The Young India Fellowship

Updated on: Saturday, December 10, 2011

A one-year, fully-funded, multi-disciplinary course, for exceptionally gifted young men and women from around the country and across the breadth of academic disciplines. Fellows receive a full scholarship of Rs 8 lakhs to cover the entire fee, boarding and lodging when they enter the full time residential programme. Fellows undertake a total of 26 courses during the one year programme. The International Foundation for Research and Education (IFRE) and the University of Pennsylvanias School of Engineering and Applied Science, have collaborated in the design and delivery of the Young India Fellowship programme.

Who can apply?

All Indian nationals, students who are in the final year of their undergraduate degree; students who have completed their undergraduate degree and have worked straight after that for not more than two years; students who are in the final year of their postgraduate programme provided that they enrolled in the programme immediately after completing their undergraduate degree. There is no restriction with respect to the area of specialisation at the undergraduate level. There is no restriction with respect to the medium of instruction (English, Hindi, regional language) that the student has been exposed to at the school level. However, she/ he should be able to converse, read and write in English given that the medium of instruction at the YIF programme is English.

To apply:

http://www.youngindiafellowship.com/

Deadline: December 15 (submission for the first round)/ February 28 (submission for second round)

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