The Young India

Fellowship
An IFRE initiative in partnership with
University of Pennsylvania

Who We Are

International Foundation for Research and Education (IFRE) is a team of likeminded philanthropists with strong academic and professional track records,
including the creation of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad ranked
13th in 2011 FT ranking of global MBA programmes

IFRE is an independent not-for-profit body with a mission to improve the quality of

higher education and research in India

IFRE has launched the Young India Fellowship (modelled after the Rhodes

Scholarship) on Jan 24, 2011

IFREs long-term vision is to create Ashoka University, a top-notch multi-

disciplinary institution that rapidly attains global leadership

Founding Team
Ashok Belani BTech IIT Delhi; MS Stanford;
CTO, Schlumberger; Chairman, Stanford; Board of
Earth Sciences

Rakesh Jaggi BTech IIT Delhi; Vice President,

Schlumberger Oilfield Services

Arjun Bhagat BTech IIT Delhi; MBA UCLA;

Chairman & CEO, The Calibrated Group

Vinati Kastia- MS Laws National Law School;

Partner, AZB & Partners; Advocate, Bar Council of
Delhi

Sanjeev Bikhchandani BA St. Stephens; MBA

IIM Ahmedabad; CEO, InfoEdge (naukri.com)

Sunish Sharma- BCom Delhi University; MBA IIM

Kolkata; Managing Director, General Atlantic

Ashish Dhawan BS Yale University; MBA

Harvard University; Senior Managing; Director,
ChrysCapital Investment Advisory

Pramath Raj Sinha BTech IIT Kanpur; PhD

University of Pennsylvania; Founder & Managing
Director, 9.9 Media; Founding Dean, ISB

Ashish Gupta BTech IIT Delhi; MBA CMU;

Country Head & COO, Evalueserve

Saurabh Srivastava BTech IIT Kanpur; MS

Harvard; Ex-Chairman, Xansa; Chairman, Indian
Angel Network; Former Chairman, NASSCOM

Pranav Gupta BTech TIET; MBA University of

Kansas; Founder & Managing Director, Parabolic
Drugs Ltd.
Vineet Gupta - BTech IIT Delhi; Managing
Director, Jamboree Education Pvt. Ltd.

N.V. Tyagarajan BTech IIT Mumbai; MBA IIM

Ahmedabad; CEO, Genpact

Our Vision for Ashoka University

To be a research-based, multidisciplinary university that will

be the best in India and
globally top-rated within 15
years

Our Strategy for Ashoka

Partner with reputed international universities and colleges

Leverage the global Indian academic diaspora

Recruit young Indians across diverse fields who have a passion for education to be

part of the execution team

Learn from recent successes like the Indian School of Business a case study in

vision and execution

Raise US$300 million through philanthropy in a phased manner over the next 10

years from like-minded people

Current Status

Acquired 25 acres of land at the Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Haryana, one hour
drive from New Delhi city centre, on the main National Highway 1 to Sonepat

Awaiting LoI for state university status from the Government of Haryana

Construction to start in Dec, 2011. Master planning and design done by reputed
architects Perkins Eastman

Initial commitments of funding already in place and balance being raised through
endowments

Plan to start two schools (Arts and Natural Sciences) by July 2013 in collaboration
with University of Pennsylvania & other leading universities/schools of the world

Vision for Young India Fellowship

To develop unique & highpotential change agents of

India through a multidisciplinary programme,
guided by eminent scholars
and leaders of our times

The need for YIF

Leading undergraduate programmes in India seem to focus too early on professional

and specialised courses (depth) that tend to stifle the abilities of talented young minds
to think holistically
New ideas and possibilities get created at the boundaries of various disciplines
A large pool of gifted students are unable to avail high-quality learning experience

from reputed institutions in India or outside due to financial or other contextual

constraints
Liberal arts and humanities have lost their value in the delivery of a holistic learning

experience at the undergraduate level in India

YIFP reaffirms the growth story of India and the potential of its next generation

waiting to be unleashed. India needs its own Rhodes Scholars

Key Features
58 of Indias brightest and exceptional graduates (recent Bachelors degree awardees)

