What is YIF?
Since 2011, the Young India Fellowship has groomed around 1900 outstanding young people from India and across the world to become socially-conscious leaders. The year-long residential flagship diploma programme of Ashoka University focuses on exposure to multidisciplinary thought through inspiring faculty, diverse peers, mentorship and experiential learning. It was established to give young people a holistic graduate level education, which would complement the depth of knowledge from their undergraduate education with intellectual breadth.
Courses at YIF range from leadership, communication and group dynamics, to international relations, public policy, Shakespeare and gender studies.
Alumni of YIF are at top institutions (like Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Stanford, Cambridge, and NUS) and organizations (such as J-PAL, McKinsey, UN, Bridgespan, Genpact, and WWF), and hold reputed honors (including Fulbright, Rhodes, and Forbes 30 under 30).
Opportunities at the YIF
Ashoka University is a preferred destination for several leading recruiters across corporate, consulting, BFSI, IT, and social sector firms including Microsoft, McKinsey & Co., AT Kearney, BCG, American Express and Google. Prestigious organisations in the country such as Cipla, MakeMyTrip, Genpact, Airtel Payments Bank, Teach for India, Harappa Education, and Tata Trusts also count Ashokans among their ranks. Ashoka University's students are recruited for diverse roles in Administration, Business Development, Employee Engagement, People's Operations, Marketing, Finance Functions etc. For placement data click here
Mentorship is one of the key pillars of the YIF, where the Fellows are connected to Mentors with strong personal, academic and professional track records who positively impact and guide their journeys during and beyond the YIF. For more information click here
Success Stories:
Young India Fellows together form a community of diverse leaders and changemakers from all walks of life, driven to generate transformational impact on society. Fellows continue to make an impact across diverse spheres, whether as entrepreneurs, in the corporate world, development sector, research, journalists, policy, sports, academia or as professional artists.
Many Fellows are also continuing their educational journeys outside the country. In the tenth year of our partnership, fellows have secured candidature at Sciences Po, Yenching Academy, Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS), Berklee College of Music, University of Konstanz in Germany, Paris School of Economics, University of New South Wales in Australia, University College in London for an M.Sc. in Behaviour Change, University of Southern California to take up a Masters in Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Geneva. A number of Fellows are also part of the HBS Online programme, which is run by the Harvard Business School.
Click here for a deeper look into the Alumni Journeys of Transformation and Impact
Click here to understand the diverse career trajectories and possibilities post-YIF
Financial Aid:
Ashoka University is committed to offering a world-class education in India. This is matched by efforts to ensure that this education is accessible and affordable for students from all walks of life, through our philosophy of need-based financial aid.
The programme has helped 68% of our Young India Fellows receive some level of financial grant since its inception over ten years ago. Roughly 51% of the Class of 2021 is on some form of need-based aid, while 34% of the Class of 2021 has received waivers of 50% on tuition or more. The YIF offers upto 100% need-based financial aid to students, and there is no fee for applying to the programme.
Resources:
Applicant brochure: Click here
YIF website: Click here
From the Founders’ Desk: Click here
Eligibility criteria
A three-year undergraduate degree or equivalent in any discipline. If you are a final year student, hold a postgraduate degree, or have work experience, you may apply.
No more than 28 years of age as on August 1, 2022.
No comments:
Post a Comment