Chhatra Sansad
Chhatra Sansad, an initiative of Zero Hour Foundation is the first-ever unique movement that provides the youth a platform to become an element of change. We at Chhatra Sansad have the aim to create ethical, spirited, and competent public leadership in the country, which will shape our policies. We aim to make our democracy more vibrant and bridge the chasm between the way we are being governed today and the way we want to be governed.
What started as an idea, has now spread across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh. Chhatra Sansad was founded to encourage the youth to commit to leadership and embrace public life to strengthen the democratic fabric of our nation. This we hope would culminate in fairer, efficient youth-driven nation-building.
Chhatra Sansad aims to ignite the spirit of student politics in the youth, raising their sensitivity, awareness, involvement, responsiveness, access, and say in the political and democratic process. This will in turn result in a healthy democratic system that will produce competent public leaders and policymakers from the grassroots and all walks of life.
Zero Hour Foundation
Zero Hour Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2014 in Vadodara, Gujarat with a mission to build the largest network of innovative young professionals that empower fellow citizens to maximize their potential and influence systemic reform. We believe that when we reimagine compassion and harmony, we as a society can contribute toward the goals of community development, social welfare, and other sustainable development goals.
We expect to construct the limit of networks to guarantee the strengthening of marginalized women and girls. Our sustainable and comprehensive mediations in Health, Livelihood, Education, and Disaster Relief and Resilience, give
imaginative answers to well-established advancement issues. Alongside admittance to the public and global confederation of expertise, we coordinate internal information and a solid network of organizations to convey results at scale to varied partners.
Our Vision
Our vision is to build a robust youth community that strives for a positive and healthy socio-political ecosystem in India and globally by strengthening our motto of Inform. Ignite. Initiate. Over the past 7 years, with more than 800 initiatives, and 5 Projects we have been able to engage and impact almost 10 lakh lives.
1st Gujarat Chhatra Sansad Conclave 2015: 30th May
The conclave serves as a platform for them to share their views on burning issues and to share their perspective towards the same. The attending delegates also had a chance to interact with the speakers after every session. We selected Youth speakers from all across the nation to represent the perspective of the youth. They get an amazing opportunity and a platform to share their view with such eminent speakers.
National Speakers were Dr.Subramanian Swamy, Maulana Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi, Dr. Ram Puniyani, Monika Arora and Kumar Vishwas who presented their view on the topics “ Is religion in storm or storm in Religion?” & “Does entertainment bring about a social change?”
The youth speakers for the first conclave were Jemit Parikh, Priyanshi Dave, Ajay Kashyap, Darshil Shastri, Varee Burade
2nd Gujarat Chhatra Sansad Conclave 2016: 4th September
Our aim of this conclave was to make the youth aware and frame their own opinion regarding the current and the social burning Issues pertaining in the nation. Prominent national speakers from various fields were present in the conclave. The conclave serves as a platform for them to share their views on burning issues and to share their perspective towards the same. The attending delegates also had a chance to interact with the speakers after every session. We selected Youth speakers from all across the nation to represent the perspective of the youth. They get an amazing opportunity and a platform to share their view with such eminent speakers.
National Speakers were Shri Mukul Kanitkar, Major Surendra Poonia, Jay Chaira, Shri Vijay Chauthaiwale who presented their view on the topic Does Nationalism Unite us or Divide us? The youth speakers for the second conclave were Fazal Kashani, Anjali Agrawal
3rd Gujarat Chhatra Sansad Conclave 2017: 7th October
The 3rd Chhatra Sansad was hosted in Vadodara, Gujarat where delegations from all across Gujarat participated to frame a Resolution on the theme of “Vision India“ which involved topics such as Education System, National Security, Swachata Abhiyan, and Make in India.
The conclave was hosted in two different sessions where the youth speakers shared the dais with National Dignitaries such as Uday Mahurkar (Senior editor, India Today), Zafar Sareshwala (CEO, Parsoli motors), Sanjay Raval (Motivational Speaker) and put forward youth’s opinion. The delegates got an opportunity to ask direct questions regarding their opinion to dignitaries followed by a voting session where they voted for a resolution stating the youth’s opinion on the social burning topics of our society. The Conclave was a massive success and saw a turnover of over 3000 people, with an estimated reach of over 18,000 people
InternNation Leadership Tour 2018: 5th - 15th June
InternNation 2018 consisted of a tour of Maharashtra and Delhi and interactive sessions with Visionaries like Anna Hazare, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Arnab Goswami, Rajat Sharma, Manish Sisodia, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Suresh Jain and Vishwanath Madeshwar. By meeting and interacting with Public and Private Leaders, they get first-hand learning experience, which they can then use in their own lives and ventures to increase their chances of success.
Our delegates have gone on to become successful individuals, with ventures including Women Empowerment Cell in Chattisgarh, working at HyperLoop, topping 12th Board Exams, and getting admission to the prestigious Sri Ram College of Commerce. All of the 35 interns are now doing successful work in their own fields!
Chhatra Sansad Youth Parliament 2019
The agendas for the Youth Parliament were:
- Lok Sabha – National Investigation Agency (Amendment Bill 2019)
- Rajya Sabha – Muslim Women (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019
- National Security Council -Introduction of Private Defence Companies
- Gujarat Legislative Assembly – Improving the Education System of GSEB Schools and adopting NAAC
- Historic Lok Sabha – Fall of the VP Singh Government
- National Press
Dignitaries like Shri Saurabh Patel, Shri Amit Thaker, Smt Bijal Patel and Padma Shri Vishnu Pandya inaugurated the youth parliament in Ahmedabad.
4th Gujarat Chhatra Sansad Conclave 2019: 22nd December
The 4th Chhatra Sansad Leadership Conclave was a forum to discuss the current problems plaguing our democracy and to find viable solutions for the same .Our aim was to gather hundreds of ‘thoughtful, iconoclastic doers’ from across the country to participate, debate and find solutions to the problems and pitfalls of Modern Democracy through Sustainable Development and Innovation.
Our Vision is to ignite the very spirit of politics in the youth of today and inculcate public spirited and socially sensitive values during their formative years. The Conclave saw a crowd more than 6,000 people. Panelists included: Shri Rajat Sharma, Editor-in-Chief, IndiaTV; K.G. Balakrishnan, for Chief Justice of India; Maulana Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi, Global Islamic Scholar. Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy; Saurabh Dwivedi, Editor-in-Chief of The Lallantop and Prof Gourav Vallabh addressed the crowd via Via video conference.
InternNation Leadership Tour 2022: 2nd - 12th January
5th Gujarat Chhatra Sansad Conclave 2022: 24th April
Our Vision is to ignite the very spirit of politics in the youth of today and inculcate public spirited and socially sensitive values during their formative years. The Conclave saw a crowd more than 10,000 people.
Panelists included: Speakers like Smt Ma Anand Sheela, Smt Kiran Bedi, Shri Shakun Batra, Shri Ranjan Gogoi, Shri Saurabh Dwivedi, Smt Atishi Marlena, Shri Anand Narsimha, Shri Prakash Belwadi Smt Charu Pragya and many more innovative leaders from across the country will be joining us to share their thoughts and interact with the youth on our theme of India at 75 Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
InternNation Leadership Tour 2022: 8th - 18th August
