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Every year, 100 Fellows get access and exposure to diverse areas of study, research and practice.

The Young India Fellowship has brought together 2,400 alumni over the past 15 years. Our fellows have gone on to build, ...
23/09/2026

The Young India Fellowship has brought together 2,400 alumni over the past 15 years. Our fellows have gone on to build, create, and lead, making their mark in entrepreneurship, media, academia, and the sciences. Today, theyโ€™re spread across 5 continents, 30+ countries, and 250+ cities, leaving their imprint all over the world. YIF is proud to celebrate an alumni community this accomplished, carrying their ambition and expertise to every corner of the globe.

The Young India Fellowship has brought together 2,400 alumni over the past 15 years. In that time, it hasnโ€™t just shaped...
22/09/2026

The Young India Fellowship has brought together 2,400 alumni over the past 15 years. In that time, it hasnโ€™t just shaped lives within the walls of a classroom, it has followed them out into the world, across 6 continents, 40+ countries, and 260+ cities.

Today, our alumni are out there building, creating, and leading in entrepreneurship, media, academia, and the sciences, carrying with them what they first learned here.

Classrooms at YIF are shaped by the questions fellows ask, and thatโ€™s exactly what happened in a recent crossover facult...
19/09/2026

Classrooms at YIF are shaped by the questions fellows ask, and thatโ€™s exactly what happened in a recent crossover faculty session between Dr. Usha Ramanathan (Human Rights Advocate and Lawyer) and Professor Sundar Sarukkai (Philosopher, Author, and Founder-Director, Barefoot Philosophers)

Two different disciplines, law and philosophy, came together to examine technologyโ€™s hold on everyday life. Is the human shaping technology, or is technology reshaping the human? Where does the excitement end and the anxiety begin? Is singularity and superintelligence inevitable, or a story weโ€™ve chosen to believe?

This is what interdisciplinary learning looks like at YIF: two ways of thinking meeting at the point where their concerns overlap, and pushing the room somewhere neither could have gone alone.

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History was Sudarshana Chandaโ€™s calling, a subject that always felt like a close friend, sparking the questions that wou...
18/09/2026

History was Sudarshana Chandaโ€™s calling, a subject that always felt like a close friend, sparking the questions that would go on to define her career.

Hailing from Kolkata, that curiosity carried her from a B.A. (Hons.) in History at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi, through the Young India Fellowship, which introduced her to viewing the past through the lens of different disciplines and practitioners, to a Masterโ€™s in China Studies at Peking Universityโ€™s Yenching Academy, and finally to a Ph.D. at Harvardโ€™s Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, completed in May 2026.

Her dissertation, โ€œImaginary Boundaries: Race and Inter-ethnic Intimacy in British Malaya, 1920โ€“1960,โ€ explores what happens to people who fall between the racial categories colonial society tried to impose, through stories of in*******al adoption, marriage, and the repatriation of mixed families, tracing intimate lives lived at the edges of race.

Swipe through for a glimpse into Sudarshanaโ€™s research, her Harvard journey, and what sheโ€™s learned along the way!

The Young India Fellowshipโ€™s (YIF) Community Sensitisation component is part of the credited Learning and Engagement mod...
21/08/2026

The Young India Fellowshipโ€™s (YIF) Community Sensitisation component is part of the credited Learning and Engagement module. It began on 19th August with its first session on the social dynamics of listening and speaking. These sessions aim to unpack what it means to be and become a Fellow, as the cohort comes together to find its own space.

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ณ๐ รป๐ฅ-๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐›...
17/08/2026

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ณ๐ รป๐ฅ-๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ (๐˜๐ˆ๐…).

Taught by Professor Santosh S Venkatesh, Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Visiting Faculty at YIF, this course aims to equip fellows with foundational statistical skills and problem solving capacities that can aid decision making in a modern world with endless probabilities. While being a source for new ways to engage with statistics and mathematical detail, this course has also historically been a source of many YIF traditions and iconic catchphrases, one of them most importantly being the recitation of the song High Fly the Nazgรปl-o by Fellows, TAs and Professor.

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Each year the Young India Fellowship (YIF) brings together 100 fellows from across the globe for an interdisciplinary ed...
10/08/2026

Each year the Young India Fellowship (YIF) brings together 100 fellows from across the globe for an interdisciplinary education unlike any other. The diversity of the peer group makes the YIF classroom one of the most dynamic academic, cultural and social experiences.

Swipe๐Ÿ‘‰ to learn about the ๐˜๐ˆ๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Pre-register now to know more about the YIF 2026โ€“27 admissions cycle, application resources, and learning opportunities using

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๐’๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ˆ๐…, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐‹๐Œ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ!Experiential Learning Modul...
04/08/2026

๐’๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ˆ๐…, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐‹๐Œ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ!

Experiential Learning Module or the ELM is a core pillar of the Young India Fellowship. Fellows typically work in teams of four that equip them with the knowledge, skills, and reflective capacities to engage with complex and pertinent challenges through immersive experiences and sustained, collaborative partnerships.

Each year the The Outstanding Experiential Learning Module Project is given to the ELM team/s which have overcome challenges to achieve extraordinary results in their project work and exceeded their partner organisation and ELM Facultyโ€™s expectations.

This yearโ€™s awardees areโ€”

ELM Team 3, which worked with the Samrakshan Charitable Trust on designing a nature-based tourism experience led by women from the local communities of Madhya Pradesh. The team consisted of Darshan Tewari, Disha Chopra, Priyal Ranka, Trishala Nara, and Pragati Madhogarhia.

ELM Team 10, which worked with Sambhaav Trust on researching market opportunities for produce grown by Adivasi farmers, indigenous communities of South Rajasthan. The team comprised Pratyush Rudra, Santosh Rasve, Sanyam Mahajan and Trisha Purnaiya.

ELM Team 21 , Mirable, a self-deigned project for a holistic healthcare wearable to harness menstrual data for clinical intelligence. I would like to congratulate the membersโ€”Gauri Narula, Laxmi Krishnan, Miral Zafar, Muskaan Grover and Rika Verma.

ELM Team 23, RizzVision, a fashion assistant for the visually impaired. The team included Anu Migom Panging, Sabari Venkat, Shridhan Balaji Ambhore, Soni Yadav and Shivang.

4 teams also received special mentions at the ceremony, these were ELM Team 4 working with Indus Action, Team 8 for working with the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (KDISC), Team 13, which worked with Zubaan and Team 22, DexesBoxโ€” a self-designed project.

We Congratulate all the teams!

26/02/2026

Taniya Perween (YIFโ€™ 26) hails from Munger, Bihar. She has nearly six years of experience, including internships and professional work in the social sector, particularly in the field of education. Taniya has worked on girlsโ€™ empowerment and has served as a facilitator and trainer, training government school teachers at the DIET (District Institute of Education and Training) level. In this video, she shares her journey and her poems through the struggles that have defined her and those that have given her a purpose to keep going ahead and face some of the toughest challenges.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐‹๐š๐›: Unleashing Potential and Deepening Intent, ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐š๐ฃ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ก๐š, allowed fellows to take a step towards building their unique pathways by claiming their voice.

In this series, fellows expressed their life journeys and their aspirations for the future, highlighting the steps they would take to carve their imaginations into reality. As each classmate went on to the stage to tell their own story, fellows reinforced their common purpose to lead with authenticity, courage, and clarity.
What emerged was not just a collection of individual narratives, but a shared commitment to growth, reflection, and impact.Head to to watch the full video.

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