JALANDHAR: The United Nations (UN) has decorated BTech Mechanical Engineering international student of LPU, Sm Sammam Sakti Ibn Sahadat, with the coveted title of “The Most Aspiring Youth Activist & Global Youth Leader”. Occasion is an on-going global campaign-“UNITE 2030: Youth Action for Better World” by the United Nations (UN).
For this campaign, 12000+ change-makers from 1800+ universities & colleges are inspired to take 1000+ actions and change the world by 2030. Hailing from Bangladesh, Sammam will now represent LPU and lead the chosen 250+ Youth Leaders of 32+ countries in New York, USA, in September 2021. Sammam has been chosen as ‘Global Leader’ by engaging in the maximum number of more than 90 actions and activities for this world wide campaign envisaged by the UN a few years ago.
Believing in the qualities in youth of being passionate, resilient, focused, action-oriented, caring for the world around them, and of working towards a better tomorrow with a change; the UN, in 2015, visualized a great world. Thus, the UN developed a list of goals to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They believe that young people hold the key to achieving the Global Goals by 2030, but only if they stand united as a generation to take action.
Congratulating the promising international student, Additional Director at LPU’s Division of International Affairs, Mr Aman Mittal shares: “In present era, the world is undergoing rapid changes & transformation; and, the youth has turned out to be a new face of the society. Sammam is such an international face in our university, who has made LPU glow globally in a big and radiating manner through his dedication and devotion towards varied social causes.”
In fact, “UNITE 2030” is a campaign started by the UN in association with many reputable organizations around the world to achieve sustainable development goals. The campaign focused on achieving global goals by 2030 has inspired thousands of change-makers from across the hundreds of universities, and colleges to take thousand plus actions and change the world. Sammam was the only student from LPU to take an illustrious part in this campaign.