Mysuru: Kalamandira, the venue for many official events, was a witness to full youth force yesterday for the  two-day ‘Yuva Anveshane’ organised by Yuva Dasara Sub-Committee. Thousands of youths aspiring to take up government service attended the event and the venue was full to the brim with many youths even crowding the doors and wall corners. Special LED screens were set up for the crowd who are unable to see the stage.

Interestingly, the same Kalamandira witnessed only handful of people during a series of “Jayanthis” organised by the District Administration. Yesterday’s crowd was a message loud and clear for the powers that be – organise meaningful programmes that benefit the youth instead of splurging money on birth and death anniversaries.

‘Yuva Anveshane’ was aimed at grooming civil services aspirants on tackling UPSC competitive examinations along with a session on personality development. Senior IAS, IPS, KAS and Karnataka Education Service officers from various districts along with industrialists and entrepreneurs groomed the candidates during the workshop.

Officers including Mysuru Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, Superintendent of Police Ravi D. Channannavar, Belagavi Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer R. Ramachandran, Koppal ZP CEO Venkat Raja, Nanjangud Sub-Division Assistant Superintendent of Police M.S. Mohammad Sujeetha, Koppal Assistant Commissioner Gurudatt Hegde motivated the participants.

Delivering the keynote address, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep expressed happiness over the overwhelming response for the workshop.

He contended that Dasara was not just for entertainment but could be meaningful too. He advised candidates to have determination and not to get disheartened if they fail in their first attempt and asked them not to give up the goal.

“Adopt smart learning, understand the techniques and approaches to crack the exams. Examination is more competitive and also complicated with the inclusion of new topics. But still, it is possible to crack it for a student with dedication. Failure is not the end, by preparing for the highly reputed exam, one’s knowledge and understanding level will be upgraded,” he said.

Addressing the candidates, SP Ravi Channannavar opined that the students should basically have a will to excel and ways would come eventually. He pointed out that mere criticism was useless but an effort to solve a problem was the need of the hour.

“Today, we need people who will find solutions to problems and not just analysers. Everyone is capable of ruling the nation but one needs dedication to achieve the aim. Youths should remove negative thoughts by developing positive attitude,” he said.

Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner G. Jagadeesha said poverty is not a constraint to crack the exam. “One needs interest and passion. Many arts background students have inferiority complex. But it is easy to crack any competitive exams for them,” he said.

At the Yuva Anveshana today, a career and personality development programme ‘Fostering Youth for World of Opportunities’ has been scheduled.

The event has been organised in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry, Mysuru chapter. A host of entrepreneurs will speak about a variety of topics. CII-Karnataka chairman and managing director of Volvo Group India Kamal Bali will deliver the keynote address on ‘Make in India: Role of Youths in Making Dream to Reality’.