Nehru Yuva Kendras were established in the year 1972 with the objective of providing rural youth avenues to take part in the process of nation-building as well as providing opportunities for the development of their personality and skills. In the year 1987-88, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS) was set up as an autonomous organization under the Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, to oversee the working of these Kendras. NYKS is the largest grassroots-level youth organization; one of its kind in the world. It channelizes the power of youth on the principles of voluntarism, self-help and community participation. Objectives of NYKS are two fold :- --To involve the rural youth in nation-building activities. --To develop such skills and values in them with which they become responsible and productive citizens of a modern, secular and technological nation. Visions: --Networks of volunteers. --Opportunities for participation in fundamental democratic practices of polity and development