Young India Fellowship(YIF) Programme offering scholarships to brightest students
- Last Date : 28th February 2013.-

The Young India Fellowship has started the process of identifying Fellows for its third batch starting June 2013.

The Young India Fellowship(YIF) in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, is a novel educational initiative in India.YIF is also privileged to partner with Carleton College, one of America's top-ranked liberal arts colleges, and Sciences Po, a leading university in France and Europe, to offer learning with greater diversity, depth and value at the Fellowship.The Programme selects 100 exceptional undergraduate students from across the country and diverse disciplines and delivers to them a world-class, one-year liberal arts education fully or partially funded. In addition to this, it provides mentoring and internship opportunities to the Fellows with India’s best business leaders, corporations and organisations, to help them build/ find a career of their choice. This is in keeping with YIF’s vision “...To develop committed change agents for India through a multi-disciplinary programme guided by the eminent leaders and scholars of our times.”

Starting with 57 Fellows for the founding batch in 2011, we scaled it up to 100 Fellows in 2012. I'm proud to say that, while our first batch Fellows have all graduated, our second batch have just completed their fifth terms with courses including economics, history, sociology, statistics, media, philosophy, art appreciation and are now set to embark on their internship engagement alongside the coursework covering economics, business,science etc. over the next two terms.

With the seventh academic session under way, we are now seeking candidates for our 3rd batch, beginning in May, 2013. We are searching the country for students with a demonstrated passion for learning and excellence, a unique perspective and a deep-rooted desire to make an impact in their field of interest. There are no restrictions with respect to their area of specialisation at the UG level.

Some of the highlights of the programme include:

1. Unique Curriculum: The multidisciplinary curriculum is designed with an objective to open minds, nurture inspired perspectives, inculcate creativity and impart essential skills of leadership and management. Courses include customised topics in various subject areas of humanities, science, technology, environment, governance and management besides soft-skills. Participants also work on a real project with an organisation in area of their interest during the entire duration of the programme.

2.International Collaboration: The programme is designed and delivered in collaboration with the Ivy League School, University of Pennsylvania,Carleton College, one of America's top-ranked liberal arts colleges, and Sciences Po, a leading university in France and Europe.

3.Renowned Faculty: YIF is delivered by inspirational teachers and leading practitioners from around the world. Some of these include Prof.Kenwyn Smith (Group Dynamics), Dr.Andre Beteille (eminent sociologist), Rudrangshu Mukherjee (eminent historian), A. K. Shiva Kumar (economics) besides others.

4.Mentorship: Each Fellow is mentored by an eminent leader from the domain of his/her interest. Some of these include N R Narayan Murthy (Former Chairman, Infosys Technologies), AnoopPrakash (MD, Harley-Davidson, India), Jerry Rao (Founder Value & Budget Housing Corporation; Founder, MphasiS), PramodBhasin (Founder & Vice Chairman,Genpact), Sanjeev Aga (Managing Director, Idea Cellular) besides others.

5.Funded in part or in full for 100 Fellows: The cost of the programme is Rs. 5 lakhs (tuition, board and lodging) and is funded in part or in full by sponsors who are all leaders of various multi-national organisations.

YIF is a flagship initiative of International Foundation for Research and Education (IFRE) which is a non-profit entity led by eminent leaders.

Last date to apply for the Programme is 28th February 2013.

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Note : We have rolling admission process and inviting applications for Round 2. If you missed out to apply in Round 1 then you can still apply in Round 2 started from 16th November 2012 till 28th Feb 2013.

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The Young India Fellowship