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Naga Sravan Kilaru
Naga Sravan Kilaru Naga Sravan Kilaru - 2017
Born	(1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
Occupation(s)	Founder,YuvaGalam
Known for	Youth Activism
Awards	National Youth Awardee, Government of India Karmaveer Chakra Award
Website	knsravan.in

NAGA SRAVAN KILARU (born 09 July 1993) is an Indian youth activist who participated and led the several youth activities demanding youth policy for the state of Andhra Pradesh , for his contribution to youth work the Government of India recognized him with the prestigious National Youth Awards for the Year 2015-16 and the awards was given on 12th January 2018 during the National Youth Day celebration in Noida.

Early life

Naga Sravan Kilaru was born on 09 July 1993 in a middle-class family to Siva Kumar and Lakshmi, He did his schooling in Vijayawada till 12th class and then moved to Karnataka in 2011 to purse Industrial Engineering and Management from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering. Naga Sravan Kilaru was born on 9 th July, 1993 in Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh. His true passion for development, youth leadership, and policy lead him into pursuing a Diploma in philosophy, history, jurisprudence, and economics of liberty from CATO Institute, San Diego, California, USA.

Youth Activism

Naga Sravan Kilaru thoughts clearly reflect his penchant and drive for impact and development. In 2012, He founded Revolutionising India through Social Empowerment (RISE). It is an independent, apolitical, non-profit youth-run organization aiming to usher in positive change through the empowerment of people at the grass-root level. Solutions used by the volunteers were participatory governance, liberal ideology and empowerment through tools like Right to Information by asking questions erring bureaucrats and politicians. He was the campus ambassador for Centre for Civil Society (CCS) whose aim to bring social change through public policy. He founded Vijawada needs U in the year 2014, out of the thought that “A Democracy which is not participatory is not a democracy at all”. The organization's ultimate vision is a free society with empowered youth and participatory governance shaping the development of the society.

YuvaGalam

Naga Sravan Kilaru founded YuvaGalam as a movement on August 12th, 2018 on {{International Youth Day]]. As a part of the campaign, Naga Sravan cycled for Over 56 days, he covered more than 1860 kms from Ichapuram in Srikakulam to Bapatla in Guntur, speaking in more than a hundred colleges and talking to more than 30,000 students. His message to everyone was short and straightforward - you must take part in politics, raise your voice, and ensure your aspirations matter in how our democracy functions. The response the team got was enthusiastic and powerful. The energy in the youth of small towns and big cities, in villages and panchayats, was palpable and demanded radical changes in how our politics is practiced. Yuva Galam as a movement lasted from August to December 2018. It wound up for various reasons, personal and otherwise. The spirit of Yuva Galam is now being revived as an organization. An individual might not always sustain his or her ideas and energy for a cause. But an organization made of like-minded people can be sustained and continue to fight for its cause. During its phase as a movement in 2018, a number of gaps and hurdles were identified. There were multiple roadblocks for any student or young professional wanting to take part in or organize political campaigns or civic movements in one’s neighborhood. Some might drop out of their pursuits due to a lack of resources, mentorship, or the right networks. We did not want others to face what we did, to fight hard just to get their ideas off the ground, just to make a meaningful intervention. The fight must begin AFTER you are in the arena, not just to get into the arena.

International Representation

Naga Sravan joined Students for Liberty (SFL) in September 2013 as the Global Chatter team member and was promoted to the Executive Board member of South Asia. He spread the mission to educate, develop, and empower the next generation of leaders of liberty. He was the Indian Delegate to the 2016 Summer Youth Assembly. The theme being "Transform Vision into Action." The Youth Assembly at the United Nations aimed at turning Ideal and Global goals to global reality. He works with the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network as the Partnerships and Membership Coordinator for Asia region to bring together young people from across the Commonwealth to promote peace, respect, and understanding and prevent violent extremism. In September, he joined the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development, as the Working Group member on Youth and Gender Equality. In 2017, Sravan was the official Indian Delegate to the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting in Uganda. The theme of the meeting was Resourcing and Financing Youth Development: Empowering Young People.