New Delhi, July 26 (MExN): The 9th session of the North East Leaders Connect Leaders Connect (NELC) will be held at Imphal, Manipur in the month of October 2022.
The Conclave, led by Union Minister of Law & Justice Kiren Rijiju and Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu, will seek to converge and design reforms and strategic ties that will reshape the economies of the region, informed a press release.
It would facilitate discussions, bringing together policymakers, stakeholders, industry leaders, civil society, academia, and young leaders to deliberate, identify and find a collective response to strengthen partnerships for inclusive growth and development, it said.
The release further informed that the Conclave will also give space to new age business leaders and visionaries, to share their vision and ideas on how to strengthen and transform the NE’s economy.
The NELC (formerly Young Leaders Connect) was started in 2001 in Kohima, Nagaland with the objective of bringing young leaders and achievers of NE in one platform.
The Chairman is Bhaichung Bhutia and other founding members include Kiren Rijiju, Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma, Pema Khandu.
