Shri Kailash Satyarthi to visit SRM University-AP

Indian Nobel Peace Laureate and the internationally acclaimed child rights activist Shri Kailash Satyarthi will address the students and faculty of SRM University-AP on August 22, 2022. His talk is scheduled on the topic “Compassionate Youth Leadership: Key to Building a Better Future”. Shri Satyarthi will confer with the students on the necessity of fostering compassion and empathy among the youth of the nation to lead the country towards a more humane future.

Shri Kailash Satyarthi, who was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, has been driving global wide anti-child-slavery campaigns and advocating the universal right to children’s education for over four decades. He has rescued more than 110,000 children from the plight of child labour, child trafficking, and other forms of exploitation through his organisation Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement.

In 2016, he launched the 100 million campaign, a movement to inspire and mobilise young people to campaign for the rights of the world’s most excluded children. The movement intends to end violence against children, eradicate child labour, and ensure education, breaking the cycles of illiteracy, poverty, and violence for good. For more details, visit 100million.org. He is also the founder of multiple social activist organisations, including Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Laureates and Leaders for Children, etc.

Honourable Vice-Chancellor Prof VS Rao, Registrar Dr R Premkumar, and other university dignitaries will also take part in the programme. Prof VS Rao will deliver the welcome address and introduce the chief guest. Following the address of the chief guest, an interactive segment with the faculty and students has also been scheduled.