Yuva Sangam Phase VII Takes Uttarakhand Youth to West Bengal

The correct answer is Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Yuva Sangam is the youth exchange carried out under that programme, and its seventh phase is being implemented by the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education with the aim of strengthening national integration and building contact between young people from different regions. Participants come from twenty paired States and Union Territories and are shown the cultural traditions, educational institutions, innovation ecosystems and development work of the state they are matched with. Option B is wrong because that scheme funds higher education in the states rather than organising youth exchanges. Option C is wrong because the abhiyan named there connects institutions with village development work and is a separate initiative. Option D is wrong because that programme is aimed at bringing foreign students to Indian institutions, which is not what Yuva Sangam does.

The correct answer is West Bengal. The delegation from Uttarakhand, for which Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University is the nodal institute, travelled to West Bengal and is being hosted there by IIT Kharagpur. The group was welcomed at the start of the tour, called on the Governor of the host state, and went on to see riverside landmarks in Kolkata as part of its cultural itinerary. Option A, Odisha, is wrong because that state is not the one paired with Uttarakhand in this phase of the exchange. Option C, Assam, is wrong for the same reason, as the host institute named for the visit lies in West Bengal. Option D, Tamil Nadu, is also wrong: the delegates’ programme was built around the traditions, institutions and landmarks of West Bengal and not of a southern state.

The correct answer is IIT Kharagpur, which is hosting the visiting group and arranging its exposure to the cultural, spiritual and educational life of the host state. On the Uttarakhand side, the nodal institute for the delegation is Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, so the two institutions together anchor this pairing. Option A, Jadavpur University, is wrong because the release names the institute of national importance at Kharagpur as the host for this delegation. Option B, Visva-Bharati University, is wrong for the same reason, although it too is located in the host state. Option D, Presidency University, is wrong as well. Routing delegations through such institutes is deliberate, since it lets the academic exchange run alongside the cultural programme that Yuva Sangam is built around.

The correct answer is Shri R. N. Ravi, who met the visiting delegation in his capacity as Governor of West Bengal. The students and teachers discussed learning, cultural exchange and the importance of building ties among young people from different parts of the country, and the meeting gave them a view of the host state’s distinctive cultural identity. Options B, C and D are wrong because the Governor named in connection with this interaction is Shri R. N. Ravi and no other person. Candidates should note the pairing carefully, since questions on Yuva Sangam often combine the dignitary met with the host state, the nodal institute and the hosting institute. Here the delegation came from Uttarakhand, the host institute was IIT Kharagpur, and the Governor it called on was the Governor of West Bengal.