The first and second edition of YLC was held in Kohima on 3rd October 2011 and 20th October 2012 respectively under the Chief Patronage of the then Hon’ble Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and supported by the Government of Nagaland. The third edition was held in Guwahati on 21st of November 2013. The fourth edition was held in Delhi in Oct 2014 with Hon’ble Union Minister of State (Home) Kiren Rijiju as the Keynote Speaker and in January 2016, YLC core team met with the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The 7th edition was held in 2019 in New Delhi at The Grand, Vasant Kunj on the theme “Made in North-East”. Riding on the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Made in India’ campaign the conclave focused on entrepreneurship in the North-East region witnessed over 322 participants from all over the NER and other states including international countries representing different sectors.

The conclave not only brings together young leaders from the North-East and rest of the country, but also engages policy makers, strategists, entrepreneurs, professionals, members of academia, and students to join the development discourse. Some speakers from the earlier YLC‟ editions have been the likes of Baijayant Jay Panda (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha), Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha), National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, FilmMaker Prakash Jha , Entrepreneur and Former National Chair Young Indians Bhairavi Jani , Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee R N Ravi, and several other noted personalities from the NE like Mary Kom and National Film Awardee Geetanjali Thapa. CNN News (formerly CNN- IBN) has been our media partner.