Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first SOUL Leadership Conclave in Delhi on Friday. The two-day conclave will set the ball rolling for periodic events that will bring together leaders from across various fields to share their life experiences, successes and failures with the youth to foster young leadership for a vibrant public life in diverse fields.
This will be the first conclave of SOUL, the upcoming Gandhinagar-based School of Ultimate Learning, which will be formally launched at the event.
Bhutan PM Dasho Tshering Tobgay will deliver the keynote address as the Guest of Honour. Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav and Ashwani Vaishnaw, former CJI D Y Chandrachud, former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, former Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi, industrialist Sunil Bharti Mittal, reigning world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju, among others, will speak at the event.
SOUL envisages medium to long-term training sessions beginning in 2027, when the sprawling campus is constructed.
“About 300 students, entrepreneurs and young professionals from across the country and from various disciplines will be part of the audience,” said a government source.
As per the 223 confirmations for participation received till last week, 92 were women, SOUL programme director Pranav Patel said.
