FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : INSPIRO 2012 – The Youth Fiesta in Mumbai on January 21st 2012.

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Republic of (Free-Press-Release.com) January 22, 2012 -- The guest of honor were Bollywood actress and youth icon Sonam Kapoor and His Holiness Radhanath Swamiji who is a world-renowned motivational speaker. The energy was vibrant as Rock bands Madhavas and Suresh and Vernon group performed to get the crowd a really thrilling entertainment show.

When the press asked Sonam Kapoor on how this Youth fiesta is different from a Bollywood show and what were her feelings about the whole concept, Sonam responded that now the young generation is becoming aware of spirituality, and she feels good to be part of a youth fiesta which not only believes in entertainment but in also being responsible Sonam Kapoor said “ We are the future of the nation” On asked what is her message to the youth, Sonam said that H.H Radhanath Swamiji is the right person to answer since she is also part of the youth and keen to hear from Swamiji.

H.H Radhanath Swamiji's response was:
" When a deer smells fragrance, she runs helter-skelter to find out where the fragrance is coming from. She doesn't realize that the fragrant smell is coming from within her; from the musk that she is carrying in her. Similarly the bright youth of today have a strong spiritual base, which they have to recognize. Being aware and feeling from within will help them shoulder their responsibility more better and grow more fast when their basic foundation is on strong spiritual pillar".

Also present at the concert were top CEO’s of Mumbai. Mr. Nihal Kaviratne who is on the board of directors at DBS Bank and served as the Chairman and President of Unilever Indonesia. He is also chairman of Indian Cancer Society. Mr. Hrishkesh Mafatlal who is the chairman of Arvind Mafatlal group, Dr N.D.Desai who is the chairman and Mr. Kushal Desai who is the Managing director of Apar industries, Mr. Dinesh Pillai, CEO of Mahindra SSG, were present.

1. To provide a platform for the youth to present not only business ideas but also ideas that can lead to a positive shift in our society for the betterment of our country.
2. To create a wide network of youngsters from colleges and corporate within the Mumbai region
3. To assist them in the forming of partnerships with industry leaders
4. To offer them high quality alternatives to routine/commercial way of making a living
5. To present them with the best of all entertainment by gathering talent from all over India to perform

A short introduction of the Speaker - H H Radhanath Swami:

H.H. Radhanath Swami is the author of a bestselling book --- “The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami", which traces Radhanath Swami’s path from his middle-class Jewish upbringing in a Chicago suburb as Richard Slavin, to his participation in the civil rights movement in the ‘60s in USA, to his apprenticeships with Himalayan yogis, Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and several other known personalities he experienced along the way, and finally how he developed real spiritual understanding. He has been a regular speaker at the Harvard Business School, Stanford, Princeton
University, Cambridge University IIT Mumbai, HSBC Global Head Quarters London, Ford Motor Company, Intel, and Hewlett Packard etc. He is held in the highest esteem by many of India's leading industrialists. Radhanath Swami is one of the inspirations for the Mid-day Meal Project, which

provides more than 500,000 free school lunches a day as a way to persuade impoverished parents to educate their children. He was instrumental in the founding of Mumbai’s charitable Bhaktivedanta Hospital, which offers free treatment to the underprivileged and runs free medical camps, including the Barsana Eye Camp that performs about 800 free cataract operations each year.
Within the last few months, he has had the honor of meeting on a one-to-one with President of India Smt Pratibha Patil as well as the US President Barrack Obama. He was recently invited to address the Member of Parliament’s at the House of Commons in London.

The event also showcased the significant efforts of one of the NGO’s “Annamrita” which is a Midday Meal is a strategic program to liberate the underprivileged children from scourge of hunger and malnutrition, this program is a project of the Government of India, and is being implemented by

under the Brand name of “Annamrita” in select schools in Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Assam. The purpose of implementing this scheme is to facilitate the Government in increasing the enrolment in these schools, reducing the dropout rate and improving the attendance.

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