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Published on February 20, 2023
MIT Youth Leadership Conference
MIT Youth Leadership Conference
An In-Person Conference
MIT Youth Leadership Conference
12th August 2023
3:00 pm IST
Grade 8 -12
31st July 2023
18% GST
Priority Deadline
30th June 2023
12th August 2023
3:00 pm IST
Grade 8 -12
31st July 2023
18% GST
Priority Deadline
30th June 2023
The program will run offline at Strawberry Fields High School, Chandigarh.
Special Course Fees for Strawberry Fields Students: INR 30,000 + 18% GST
Participated in by Students from the World's Leading Schools.
Get mentorship from MIT Sloan faculty.
Earn a Certificate of Achievement from MIT Sloan faculty.
Learn core leadership skills & navigate your college, career and life
Create a social change project & unlock your leadership potential
Unleash the leader in you!
Conducted and designed by MIT Sloan School of Management faculty, the Youth Leadership Conference, in collaboration with the MIT Leadership Center, transforms high school students like you into confident problem-solvers, collaborators and communicators, who will solve global issues and lead the change of tomorrow.
Over the 5 day course, students work in a mentor-led group to understand a global issue – whether it is climate change, mental health, or poverty – and develop a social change project to address it.
What makes the workshop unique is that our mentors are eminent faculty members from the MIT Sloan School of Management who have garnered invaluable experience and practical knowledge, and know what it takes to implement social change.
The workshop is in extremely high demand and has travelled across the world to places like Japan, Myanmar, Dubai and the United States.
of Accomplishment
Change Project
01
Introducing
Leadership
02
The Leader in
Each of Us
03
Leading Alongside
Others
04
Leading by
Listening
05
Leading with Your Voice
06
Preparation and Introspection
01
Introducing Leadership
02
The Leader in Each of Us
03
Leading Alongside Others
04
Leading by Listening
05
Leading by Listening Leading with Your Voice
06
Preparation and Introspection
Who Should Participate?
- You are a student who wants to inculcate leadership qualities
- You are not confident in sharing your thoughts and speaking in public
- You want to solve a social problem but don't have problem solving skills
- You want to learn how to build your network and thus sharpening your networking skills
- You want to become a leader but do not know where and how to start
- You are fearful and have mental blocks and are lacking the initiative to lead
- You do not have a community of like-minded people who are going through the same issues or share the same passion
Meet your MIT Sloan Mentor
Author and Professor with a Global Perspective developed from Extensive International and Cultural Experiences and a lengthy practice (20+ years) coaching, teaching, and training top executives in Fortune 500 companies, revolutionary startups and national governments. Wendeline dynamically employs an array of teaching methods to address different learning styles. Her sessions are all about sharpening awareness, focusing energy, and upgrading mindsets, skills, and behaviours around communication, leadership, and teaming.
Wendeline De Zan
Lecturer in Management, Sloan Business School, MIT
Wendeline is a JD from Northeastern University School of Law and has a Bachelors from University of California, Berkeley. Wendeline teaches Career Development, D&I, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, Change Management, Coaching, and Leadership for various universities throughout Europe, North and South America, Scandinavia, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Her book, Being Different Matters: The Jobseeker’s Manual to the New Economy is recommended to IESE's and UCSD's MBA students and alums. Wendeline speaks Spanish and English natively and French and Italian conversationally.
Words from those Who Took the Course (And Loved it)
Sahithi
Grade 10, Future kid's School,
Hyderabad
YLC is a great opportunity to learn from diverse communities, improve communication and leadership skills, and gain invaluable mentorship for success.
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Everyone should Attend YLC, as it's an incredible place with amazing people to develop as a leader and better oneself.
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Freya
Grade 8, Oberoi International School,
Mumbai
YLC was an amazing experience. I Learned alot about leadership, made friends worldwide. The conference was well-organized and inspiring.
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I highly recommend it to anyone looking to broaden their perspective on leadership and make meaningful connections.
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Veer Vohra
Grade 11, Dubai College
This workshop has taught me that in order to do something big in life, one need not start with a huge impact. You can start with something small and yet go on to make a big impact.
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Shizah Kashmir
Grade 12, Gems Wellington Academy, Silicon Oasis
The YLC conference is very action-provoking. It has taught me that if I’m passionate about something I must push harder and try and be an achiever even at an early age.
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That way, YLC has made me feel empowered.
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Raeed Zainuddin
Grade 8, Sun Beams High School,
Bangladesh
I have become so much more confident in presentation and doing something on the stage. I feel I can appeal to a crowd just by talking to them which I didn't feel before.
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I would 110% recommend everyone to this conference because you can meet so many people, so many personalities from so many places. The main reason why I would recommend it is because of the counselors, they were great.
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Tanya Tilokani
Grade 12, Cambridge International School, Dubai, UAE
All the mentors were well trained and they used creative techniques to teach us. The use of psychology or the storytelling method were subtle ways of teaching leadership.
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Moreover, the conference was very unique mainly because you were talking to us like we were adults capable of making a change in our own way.
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Varun Chitturi
Grade 9, Oakridge International School, Hyderabad
The overall experience at the conference was phenomenal. We learned about public speaking, negotiation, and other qualities that are vital for a leader.
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With all that I learned here, I really think I can take my social change project forward and make a huge impact on so many people. The mentors from Harvard were amazing as well and you could talk to them like they are your best friends.
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Real-life Social Impact made by our Change makers!
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- Certificate of Achievement from the MIT Sloan faculty.
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