with demonstrated passion for an idea or issue of wider social relevance will be offered
a scholarship to immerse in a truly exceptional learning programme
One-year multi-disciplinary curriculum structured to develop a breadth of

perspectives, open minds and hone leadership skills along while working on real
projects in sector of their choice
Programme to be delivered by the best academicians, practitioners, expert trainers,

business, social, political leaders from across the world

Collaboration with one or more leading Universities to bring the best content, practices

and academics from around the world. University of Pennsylvania has confirmed
its participation in the programme
Life time mentoring and support for each student from an assigned eminent mentor in

the field of interest

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Guiding framework of YIF

To provide an exceptional multi-disciplinary learning experience which opens

minds and broadens perspectives while nurturing creativity, collaboration,

empathy and adaptability
To train in essential skills of research, problem solving, communication &

management which help in transforming ideas into enterprise or professional

pursuits
To inculcate alternative and contrarian thinking rooted in principles of

tolerance, cross pollination of ideas and inclusiveness

To spark new ideas and create new opportunities of personal and professional

growth of the participants under the guidance of donors, mentors and their
network

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Curriculum
1 year, 8 semesters of 6 weeks each, 26 courses + workshops & seminars
Social Perspectives Caste, Poverty, Individual
& the State

Philosophy of Science
Visual Communication and Storytelling

Foundations of Leadership
Globalisation, Media and Culture
Statistics and its Application in the Modern
World

Group Dynamics
Leadership for the New Economy
Ethics and Technology
Anthropology

Gandhi's Critique of Modernity - 19th/20th

Century India
Historical Perspectives
Platos Republic (Philosophy)
Deconstructing Literature
Economics

Listening
Business Overview
International Relations
Arts Appreciation Illustrative & Performing
Arts

Problem Solving and other basic business skills

Algorithmic/Analytical Thinking

Team building and leadership workshops

Science and Humanity

Experiential Learning Module (ELM)

Writing and Communication Center

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Experiential Learning Module

Organisations partnered:

Real-life projects in
collaboration with
organisations from
business & non-profit
Domains
(Duration: 8 months)

Alchemist
Ashoka University
AZB & Partners
BASIX Ltd
Bharat Light & Power
Council for Environment,
Energy & Water (CEEW)
CAF
Harley Davidson
Sunborne Energy
Technologies
Whats Up Bharat
Yum! Restaurants India Ltd
Genpact
Chintan India
HarVa Harnessing Rural
Value
Jamboree
Parabolic Pharma
PRS Legislature
9dot9 Media
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ELM Project overview

Alchemist: Study & map out processing activities and resources/inputs required in various
chicken processing lines at the Processing Plant & review existing Republic of Chicken stores

Ashoka University: Conceptualise new innovations and best practices that can be
incorporated in different aspects of an upcoming world-class university (Education)

AZB & Partners: Research and analysis of the new antitrust regime in India (Law)

Basix Ltd: Climate Resilience through risk reduction sponsored by the Climate Change &
Development Division (CCD) of the Embassy of Switzerland in India. Design a long term
implementation project to address/mitigate the climate change risk.

Bharat Light & Power: Business Plan for building Solar projects in India

Council for Environment, Energy& Water: Understand drivers and enablers of

changing business practices in India to build a platform of partnerships within & outside to
show leadership on climate change

Gill Harris: Assist a leading author and historian to write a book on European Travelers to
India during the Mughal period (Anthropology, Research & Writing)

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ELM Project overview

Harley Davidson: Recommend the most impactful brand extensions and/or partnerships that the
worlds leading motorcycle company should consider to reach its core and outreach market segments
in India (Marketing)

Sunborne Energy: Funding, sourcing strategies for an upcoming solar energy company
(Renewable Energy)

9dot9: Product roadmap for leveraging the increasing consumption of information on hand-held
devices by Indias largest community of technology enthusiasts (Media and Technology)

Whats Up Bharat: Develop Business strategy, Program strategy, Content & manage physical and
online platform to unite artists, intellectuals, professionals & activists focused on social progress

