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We all live in a country which is blessed with best demographic profile in terms of youth population, besides being one among the countries with best bio-diversity in the world. About 50% of population in our country are in the age group of below 25 years and about 65% of population are in below 35 years. As a result both State and Central governments concentrating to leverage youth power in the form of various programs aimed at them .Youth in India, being an agent of change, not only concentrating on technological development by being digital savvy, but also contributing a lot towards development of our country by analysing impact of their current activities on future. For example, Sharad Vivek Sagar of Bihar connecting children from remote area with best opportunities, Rabin Food Army of Arundhati Bhat, which supplies food to less fortunate people, indicates that one cannot marginalise the contribution of youth. When it comes to sustainable development, we cannot achieve it in terms of rules and regulations. Anything in terms of regulation does not result in actualizing dream but it must be taken as self-initiation. When something is treated as obligation, we human beings have an attitude of analysing it from the point of view of cost rather than understanding it as one that enhances opportunity. Here comes the role of youth in sustainable development. In this paper researcher tries to analyse how youth perceive sustainable development as, what role they can play and how it is possible to attain sustainable development with humanitarian touch, after understanding their awareness of the concept. This study was undertaken by selecting youth of Udupi based on convenience sampling. The study has been carried out using a combination of questionnaires, informal discussions, and website and literature analysis. The analysis of the questionnaires shows that the awareness about the concept of sustainable development among the youth is extremely low.