The Research and Development Centre - …€¦ · The Research and Development Centre The Research and Development Centre aims to mainstream adolescents and youth as a core strategic

The Research andDevelopment CentreThe Research and Development Centre aims to mainstream

adolescents and youth as a core strategic focus of development

policies and programmes. Given the vast number and the role of

young people in India’s rapidly changing society, a more

comprehensive understanding of this cohort is imperative.

The Centre will establish a critical knowledge hub on adolescents

and youth. Cross-disciplinary research will improve the availability

and quality of data, both qualitative and quantitative, including

evidence and good practices in India and beyond. Research will

be undertaken in an open, interactive and evidence-based

environment, and in partnership with young scholars and their

faculty/mentors of various academic and research institutions.

The Centre will engage actively with South Asian and other

international Centres and Universities, fostering regional and

South-South cooperation.

DLTA Complex, R.K. Khanna Stadium1 Africa Avenue, New Delhi 110029

Centre of Excellenceon Adolescents and Youth

India has 358 million people aged 10-24 years, the world’s largest youth population. Every third person in India is young, and every fifth person is an adolescent aged 10-19. The window of opportunity to seize the demographic dividend is estimated to last until 2030. The priority aim of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is to ensure that every young person’s potential is fulfilled in India and globally.

India’s first holistic adolescent health programme, RKSK – Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram, was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with UNFPA support in early 2014. RKSK is a paradigm shift in addressing adolescent health and well-being from a multi-sectoral perspective to support the successful transition of adolescents from childhood to adulthood.

With the Government of India’s flagship programmes such as Digital India, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Make in India, it is a historic opportunity to invest in and to enable the youth bulge to become the driver of inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development of their communities.














international centres and universities, fostering regional and


DLTA Complex, R.K. Khanna Stadium1 Africa Avenue, New Delhi 110029


India has 358 million people aged 10-24 years, the world’s largest youth population. Every third person in India is young, and every fifth person is an adolescent aged 10-19. The window of opportunity to seize the demographic dividend is estimated to last until 2030. The priority aim of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is to ensure that every young person’s potential is fulfilled in India and globally.

India’s first holistic adolescent health programme, RKSK – Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram, was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with UNFPA support in early 2014. RKSK is a paradigm shift in addressing adolescent health and well-being from a multi-sectoral perspective to support the successful transition of adolescents from childhood to adulthood.

With the Government of India’s flagship programmes such as Digital India, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Make in India, it is a historic opportunity to invest in and to enable the youth bulge to become the driver of inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development of their communities.

To improve the availability of relevant knowledge, services and data, enable informed policies and investments, and informed choices by young people, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and UNFPA have launched a Centre of Excellence on Adolescents and Youth.The Centre of Excellence consists of a Research and Development Centre and online platforms that include a Virtual Marketplace and a Youth Portal. The Research Centre, located in New Delhi, will focus on research and policy advocacy for advancing young people’s agenda. The online platforms will provide cutting-edge data, information and services on and for young people.

55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003, IndiaPhone: +91-11-4653-2333; Fax: +91-11-2462-8078Website: www.unfpa.orgE-mail: [email protected]

UNFPA India

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Tata Institute of Social Sciences

DLTA Complex, R.K. Khanna Stadium1 Africa Avenue, New Delhi 110029, IndiaPhone: +91-8588828056

















international centres and universities, fostering regional and


The Youth Portalwww.youthinfoindia.org presents key data on youth from major national population surveys, including Census 2011, the National Family Health Survey III and district level surveys, on one unified platform. It also presents new data. It is easy to find facts on the interactive online database. Facts range from national level figures to detailed analyses on issues ranging from health and education to age at marriage and gender-based violence. The pioneering initiative was launched by the Union Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh in July 2014.

Soon, young people would be able to voice their opinions and raise questions on matters concerning them on the youth portal. Their voices would contribute to national policy development processes. The improved availability of data and knowledge on young people is helping advance the post-2015 agenda.



The Virtual MarketplaceThe virtual marketplace is an innovation that is driven by the vision to enable every young person to realise their potential. It would help provide information and services to young people when and where they are needed the most.

The virtual marketplace would be a state-of-the-art online space where products and services, ideas and expertise on and for young people can be found. It is a meeting place for young people with diverse needs and multiple service providers including the government, development organisations, NGOs/CBOs and the private sector. Information and services to serve young people’s needs from health and life-skills to employment generation and the empowerment of girls will be available here. If a young person, for instance, wants to know where to find reproductive health counselling or how to open a bank account, the marketplace would provide them information and links to available services.

By bringing together providers and beneficiaries on one platform, the marketplace would enable innovative investments into young people and thereby fulfilling their potentials.



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