Yum! Restaurants India Ltd: Develop strategy for making a fast food chain gain the no. 1 spot in
the industry (Food)

Chintan India: Develop a watchdog network system to monitor and document the nation-wide
implementation of the PlasticWaste (Environment)

HarVa (Harnessing Rural Value): Set up new bio-gas to electricity plants (Renewable Energy)
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Faculty

Cameron Arnold: English Instructor, 9.9 School of Convergence; BA College of William and
Mary, Virginia; MA Linguistics, New York University

Santhosh Babu: BA Calicut University; Certified Coach, Coach for Life; NLP(Neuro Linguistic
Programing),Richard Bandler ;MBTI, Associate Psychological Press; Hypnosis, Gerald Kein;
Enneagram, Enneagram Institute MD, ODA: Organisation Development Alternatives

Amita Baviskar: Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; BA & MA University
of Delhi; PhD Cornell University

Andre Bteille: Professor Emeritus, Delhi University; Chairman, Indian Council for Social
Science Research ; BA University of Calcutta; MSc St. Xavier's College, Kolkata; PhD Delhi
University

Vivek Bhandari: Historian; Former Director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA);
BA St. Stephen's College, Delhi; MS & PhD University of Pennsylvania

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Inga Butefisch: Journalist & PR Consultant; BA University of Western Australia

Giti Chandra: Professor, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University; BA St. Stephen's College, Delhi;
PhD Rutgers, State University of New Jersey

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Faculty

Sanjeev Chatterjee: Professor, Vice-Dean & Executive Director, Knight Center for International
Media, University of Miami; MA Delhi University; MFA Brooklyn College

Anunaya Chaubey: Artist; Lecturer & Principal, College of Arts & Crafts, Patna University; PhD
Patna University

Kenneth Foster: Professor, University of Pennsylvania; BS Michigan State University; PhD

Indiana University

Radha S. Hegde: Professor, New York University; BA Madras University; MA & PhD Ohio State
University

Dwight Jaggard: Professor & Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of
Pennsylvania; BS & MS University of Wisconsin-Madison; PhD California Institute of Technology

Devesh Kapur: Associate Professor & Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India,
University of Pennsylvania; BTech Indian Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University; PhD
Princeton University

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Sanjeev Khanna: Professor & Rosenbluth Faculty Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; BTech,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani; PhD Stanford University

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Faculty

Mekhala Krishnamurthy: Visiting Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University
of Pennsylvania AB Harvard University; MPhil University of Cambridge

Rishikesha Krishnan: Professor, Indian Institute of Manangement, Bangalore MSc Indian

Institute of Technology, Kanpur; MS Stanford University; FPM, Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad

A. K. Shiva Kumar: Development Economist; Advisor, UNICEF; Member, National Advisory

Council, India MA Bangalore University; MBA Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; MPA

& PhD Harvard University

Vijay Kumar: Professor & Deputy Dean, Education, SEAS, University of Pennsylvania; BTech
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; PhD Ohio State University

Lisbeth Lipari: Associate Professor, Denison University; BA University of Minnesota Twin

Cities; MA University of Texas; PhD Stanford University

Rudrangshu Mukherjee: Historian & Author; Opinions Editor, The Telegraph, Kolkata;
Visiting faculty, Princeton University; BA Presidency College, Kolkata; DPhil University of Oxford
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Faculty

Dhruv Raina: Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Msc Indian Institute of
Technology, Mumbai; PhD Gteborg University, Sweden

Sanjeev Sanyal: Founder and President, Sustainable Planet Institute; BA Shri Ram College of

Commerce, Delhi University; Rhodes Scholar, St John's College, Oxford

Maura Sabin: PR Consultant & Writing Coach; Former IT specialist, U.S. Department of State;
BA University of Maryland

Eric Saranovitz: Associate Dean, 9.9 School of Convergence; BA Amherst College; MA Hebrew
University, Jerusalem; PhD New York University

Subir Sinha: Lecturer, University of London; Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, USA;
Visiting faculty, University of Turin & University of Pavia, Italy ; BA Delhi University; PhD
Northwestern University, USA

