By Rons Bantwal
Daijiworld Media Network—Mumbai (RD/CN)
Mumbai, July 30: The ‘Presidential Classroom (Future World Leaders Summit)’ was held recently at Washington DC.
‘Alexandria, VA– Presidential Classroom’, the United States’ leading civic education organization, has recognized Malvika Saran, Dhruv Sekhri, Shreyoshi Chatterjee, Vijay Vedula, Prerna Singh, Sonal Singh, Sonal Chopra, and Drishti Manocha of Ryan International Group of Institutions as scholars in attendance at the presidential classroom.
Attendance at the presidential classroom programme enhances the mission of the Presidential Classroom by encouraging young leaders to be active and engaged citizens.
“We provide students with the rare opportunity to view our federal government at work, discuss key issues with Washington policymakers, and to discover the importance of responsible citizenship”, said acting executive director Marie Daire.
“Our scholars are a select group of students who have gone a step further and will put the lessons learned here at presidential classroom into action”, he added.
Presidential Classroom offers nine unique and challenging leadership development experiences, focusing on key issues such as global health and environment, science and technology, law and justice, national security and media, and international relations.
As the Indian delegation, the Ryanites were asked to put up a country presentation which consisted of a dance to the song ‘Jai Ho’, which was greeted with a standing ovation.
Vijay Vedula was elected as the head of one of the working groups and was also selected as the delegation representative to speak at the banquet.