After the successful completion of four seasons, Channel i is again going to organize the Young Leaders Program (YLP) for the fifth time this year. Young Leaders Program (YLP) is a reality show that brings together the young brilliant minds of our country to showcase their leadership skills. In the initial stage, about a thousand graduates from different universities are selected based on the applicant criteria. From here, the top hundred or so contestants have to get past an interview.
This year, YLP received much more responsive compared to the previous years. The last date of registration was 15 March, 2018. Like the last YLP seasons, there will be teachers from universities who will help the YLP judge team in the selection process and grooming the participants as a mentor in the 5th season.
Each year YLP includes judges who are renowned figures in the corporate world. Abdul Muktadir, Managing Director of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Taslim Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of Unitrend Limited and Consultant, ICAB (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh) are the fixed members of the judging panel. In addition, reputed corporate personalities join in the judging panel each year. During every season YLP team works with many companies who provide the participants with real tasks relating to their brand.
In YLP, the contestants are given a week-long deadline to complete the task after which they face the boardroom judging panel where they have to showcase their ideas. During each round contestants are eliminated until YLP judges end up with the top 5-10 young leaders who are awarded the scholarship to study abroad.
Esteemed jury member of YLP – Taslim Ahmed, CEO of Unitrend Ltd, and Consultant, ICAB comments, “It gives me immense pleasure to watch YLP grow steadily. The parameter has grown wider, and now people with varying backgrounds – like engineering, architecture, social science, ICT, are interested in participating in this initiative. After visiting many universities, both private and public, I have learned that people are aware of YLP and are eagerly waiting to participate. The application deadline is over now, and we have double the number of participants this year. YLP allows talented young participants to attend renowned international universities like the Catholic University of Milan, the University of Malaya on a fully funded scholarship. But what I regard as a huge achievement of this platform is that it allows people to transform themselves. When a graduate comes he/she goes through a rigorous exercise where they have to tackle real-life situations, working with actual companies and organizations. Participants receive feedback about themselves, their understanding, their contribution, their thought processes from the industry leaders. Due to this the participants really get to know themselves better. For me, the biggest achievement is that I can see an individual transform. From the first day till the moment they leave, be it in the middle or right up till the last, I can see a huge change in confidence, behavior, and approach to life, approach to situations and views. I wish YLP continues to grow, and I am really proud to be a part of it.”
The youth of this country has immense potential to do great things home and abroad. So with this show Channel i is trying to give them a platform through which they can grow, fulfill their ambitions, and make the country proud.
Anando Alo, Saptahik, Bangla Tribune, Radio Bhumi 92.8, and Radio Amber 102.4 are the media partners, I Creation Limited is the activation partner, and IMG Consultants is the PR Partner of the 5th YLP. Channel I will telecast different episodes of YLP like other seasons.
