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The Young India Fellowship The Young India Fellowship An IFRE initiative in partnership with University of Pennsylvania 1 Who We Are ► International Foundation for Research and Education (IFRE) is a team of like- minded 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 ► IFRE’s long-term vision is to create Ashoka University, a top-notch multi- disciplinary institution that rapidly attains global leadership 2 Founding Team Ashok Belani – BTech IIT Delhi; MS Stanford; Rakesh Jaggi – BTech IIT Delhi; Vice President, CTO, Schlumberger; Chairman, Stanford; Board of Schlumberger Oilfield Services Earth Sciences Vinati Kastia- MS Laws National Law School; Arjun Bhagat – BTech IIT Delhi; MBA UCLA; Partner, AZB & Partners; Advocate, Bar Council of Chairman & CEO, The Calibrated Group Delhi Sanjeev Bikhchandani – BA St. Stephen’s; MBA Sunish Sharma- BCom Delhi University; MBA IIM IIM Ahmedabad; CEO, InfoEdge (naukri.com) Kolkata; Managing Director, General Atlantic Ashish Dhawan – BS Yale University; MBA Pramath Raj Sinha – BTech IIT Kanpur; PhD Harvard University; Senior Managing; Director, University of Pennsylvania; Founder & Managing ChrysCapital Investment Advisory Director, 9.9 Media; Founding Dean, ISB Ashish Gupta – BTech IIT Delhi; MBA CMU; Saurabh Srivastava – BTech IIT Kanpur; MS Country Head & COO, Evalueserve Harvard; Ex-Chairman, Xansa; Chairman, Indian Angel Network; Former Chairman, NASSCOM Pranav Gupta – BTech TIET; MBA University of Kansas; Founder & Managing Director, Parabolic N.V. Tyagarajan – BTech IIT Mumbai; MBA IIM Drugs Ltd. Ahmedabad; CEO, Genpact Vineet Gupta - BTech IIT Delhi; Managing Director, Jamboree Education Pvt. Ltd. 3 Our Vision for Ashoka University To be a research-based, multi- disciplinary university that will be the best in India and globally top-rated within 15 years 4 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 5 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 6 Vision for Young India Fellowship To develop unique & high- potential change agents of India through a multi- disciplinary programme, guided by eminent scholars and leaders of our times 7 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” 8 Key Features ► 58 of India’s brightest and exceptional graduates (recent Bachelor’s 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 9 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 10 Curriculum 1 year, 8 semesters of 6 weeks each, 26 courses + workshops & seminars Social Perspectives – Caste, Poverty, Individual Philosophy of Science & the State Visual Communication and Storytelling Foundations of Leadership Group Dynamics Globalisation, Media and Culture Leadership for the New Economy Statistics and its Application in the Modern Ethics and Technology World Anthropology Gandhi's Critique of Modernity - 19th/20th Listening Century India Business Overview Historical Perspectives International Relations Plato’s Republic (Philosophy) Arts Appreciation – Illustrative & Performing Deconstructing Literature Arts Problem Solving and other basic business skills Economics Algorithmic/Analytical Thinking Team building and leadership workshops Science and Humanity Experiential Learning Module (ELM) Writing and Communication Center 11 Experiential Learning Module Organisations partnered: ► Alchemist ► Ashoka University ► AZB & Partners ► BASIX Ltd ► Bharat Light & Power ► Council for Environment, Real-life projects in Energy & Water (CEEW) ► CAF collaboration with ► Harley Davidson organisations from ► Sunborne Energy Technologies business & non-profit ► What’s Up Bharat Domains ► Yum! Restaurants India Ltd (Duration: 8 months) ► Genpact ► Chintan – India ► HarVa – Harnessing Rural Value ► Jamboree ► Parabolic Pharma ► PRS Legislature ► 9dot9 Media 12 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) 13 ELM Project overview ► Harley Davidson: Recommend the most impactful brand extensions and/or partnerships that the world’s 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 India’s largest community of technology enthusiasts (Media and Technology) ► What’s 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) 14 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
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