“But once that leader is in power, once the leader comes to defining policy priorities. What they need is you, is the globalized educated youth to provide your perspective. You are now essential and all the leaders, right, in their sane mind, are looking for youth's participation and for you to lead from front. The problem areas the solutions that they want to see in the country, right? So there is absolutely great political, you know, will to involve the youth, it is time that the youth steps up!”

YT - https://youtu.be/onE3GbKGsog

Meet Lakshit, a management and policy consultant. Lakshit Mittal is currently the track chair of the “Health Wellbeing and Sports” track at Y20, the youth engagement wing of the G20 forum. As India is the president of the G20 in 2023, Lakshit and others are convening and leading conversations around different tracks of the Y20 mission. He has earlier worked with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission implemented by the National Health Authority (NHA). He has helped political parties campaign pre-covid and prior to that he has worked as a consultant in the healthcare sector with consultancies such as ZS Associates and McKinsey. He is an alumnus of Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh.

I have worked with Lakshit since 2020 when we connected to discuss our common ideas about youth and governance.

Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakshit-mittal-19155167/

Y20 - https://y20india.in

Career Break Article - https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/saurabh-nanda-experience-career-breaks-for-professionals-and-students-1675925144-1

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