The diverse nature and programmes and activities of the Indian YMCA over the last 157 years contributed enormously toward its national stature as a youth movement unparalleled in the history of India. Contributing richly towards nation-building, YMCAs across India have projects, programmes and activities which cater to the varied needs of our society and community, be it the working-class, students, women, house-wives, children, teenagers, senior citizens. In its engagement with community and society, it is alive to the needs and demands of the under-privileged of society for whom various YMCAs have crafted ingenious programmes to bring about Human Resource Development, skill-upgradation, capacity-building, besides their overall growth and well-being. From before independence, the YMCAs have been grooming and empowering youth through their educational activities besides physical culture and recreation, not to mention vocational training institutes and career-development courses. Countless Chief-Ministers, Governors, Legislators, Corporators, Corporate Leaders, Social-Workers and the student community in large numbers vouch for the greatness of the Indian YMCA Movement. The YMCA Indian Student Hostel, London; the YMCA College of Physical Education, Chennai; the YMCA Rural Demonstration Centres, Marthandam and Kanyakumari; YMCA Maharashtra English School, Pune; YMCA Youth Centre, Bhimtal; YMCA Camp Centre, Alwaye are just about the tip of the ice-berg, as some would say, when one enumerates the worth, value and contribution of this iconic institution, the Indian YMCA to the growth and development of our nation.