Kenwyn Smith: Professor & Director, NGO Leadership Programme, University of Pennsylvania ;
BA University of Queensland; MA & PhD Yale University

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Faculty

Eswaran Sridharan: Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania ; BA St. Stephens College,

Delhi University; MA Jawaharlal Nehru University; PhD University of Pennsylvania

Vijay Tankha: Professor, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University; MA Delhi University; PhD
Mcgill University, Montreal

Gene Terry: Writer and English Instructor; BA University of California at Berkeley; MFA
Creative Writing, San Francisco State University

Santosh Venkatesh: Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania; BTech Indian Institute of

Technology, Bombay; PhD California Institute of Technology

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Guest Faculty

Sanjeev Aga: MD, Idea cellular Ltd; BA hons, St. Stephens College, Delhi; MBA, Indian Institute of

Management, Kolkota

Kaushik Basu: Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India; Professor, Cornell University; BA St.
Stephen's College, Delhi; MA & PhD, London School of Economics

Ramachandra Guha: Writer & Historian; Visiting Faculty, Yale University, Stanford University &
University of California, Berkeley; BA St. Stephen's College, Delhi; MA Delhi School of Economics;
PhD IIM Kolkata

Tarun Khanna: BSE Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; PhD Business Economics,
Harvard University; Professor, Harvard Business School

Raghuram Rajan: BTech IIT Delhi; MBA IIM Ahmedabad; PhD The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT); Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago; Economic
advisor to the Prime Minister of India

Jerry Rao: BA Loyola College, Chennai; MBA IIM Ahmedabad; Founder, Value & Budget Housing
Corporation; Founder, MphasiS

Harbir Singh:BTech IIT Delhi; MBA IIM Ahmedabad; PhD University of Michigan; Professor &
Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Guest Speakers

Norman Atkins: Co-Founder & CEO, Teacher U; Founder & Board Chair, Uncommon Schools

V T Bharadwaj: MD, Sequoia Capitals

Pramod Bhasin: Founder & Vice Chairman, Genpact

Ayush Chauhan: Co- founder, Quicksand Design

Tejpreet S. Chopra: Founder, President & CEO, Bharat Light & Power

Shailaja Fennell: Lecturer & Fellow, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

Stephen Fennell: Fellow,Cambridge Central Asia Forum; Faculty, Cambridge University

Arunabha Ghosh: CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW); BA St. Stephen's
College, Delhi; MPhil & DPhil University of Oxford

Jonathan Gil: Professor, George Washington University Harris

Rakesh Jaggi: VP, Schlumberger

Deep Kalra: Founder & CEO, Make My Trip

Sanjana Kapoor: Indian Theatre Personality

Atul Khosla: Partner & India Head, Oliver Wyman

CV Madhukar: Director, PRS Legislative Research

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Guest Speakers

Vijay Mahajan: Chairman Basix

Arjun Malhotra: Former Chairman, Headstrong

Madhavi Menon: Associate Professor, American University, Washington DC

Anwar Murtaza: Senior Scientist, R & D Division, Abott Pharmaceutical Corporation US

Anoop Prakash: MD Harley-Davidson India

Leela Prasad: Associate Professor, Duke University

M K Raina: Theatre actor & Director

David Roos: Professor, University of pennsylvania

Kiran Seth: Founder, Spicmacay; Professor, India Institute of Technology, Delhi

Uday Shankar: CEO, Star India

Vivek Sharma: MD, Thomas H. Lee Partners

Dilip Simeon: Chairperson, Aman Trust; Former Lecturer, Ramjas College, Delhi, University

