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India Fellow‘s Our vision is a future where leaders in all spheres of life are driven by compassion, commitment and understanding of the social challenges that India faces and have a deep desire to make a difference.

Our mission is to engage young Indians in nation building. We want young Indians to get exposed to the myriad social challenges that India is facing and find their leadership potential, shape their future and make a difference.

Our Objective Create a learning platform for young Indians who undergo an 18-month long journey of discovering their own leadership potential. It includes training, mentor-ship, reflections and hands-on work experience with a grassroots organization working on social issues.

We are looking for potential leaders of tomorrow. We believe that these leaders should exhibit certain values which are at the heart of a social leadership journey. The fellows, fellowship team, partners and all other associates would be expected to live by these values.


Award

The fellow also gets a modest but adequate stipend from the host organization for sustenance. This is INR 22,000 per month in metro cities and INR 18,000 per month in rest of the country. This ensures that they do not spend anything out of pocket in this journey for accommodation, food, local commute and so on.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required

 

  • You understand that this will expect you to be engaged 24×7 with the local community
  • You understand that you can be placed in any part of India and in any thematic area
  • You have read, understood and align with the philosophy and values of fellowship

 

Other Details

To be a socially conscious leader, an individual needs to develop certain life skills and imbibe some fundamental ethos and values to drive change.

  • Development of India is responsibility of everyone – government, corporates, civil society and citizens
  • In each and every sector, India needs talented young leaders who have had deep exposure to India’s broader realities
  • Experiential learning will help youngsters find their path to contribute to social change irrespective of which career they choose

 

Young people have tremendous potential to bring change. In order to channelize such passion, we need to invest in these young leaders. We need to ensure that there are enough opportunities for them to get exposed to India’s social development challenges. Additionally, we have to create spaces for them to explore their role within it. This would enable them to approach the future with the passion and purpose they need to make an impact.

To be a socially conscious leader, one will also need to develop life skills and imbibe fundamental ethos and values. This would help take their determination forward.

We believe that a combination of an immersive grassroots experience with a credible non-profit organization along with training and mentoring will come together to help bring out one’s best.

Through the India Fellow program, we want to capture the attention of young people from all walks of life, with diverse career interests, to dig in and get their hands dirty, to get to know the development challenges through work engagements, training and coaching. This will help them in becoming committed and passionate leaders of tomorrow, and contribute in their localities and the world.


Other Information/Terms & Condition

Application : The application gathers all primary information about the applicant. Most answers are subjective and we need you to answer them after careful consideration.

Telephonic Conversation: Once you clear the application round, we would like to have a phone call with you for 15- 20 minutes to understand you better and help you know more about the program.

Assessment Day: Everyone who clears the above rounds makes it to the assessment day. Here applicants take part in group activities and sit down with our team one on one for a personal interview

Kindly Note: If you go past the assessment day, we extend an invite to you to join the fellowship. You can then deliberate on it to accept or reject it and let us know.

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  • Tenure: 18 Months

  • Organisation Type India

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Interested candidate can apply through this link.

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India Fellow

India Fellow is an experiential social leadership program for young Indians that include working full-time for 18 months with a host organization on a social issue together with training, peer learning and mentoring. This experience will empower India Fellows to find their own leadership potential, shape their futures and make a difference.

  • Date of posting: 2024-05-24

  • Deadline: 2024-06-20

  • Contact Phone : 9082873072

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