Today, India is a young nation with 605 million people below the age of 25 which means that for the coming 40 years India will have a youthful, dynamic and productive workforce when the rest of the world, including USA, Japan, and China would be aging. By 2020, India will have 116 million workers in age bracket of 20 to 24 years, as compared to China's 94 million. The next four decades will mark development in the country by using full potential of the youth in India.

This volume includes select papers by experts in their field of Youth Development, on broad themes covering Education, Skill Development, Health and Healthy Life Style, engagement in Community Participation, Governance and Social Justice. And it may be useful for students, educators, policy makers, researchers and practitioners in the field of youth development and empowerment.