Robert Swan: Officer of the British Empire; Polar Explorer

Tiger Tyagarajan: CEO, Genpact

Rashmi Verma: Associate Professor, University of Warwick, UK

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Benefits to Students
National recognition as change agents of tomorrow
Fully funded, world-class learning experience with the best faculty from around the

world and the company of exceptional peers

Exposure to new career opportunities and real work experience while engaged on

ELM projects
Facilitate preferred career progression through the YIF eco-system of companies,

mentors, donors, faculty and academic partners

Lifetime access to a network of eminent mentors committed to their success
Favourable consideration to pursue Masters/PhD at UPenn
Certificate of completion co-signed by UPenn & IFRE and full scholarship to pursue

any MS level course at Ashoka University in the future

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Mentors

Sanjeev Aga: BS St. Stephens College, Delhi; MBA IIM Kolkata; MD, Idea Cellular

Ajay Bahl: Founding Partner, AZB & Partners

Pramod Bhasin: Founder, President & Chairman, Genpact

Amit Chandra: BE VJTI Bombay University; MBA Boston College; MD, Bain Capital

Keki Dadiseth: BCom Sydenham College; CA London; Chairman, Sony India

Robert Greenhill:MA LSE; MBA INSEAD; MD & Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum

Dipak Jain: Dean, INSEAD; Former Dean, Kellogg School of Management

Kiran Karnik: BCom Bombay University; MBA IIM Ahmedabad; Chairman, Mahindra-Satyam

C V Madhukar: BE Bangalore University; MBA University of Houston; MPA Harvard University;

Director, PRS Legislative

Zia Mody: Law, Harvard Law School; Senior Partner, AZB & Partners

Vishakha Mulye: BCom & CA; MD, ICICI Ventures

N.R. Narayan Murthy:BS University of Mysore; MTech IIT Kanpur; Founder, Infosys Technologies

Deepak Parekh: BCom Bombay University; CFA England & Wales; Chairman, HDFC Ltd

Rajendra Pawar: BTech IIT Delhi; Chairman, NIIT

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Mentors

Anoop Prakash: MA Stanford; MD, Harley-Davidson India

Ramesh Ramanathan: BTech BITS Pilani; MBA Yale; Former MD, Citibank; Co-founder,
Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy

Yash Rana: BA Knox College, Illinois; JD Columbia University; Chair, Goodwin Procter

Ajit Rangnekar: BTech IIT Mumbai; MBA IIM Ahmedabad; Dean ISB

Jerry Rao: BA Loyola College, Chennai; MBA IIMA; Founder, Value & Budget Housing Corporation

Ajay Relan: BA Stanford University; MBA Harvard Business School; Founder, CX Partners

Sanjeev Sanyal: BA Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi; Rhodes Scholar, St John's College,
Oxford University; Founder and President of the Sustainable Planet Institute; Chief of Strategy,
Deutsche Bank

Uday Shankar: MA Delhi University; CEO, Star India

Analjit Singh: BCom SRCC, Delhi University; MBA Boston University; Chairman, MAX India

Jayant Sinha: BTech IIT Delhi; MS University of Pennsylvania; MBA Harvard; MD, Omidyar
Network

Mallika Srinivasan: MA Madras University; MBA Wharton; Director, TAFE

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Adil Zainulbhai: BTech IIT Bombay; MBA Harvard Business School; MD McKinsey & Co. India

Overview of the class of 2011-2012

Educational background
Arts
Commerce
Engineering
Law
Environmental Studies
Science
Medical
Total

States represented
11
3
34
7
1
1
1
58

Delhi
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan
West Bengal
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh
Kashmir
Gujarat
Haryana
Kerala
Bihar
Maharashtra
Orissa

Colleges represented
IITs
Delhi University Colleges

National Law School

BITS Pilani

BIT Mesra
NALSAR
GNITS, Hyderabad
St. Xaviers College, Kolkata &
Mumbai

Indian Law Society

LNMIIT
Amity University

DCE
NID
CBIT,
Hyderabad
SRM University
NIFT

Punjab University

IIIT Hyderabad
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Highlights of the profiles of Fellows

Awarded Goldman Sachs Global Leaders; Won Goldman Sachs Social Entrepreneurship Fund;
Awarded Gold Standard of the International Award for Young People in association with
Duke of Edinburgh

Winner of Fulbright Scholarship; One Fine Friday Nominated for Best Animation short film
at TBS - DigiCon 6 Awards, Japan; Won at Mumbai International Film Festival; Official Selection at
PISA, Korea; Mixed media animation film, Wilson Pereira (2010) nominated for Best short film,
Uppsala, Sweden; Best student animation at Madrid, Spain; Official Selection at Shnit International
short film festival, Europe

