Uttarakhand Yuva Sangam delegation meets West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi during its Phase VII visit
11 October 2026
The Ministry of Education said on 11 October 2026 that a Yuva Sangam Phase VII delegation from Uttarakhand is visiting West Bengal under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme.
Phase VII brings together youth from 20 paired States and Union Territories to strengthen people-to-people connections.
The delegation, with Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University as its nodal institute, is hosted by IIT Kharagpur and was welcomed on 7 October 2026.
It interacted with Governor R.N. Ravi on 8 October and visited Prinsep Ghat in Kolkata and the Sundarban on 9 October.
Yuva Sangam is implemented by the Department of Higher Education.
In plain words
EBSB Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat — A Union programme that pairs States and UTs to promote cultural exchange and national integration.
Yuva Sangam Yuva Sangam — An EBSB exchange in which groups of students visit a paired State to learn about its culture and institutions.