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17, Building YouthGrowYouth | World Economic Forum- Youngest Advisory Member | Harvard Innovative Fellow | Student Entrepreneur | Published author
YGY is a Harvard accelerated, student-led organisation on the mission of making extracurriculars more accessible to youth globally, to help them develop strong Ivy-league worthy college applications. Through our newsletter and social media platforms we provide students with quality resources to volunteering, internships, exclusive webinars and more alongside informative content to help them navigate the college process.
• As of today, YGY has successfully helped and created an impact on over 60,000+ high schoolers globally.
• After months of selective shortlisting, YGY is 1 amongst the first few global ventures accelerated directly by Harvard University.
• Affiliated with the United Nations Youth Council, we collectively work towards promoting gender equality and mass literacy- in forms of regular workshop and webinars in rural India.
YGY is a Harvard accelerated, student-led organisation on the mission of making extracurriculars more accessible to youth globally, to help them develop strong Ivy-league worthy college applications. Through our newsletter and social media platforms we provide students with quality resources to volunteering, internships, exclusive webinars and more alongside informative content to help them navigate the college process.
• As of today, YGY has successfully helped and created an impact on over 60,000+ high schoolers globally.
• After months of selective shortlisting, YGY is 1 amongst the first few global ventures accelerated directly by Harvard University.
• Affiliated with the United Nations Youth Council, we collectively work towards promoting gender equality and mass literacy- in forms of regular workshop and webinars in rural India.
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