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Abstract Youth empowerment is a key component in the socio economic growth and development of the country in terms of sustainable growth. The scope of youth centric development in India is enormous, considering that India hosts the highest number of youths in the world. Young people could have their social, economic, and personal well-being improved through the leveraging of entrepreneurial development activities. Empowerment of the youth aims at better equipping them with skills, resources, means of developing their own business, leadership, social political participation and participation in the economy. Due to its high literacy, progressive levels of governance and human development, Kerala is a special state of program implementation and evaluation of youth empowerment. The focus of entrepreneurship development youth empowerment involves skill development, access to funds that encourage innovation and creativity, challenges, encouraging social impact and sustainable development. In this research paper, the role and support of Entrepreneurship Development Clubs and Yong Innovators Programme (YIP) on youth empowerment and entrepreneurship development among the students community was studied. Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Kerala, developed a scheme to establish Entrepreneurship Development Clubs in schools and colleges within the State to inculcate Entrepreneurial Culture in the youth and provide them with the skills, techniques and confidence to become the torch-bearers of Enterprise in the new generation. YIP is intended to provide students with a taste of the innovation cycle process idea to final product or process to school and college students.