Become a Young India Fellow

Eligibility and What We Look For

To be eligible for the Young India Fellowship’s 2023-24 intake, applicants should have completed a recognised undergraduate degree or equivalent in any discipline as of July 2023. 

Please Note: (1) Final year undergraduate students who will complete their degree or equivalent in the summer of 2023 are eligible to apply. Applicants may have work experience and/or a postgraduate credential. They may also be entrepreneurs, freelancers, in the middle of a gap year or preparing for competitive examinations, among others. (2) We welcome applicants of all age groups across diverse academic, geographical, professional and socioeconomic backgrounds.

While there is no typical profile of an ideal Fellow, the following should give you a broad sense of what we look for:

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  Intellectual Curiosity

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  Drive and Self-awareness

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  Leadership Potential

Application Requirements, Process and Timeline

The rigorous and holistic YIF selection process is split into two rounds, and is designed to admit a diverse and outstanding class of individuals from India and abroad. We acknowledge that there are varying levels of access and privilege for different candidates. Therefore, each applicant’s submission is reviewed in the applicant’s context. Each round accepts applications within a specified time-frame and selects fellows from the pool of submitted applications in that round. Please note that you can apply only once in the admissions cycle and only in one round. In case you miss the early application deadline, you can complete your application in the final round.

The different stages of the application and selection process are:

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  Application

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  Interview

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  Decision

Chancellor's Merit Scholarship, Financial Aid and Programme Fee

This section has information on the Programme Fee, Refund Policy, Education Loans, Need-based Financial Aid and the Chancellor’s Merit Scholarship.

 

• 65%

  of Fellows '23 are on need-based financial aid

• 40%

  of Fellows '23 are on more than 50% Tuition waivers.

• 2.46

  Lakhs (INR), average Tuition paid by Fellows '23 on financial aid