To Develop Committed Change Agents for India Through a Multidisciplinary Programme Guided by Distinguished Scholars and Leaders of Our Time About YIF Why YIF?
To develop committed change agents for India through a multidisciplinary programme guided by distinguished scholars and leaders of our time About YIF Why YIF? The Young India Fellowship (YIF), a one-year multidisciplinary postgraduate programme in Liberal Multidisciplinary Studies at Ashoka University. The Fellowship brings together a group of bright young individuals who Renowned Faculty Curriculum show exceptional intellectual ability and leadership potential, from across the country, and trains them to Fellows are taught by become socially committed agents of change. The Fellowship offers a wide outstanding faculty members variety of subjects that enable with excellent teaching and breadth of learning and multiple research credentials, from perspectives. Courses at YIF India and around the world. include Literature, Gender About Ashoka Studies, History, Art Appreciation, Statistics, Mathematical Thinking, Ashoka University is a private, non-profit university. An unprecedented example of collective public Psychology, Management, etc. philanthropy in India, it is a pioneer in its focus on the Liberal Arts. It offers its students a multidisciplinary liberal education, which is usually defined as one that transcends the boundaries Experiential Learning between the arts and sciences, and carries a Module strong emphasis on learning across subjects. Ashoka’s unique postgraduate The Experiential Learning Module programme, Young India Fellowship (YIF), complements academic work with real work experience. The module now in its sixth year, has rapidly become helps Fellows understand team- one of the most sought-after programmes building and gain problem-solving in India. skills, as they work in a professional environment. Ashoka University is located on a 25-acre campus in the Rajiv Gandhi Education City near New Delhi.
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