40 Under 40 Award Winners

Youth Activist

Ahmad Sadam Siam Panah

Ahmad Sadam Siam Panah is a senior student of the English Language and Literature Department at Kabul University and a sophomore student of Political Science & International Relations at Kardan University.

Mr. Panah has the experience of volunteerism with different national and international organizations. He worked with OSDSS, a youth-run organization, he is a member of IAESEC international organization since 2018, and he was an active member of Youth Committee in Peace Loya Jirga 2019.

Mr. Panah attended several national and international conferences such as Model United Nations, training workshops, debate competitions, and symposiums. He started his professional journey with OSDSS, which is a community and youth-run organization.

In January 2019, Mr. Panah was selected as the country representative of Afghanistan in Nepal where he selects participants from Afghanistan in different conferences in Nepal. Also, he was the main producer of one of the biggest events titled Youth National Peace Conference which was held by President Ghani's secretariat office and more than 2500 youths from all 34 provinces participated in the event.

Additionally, he held a training program at Kabul University on the topic of The Art of Non-Verbal Communication in which more than 150 Kabul University students participated.