A number of immersion programs exist that attempt to make the youth aware about development challenges in India. Some examples include Grassroutes, Teach for India and Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI). As the application deadline for this year’s E4SI fellowship approaches (7 March,…
Update: NSEF has recently released a Youtube video that depicts the program. You can see it here at NSEF Author.
We wrote about NSEF before (click here for an interview with founder Rakesh Anugula) and their quest to establish social entrepreneurship chapters in…
We first found out about the Grassroutes Fellowship Program in October 2008, and immediately featured it in this blog. The fellowship funds youth to go on road-trips across India, discover and work with changemakers, do their bit to change the world and…
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The Global Exchange Program puts into practice The Deshpande Foundation’s vision for global exchange specific to development and innovation. The concept allows for exchange – in both directions- improving and addressing the solutions that solve the developing…
Teach for India (TFI) is a program that places young professionals and graduates within India’s low income schools for 2 years. A spin-off of the Teach for America program, TFI has a phenomenally successful first year in 2009. The first batch consisted…
The StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation educates, inspires and connects emerging leaders to create new solutions to global challenges. Through the program, StartingBloc unite social innovators across sectors to change the world in sustainable ways. You can read about about my StartingBloc experience from the Boston 2009…
LGT Venture Philanthropy is proud to announce the launch of the iCats Program: The iCats Program is an answer to the need for professional know-how and resources in many philanthropic organizations and social enterprises. LGT Venture Philanthropy created a web-based…
If you are interested in being a TED Fellow, the 25th of September is the last day to apply. The program is “a new international fellowship program designed to nurture great ideas and help them spread around the world. This…
TED has announced the name of 103 individuals as TEDIndia 2009 fellows. They will be participating in TED India to be held in Mysore from Nov 4-7 2009. As mentioned on their website and as is evident from a cursory glance at…
Started by Ethos Philanthropy, I-Support Fellowships is looking for professionals to help NGOs and social enterprises solve urgent organizational challenges. The professionals will use their domain expertise to help organizations address issues of scalability and sustainability. The professional will engage…
