- BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025 begins in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- The BIMSTEC Youth Summit will take place from 7th to 11th February 2025.
- Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya formally inaugurated the event on 8th February.
- BIMSTEC Youth Summit aimed to bring together youths of BRICS countries on a unified platform to exchange their experiences and insights.
- This summit is centred around the theme “Youth as a Bridge for Intra-BIMSTEC Exchange”.
- The hosting of the BIMSTEC Youth Summit was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 4th BIMSTEC Summit in 2018.
- A session on “Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue X BIMSTEC” will be also organized during this summit.
- The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan.
