Mentorship is one of the key pillars of the YIF, where the Fellows are connected to Mentors with strong personal, academic and professional track records who positively impact and guide their journeys during and beyond the YIF.
To enable Fellows to form a mentoring relationship, which allows them to build and foster meaningful connections with leaders who are experienced in various aspects of work and life.
The Programme offers the space:
For the year 2018-19, we had a pool of over 120 Mentors. Some of the Mentors for this year include:
Mentor’s Name | Mentor’s Designation |
Aparna Sanyal | Managing Partner, Mixed Media Productions |
Ashutosh Chadha | Vice President & Head Public Policy and Government Affairs South Asia, Mastercard |
Dev Tayde | Executive Director, Indicorps and Co-founder, Down To Earth & Jagruti |
Dharmesh Makwana | Managing Director – India, Maven Agency |
Dhiraj Nayyar | Director- Economics & Policy, Vedanta Resources Limited |
Dhruv Agarwala | CEO, Proptiger.com; Housing.com; Makaan.com |
Estelle Metayer | Founder & President, Competia |
Dr. Giti Chandra | Affiliated Scholar, United Nations University |
Manickam Narayanan | Executive Director, Ultimate Players Association of India |
Pavan Gandhok | Vice Dean, Jindal Global School of Business, Jindal Global University |
Rajiv Sahney | Co-Founder & Chairman, NV Consultancy & Research Services DMCC |
Ravi Sreedharan | Founder & Director, ISDM |
Ritwik Agrawal | Graduate Researcher, University of Missouri and Professor, Ashoka University |
Sameer Shisodia | Founder & CEO, Linger Leisure |
Samir Kuckreja | Founder & CEO, Tasanaya Hospitality Private Limited |
Sanjay Mehta | Financial Controller, Standard Chartered Bank India (till October 2016). Founder Partner, FinaLiteY LLP (since April 2019) |
Satyam Vyas | Founder, Arthan |
Shilpa Sharma | Co-founder- Jaypore, Breakaway (Experiential Travel) and Mustard Restaurants. Craft Evangelist & Consultant: Creative & Lifestyle Business |
Smita Mathur Jha | Managing Director, Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States |
Sudheendra Hangal | Professor, Ashoka University |
Suman Srivastav | Founder, Marketing Unplugged |
Sushil Jhangiani | Executive Coach and Leadership Development Facilitator, Independent Consultant |
Uma Chakravarti | Historian and Filmmaker |
Vineet Gupta | Managing Director, Jamboree Education; Founder, Ashoka University |
Dr. Mandar Vaidya | CEO-South East Asia and Middle East, OYO |