National Champion, All India ESPN School Quiz, Tata Crucible Campus Quiz, Economic Times
Campus Quiz

Global Winner, World Bank Essay Competition; Published papers in American Journal of
Economics & Business Administration, Sustainable Development Group International, ILS Law
Review

Outstanding Delegate Award in African Union at the 54th Harvard National Model United
Nations Conference, Boston

Co-founder Youth for Policy and Dialogue

Founded PRI Pursuers for Reforming India

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Highlights of the profiles of Fellows

Assistant Director on projects for Socio Television and Indian Peoples Television in Kashmir;
Made a documentary film called Eidiyaan and Nowjawan for DD Kashmir

Co-founder, Parivartan Foundation for Socio-Economic Development; Won India France Quiz;
Selected as student ambassador from India for sponsored visit to France; International fellow
and scholarship recipient at Boston Institute of Social Innovation, Tufts University, Cambridge, US;
Awarded full scholarship to attend Clinton Global Initiative University Summit, University of Miami;
International Student Delegate at Global Engagement Summit, Northwestern University, Chicago;
Deferred admission, London Business School

Awarded Green Globe Foundation Award by His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Bhutan,
Jigme Thinley

Best Project award at Challenge Chutney, a national level technical competition organised by Govt.
of India

Co-founded an advertising firm; Won 8 national and international awards in fields of marketing,

advertising and media

Awarded the Shri Daulatrai M. Desai Prize for Leadership by LSR for the year 2010-2011

Designed and developed first of its kind media monitoring web application for Fisheye Analytics
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Highlights of the profiles of Fellows

Built a bicycle robot that could balance a two-wheeler automatically. Part of the National
winning team of Robocon 2009

Ranked 1st in India and represented India among 15 global teams at Imagine cup, Poland
2010, under Embedded Development theme

Awarded Dr. V. Paramesvara Scholarship for Painting at Chitrakala Parishat, Bengalooru;

Complete Freeship by Ford Foundation at NID

Won Young Visionary Award, India Habitat Centre; Member, Indian Debating Union

Received Prof. V. Radhakrishnan Endowment Award of IIT, Madras for best academic
record in Mechanical Engineering

Recipient of DAADs prestigious WISE (Working Internships in Science and Engineering)

Scholarship at IIT Kharagpur

Awarded Moment of Fame for Exceptional Design for launch of Tanishq in the US

Selected for Stanford's Summer Institute of General Management Program 2010;

Asian finalist at the "Global-Social-Venture-Competition" 2010 at ISB, Hyderabad; Worked on
personal startup, Social Stock Exchange, at the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship

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Highlights of the profiles of Fellows

Team leader for first-ever Indian-Asian team that won the CANSAT Competition
conducted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS), the American Institute for Astronautics
and Aeronautics and sponsored by NASA; Won 1st prize in Roboveda (National Level Robotics
Festival) 2007 for the best commercially acceptable robot

Co-founder I AM a venture that radically redefines common and malignant notions in society
through 30-second videos

Received AP grade awarded rarely for exemplary performance in a course on Product Research &
Development, IIT Bombay

Appointed British Council International Climate Champion 2010 to implement

sustainability initiatives on campus

Recipient of the IIT Bombay Heritage Fund three-year scholarship

Awarded Best Paper Presentation on Occupational Mental Health Hazards of

Commercial Sex Workers, 2011 at Annual National Conference on Interface of Psychology
and Human Resource Management of the Department of Psychology, Christ University held at
Bangalore

Selected as a Kairos Global Fellow, 2011 to represent India at the World Foresight Forum,
Netherlands
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Typical profile
Each Young India Fellows is unique in her own way. However, there are some

common traits that they all carry. Here are a few of them:

