BENGALURU:
Disha Bharat, an NGO working in the field of education, is organizing a statewide 15-day online youth campaign, ‘My Bharat’, on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day from August 1 to 15.
The campaign will be webcast live on the Facebook page of Disha Bharat, www.facebook.com/DishaBharat. The campaign aims to imbue patriotism among the youth, especially college students.
Each day at 11 am, a special live event will be held in which students from various colleges in the state will participate.
Each day at 6 pm, there will be lectures by eminent speakers on various topics such as the freedom movement and post-independence India.
Actress Praneetha Subhash inaugurated the ‘My Bharat’ campaign at Mythic Society, Bengaluru. President of Disha Bharat Dr NV Raghuram and trustees V Nagaraj, Rekha Ramachandran, Rajesh Padmar and Parmala Murthy were among those present.
The campaign is endorsed by Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, MP Tejasvi Surya and several academicians of Karnataka.