IIMUN

India’s International Movement to Unite Nations
Abbreviation IIMUN
Formation 2011
Type Youth organization
Headquarters Mumbai
Location
  • India
Official language
English, Hindi
President
 Rishabh shah
Website www.iimun.in

IIMUN (India’s International Movement to Unite Nations) is an organisation based in India which conducts simulations of United Nations and Indian parliament in different cities. Students discuss topics of national and international interest in order to attract more students to the field of diplomacy and workings of the government. Their founder, Rishabh Shah, aims to place India in a prominent position in the global order, as mentioned by one of the dailies. It has also organised a conference inside the United Nations Headquarters, New York in August 2016 and August 2017.[1]

History

Rishabh Shah founded this organisation in the year 2012 after completing his degree from Trinity College, London. On returning to India he saw how little interest was taken by schools in India in the concept of Model United Nations, which he had participated in while in Europe and USA and happens to be a regular event in universities there. Thus he embarked on creating a similar platform in India.[2]

Issues discussed

At IIMUN, various issues are discussed by students and luminaries such as the 26/11 Attacks on Mumbai, whose discussions took place in Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in the presence of then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan & Lawyer Ram Jethmalani,[3] the demonetisation effects in India, threat that ISIS has evolved into[4] among several topics. There is also a noted discussion on the agenda of getting India a permanent seat in United Nations Security Council by conducting a walk in Mumbai with 7500 students who were participating in the World's Largest Model United Nations conference conducted by IIMUN in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal.[5]

Board of Advisors

The first Advisory board of IIMUN is composed of Indian luminaries who are from different walks of life. These include Deepak Parekh, Vidya Balan, Shashi Tharoor, Shashi Ruia, Nadir Godrej, Mahesh Bhupathi, Niranjan Hiranandani, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Suresh Prabhu, Subhash Ghai, Jamshed Bharucha, Viswanathan Anand, Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti and Prakash Shah.[6]

In media

A mega episode of the famous Dr. Subhash Chandra Show on the topic "There is no shortcut to success" took place in one of the IIMUN conferences Aamby Valley City with 3000 students.[7]

Presence

IIMUN conducts Model United Nations in 160 cities in India and 22 countries in the world.[8] Countries visited include Bangladesh, Bahrain, Nepal, Japan, Sri Lanka, USA, Germany, Singapore, Kuwait, Belgium, Greece, Poland etc.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "A future PM is learning his first lessons of diplomacy at IIMUN: Rishab Shah - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Building a confident and knowledgeable youth force in India". Zee News. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Students debate terror issues to mark 26/11 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  4. ↑ FPJ, Bureau,. "Topics like ISIS, note ban discussed". www.freepressjournal.in. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Mock Model UN - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  6. ↑ "Advisor Board". IIMUN. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  7. ↑ "Dr Subhash Chandra addresses 3000 students at Indian International Model United Nations". India.com. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  8. ↑ Shah, Mrunal. "IIMUN-Indian International Model United Nations". www.iimun.in. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  9. ↑ "IIMUN-Worldmap". www.iimun.in. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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