IYF (ISKCON Youth Forum)

The IYF (ISKCON Youth Forum) Ujjain is actively conducting preaching programs in colleges, hostels and rooms where students study and congregate. Locally, there are about 250 students regularly chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Apart from the colleges in Ujjain, IYF conducts regular programs in Indore, Bhopal, Sehore and other places also on a regular basis. There are 3 baces in Indore and 1 in Bhopal. Programs are being conducted regularly in the following colleges:

1.      GEC, Ujjain

2.      MIT, Ujjain

3.      Vikram University, Ujjain

4.      SGSITS, Indore

5.      IET-DAVV, Indore

6.      Medicaps Institute of Technology, Indore

7.      IPS Academy, Indore

8.      Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal

9.      Barkatullah University, Bhopal

10.  RGPV, Bhopal

11.  Oriental Institute of Technology, Bhopal

12.  RKDF institute of Technology, Bhopal

Apart from the colleges, programs are conducted in hostels and other places too. Summer camps are conducted for college going students. The students stay in the temple for 2-3 days and get a first hand experience of temple life, with the morning program, kirtans, classes, sumptuous feasts and various services too. Students from other places like Indore and Bhopal stay in the temple for two or three days a month and get spiritually charged to engage in Krishna consciousness after they go back to their respective places. Brahmachari Training before Grihastha ashram (BTG) camps are conducted in the summer vacation to give solid Brahmachari training to the boys. During festivals and other events, IYF students take a vital role in making the event a success – they do a variety of services including prasadam distribution, cleaning, queue management, kirtan and dance in the temple, book distribution and preaching. They also perform dramas and other shows to attract the newcomers to Krishna consciousness.

IYF Ujjain is headed by His Grace Ganganarayana Prabhu, the Temple President, and the preachers are His Grace Prema Bhakti Prabhu, His Grace Vaishnava Charana Prabhu, His Grace Sitanatha Prabhu, His Grace Nitai Chandra Prabhu, His Grace Vivasvan Prabhu and His Grace Krishnarchana Prabhu. Several students who take up preaching responsibility are Bhakta Ajay Vyas, Bhakta Chandan, Bhakta Surya Prakash, Bhakta Amit, Bhakta Neeraj, Bhakta Utsav Mone, Bhakta Vaibhav Gupta, Bhakta Vivek Malviya and Bhakta Ashish Solanki.