Ambition to make an impact in the field of interest

Humility to learn

Willingness to take risks, think differently

Ability to overcome challenges

Integrity, self-awareness, energy, initiative and open mindedness

An above average academic record

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Selection process
Selection process involves an evaluation of an application dossier, interviews

and group exercise

Interviews will be held in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata
Students can apply online or download the form from

www.youngindiafellowship.com

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Application calendar
Activity

Deadline

Application opens for 1st round

19 October, 2011

Last date for submission of applications for

15 December, 2011
1st round
In person interviews for 1st round
applicants

1 January, 2012

Application opens for 2nd round

16th December, 2011

Final offers to 1st round applicants

1 February, 2011 to 10 February, 2012

Last date for submission of applications for

28 February, 2012
2nd round
In person interviews for 2nd round
applicants

1 March, 2012 to 21 March, 2012

Final offers to 2nd round interviewed

applicants

1 April, 2012 to 7 April, 2012

Final offers to wait listed applicants

8 April, 2012 to 14 April, 2012

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Cost and sponsorship

The cost of tuition, board and lodging per Fellow is Rs. 8 lakhs for one
year. Fellows accommodation is arranged in an independent hostel
close to the campus

Each of the 50 Fellow will be supported by a full scholarship which will

cover this cost

Scholarships are funded by business leaders from India & abroad

There is no application fee for applying to the programme

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Sponsors

Dhruv Agarwala: Co-Founder, iTrust

Ajay Bahl: Founding Partner, AZB & Partners

Kanwaljeet Singh Bakshi: MD, Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt Ltd.

Pramod Bhasin: Founder & Vice Chairman, Genpact

Amit Bhatiani: Partner, CX Partners

Gaurav Burman: Managing Partner, Elephant Capital

Sumir Chadha: Co-founder, Westbridge Capital Fund; Former MD Sequoia Capital

Sohil Chand: MD, Norwest Venture Partners

Amit Chandra: MD, Bain Capital

Puneet Dalmia: MD, Dalmia Cement

Sushil Dharmarha: Director, Polarities

Stephen Dent: Chairman, Birch Hill Equity

Ashish Gupta: COO& Country Head, Evalueserve India

Frank Hancock: MD, Barclays Capital India

Abhay Havaldar: MD, General Atlantic

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Sponsors

Nirmal Jain: Chairman, India Infoline

Sachit Jain: Executive Director, Vardhman Group

Gulpreet Kohli: Principal, ChrysCapital

Sanjiv Kumar: Secretary, Takshila Educational Society

Sanjay Kukreja: Principal, ChrysCapital

Sandeep Mathur: Director, Citibank

Zia Mody: Senior Partner, AZB & Partners

Vinay Mohan Singh: MD, ROC Capital

Ajit Nedungadi: MD, TA Associates

H. Nemkumar: President, India Infoline

Atul Nishar: Founder & Chairman, Hexaware Technologies

Alok Oberoi: Founding Partner, ACP

Rithankar Pal: MD, Barclays Capital New York

Ramanan Raghavendran: Managing Partner, Kubera Partners

Srini Raju: Co-Founder & Chairman, Peepul Advisors & i-labs

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Sponsors

Ramesh Ramanathan:Founder, Janaagraha

Jerry Rao: Founder, Value & Budget Housing Corporation; Founder, MphasiS

Ajay Relan: Founder, CX Partners

Rajiv Sahney: Founder & Managing Partner, New Vernon

Uday Shankar: CEO, STAR India

Vivek Sharma: MD, IndUS Growth Partners (An affiliate of Piramal Group)

Kunal Shroff: MD, ChrysCapital

Analjit Singh: Founder & Chairman, Max India

Sandeep Singhal: Co-founder & MD, Westbridge Capital

Saurabh Srivastava: Chairman, Indian Angel Network

Akhila Srinivasan: MD, Sriram Transport Group

Ayesha Thapar: Director, India City Properties

Brahmal Vasudevan: MD, ChrysCapital

Puneet Vatsayan: Co-Founder & Vice President, Mobera Systems

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Our contacts
You could write to us at:
admissions@yifp.in
For more information and applications go to :
www.youngindiafellowship.com

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Publication: Mint
Date: 27-01-2011
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