authors are in the age group of 26-30 years,” it said.