Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST)

Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) is a platform for empowering Indian youth to turn their business ideas into profitable enterprises, with guidance, encouragement and support of a mentor. With an aim to channelize the power of India's youth towards economic development, BYST's principles are based on the famous words of Mr. JRD Tata- "If we touch one life, it has the potential to transform the lives of a billion people". A unique non-profit organisation, we are a perfect blend of the Prince of Wales Youth Business Trust (PYBT) and India's age-old, time honoured, ‘guru-shishya' tradition, where-in mentors train, support, monitor and help young aspiring entrepreneurs. By adopting the ancient guru-shishya "parampara", BYST mentors instil values and a sense of self-confidence in their respective mentees. Over the years, BYST has expanded and set up regional clusters in NCR Delhi (Faridabad and Gurgaon), Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Maharashtra (Pune, Aurangabad and Wardha), Odisha (Jajpur and Rayagada), Telangana (Hyderabad) and in the State of Assam. As of September 2017, BYST had counselled over 5,10,000 youth nationwide and supported 6,600 entrepreneurs with financial assistance of over Rs 233 crore through its Bank Partners. It has also provided mentoring support through its 4,800 trained and accredited mentors who are volunteers drawn from the Industry. These entrepreneurs in turn have created employment for over 2,50,000 people, 10 percent of whom have become millionaires and have won both International and National Awards.