India Fellow Fellowship Program: Complete Information about on eligibility criteria and funding information
Introduction: India Fellow Fellowship Program, the fellowship program is available for interested candidates who have both interest and experience in the social development field and want to hone skills that will equip them for social leadership and change.
What does India Fellow Fellowship Program has in store for you?
The India Fellow design has four prime pieces that fit into each other seamlessly over the full-time duration of 18 months.
Working At Grassroots
Fellows spend most of their time (16.5 months) working at grassroots with an organization committed to bring social change. This can be anywhere across the country and in any theme. The fellow is expected to live in their work area, typically a rural or a peri-urban setup. They work with people, team and mentors to understand the complexities. This powerful experience inculcates sensitivity, consciousness and a deeper understanding of the social issues India faces.
Training
India Fellow has 45 days of residential training, spread across the duration of 18 months. It is required for all the fellows to come together at a common place for these. This is divided into four parts, every six months into the journey – induction, midpoint, travel workshop and endpoint. The India Fellow pedagogy is unique. It is geared towards making the journey from knowledge to wisdom. It engages a strong collective of varied sector leaders, academicians, researchers and practitioners.
Mentorship
Every fellow is exposed to a pool of mentors, both from the host organization as well as the fellowship’s own network. A mentor is an expert in their domain, someone who would be a philosopher and a guide to the fellow. Along with that, the fellowship ecosystem consists of facilitators and alumni from various walks of life. Fellows get to meet them during offline and online training. This helps the fellow build meaningful relationships and an influential network for professional growth.
Continuous Learning
To ensure a balance between action and reflection, throughout the 18 months, fellows document their observations, experiences and insights as blogs/vlogs/podcasts. There are virtual sessions with mentors, online courses and collective fundraising. All this builds a holistic understanding of the civil society action and develops crucial skills. This component is designed in such a way that the fellows can leverage every opportunity to learn with peers.
India Fellow Fellowship Program Funding Information
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.
India Fellow Fellowship Program Eligibility Criteria
- The candidate should be between 20 to 30 years of age
- The candidate should be a graduate (in any discipline) or will be before the fellowship begins
- The candidate should be ready for an 18-month full time commitment
- The candidate should understand that this will expect you to be engaged 24×7 with the local community
- The candidate should understand that you can be placed in any part of India and in any thematic area
- The candidate should have read, understood and align with the philosophy and values of fellowship
India Fellow Fellowship Program Selection Process
- Application:The application gathers all primary information about the applicant. Most answers are subjective and we need you to answer them after careful consideration.
- Situation Judgment Test:If you clear the application round you are required to answer (online) a few situations based cases and make a video submission. This is shared with you via email.
- Assessment Day:Everyone who cleared 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
Reference official website for the Fellowship Program
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