The programme will be delivered through a mix of :

• Class room lectures by leading faculty from India and outside. These interactions will be case based and will require pre and post lecture readings and assignments.
• Workshops by professional experts to develop writing & communication, leadership and team work skills.
• Working on real life projects in your area of interest under the Experiential Learning Module.
• Regular guest speaker sessions and seminars with leaders from different sectors in India and outside.

Course	Faculty
Sociological reasoning	Andre Beteille, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Delhi School of Economics
Foundations of Leadership	Dwight Jaggard, Professor and Director, Centre for Advanced Study, University of Pennsylvania
Gender and Culture in Bombay Cinema	Geetanjali Chanda, Senior Lecturer, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Programme, Yale University
Writing Course	Mandakini Dubey, Visiting Faculty, IIT, Delhi
Historical Perspectives : Reason and the Making of Modern India	Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Historian, Author, Professor, Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University, Opinion Editor, The Telegraph
Shakespeare and the World	Jonathan Gil Harris & Madhavi Menon, Professors in English, Ashoka University
Political Economy of India’s Development	Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission of India
Essentials of Business	Arjun Uppal, Vice President Corporate Affairs at DCM Shriram Ltd
Group Dynamics	Kenwyn Smith, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Wharton School & Flora Taylor, Columbia University, Teacher’s College
Leadership for the New Economy	Kenwyn Smith, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Wharton School
Economics	A.K. Shiva Kumar, Development Economist and Visiting Professor, Harvard University and ISB, Hyderabad
Art Appreciation	Anunaya Chaubey, Artist and Principal, College of Arts and Crafts, Patna University
Mind & Behaviour	Kranti Saran, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University
Political Science / International Relations	Devesh Kapur & Eswaran Sridharan, Centre for Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
Mathematical Thinking & Writing	Maya Saran, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University
Art Appreciation	Madan Gopal Singh / MK Raina
Making sense of Indian Elections	Gilles Verniers, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University
History of Science	Neeraja Sankaran, Associate Professor, Ashoka University
	Ulises A. Meijas, Associate Professor, SUNY Oswego
	Dr. Rudra Chaudhary, Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
	Will Glover, Associate Professor of Architecture, Taubman College, University of Michigan

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2014-2015

Workshop & Seminar	Delivered by	Profile
Excel Boost Workshop 1	MegaSoniq - Pragya Narang
Excel Boost Workshop 2	MegaSoniq - Jatin Banga
Resume Writing Workshops 1-5	WorkWise - Richa Saklani

YIF programme is open to all young men and women with :

• A recognized undergraduate or postgraduate degree
• Students who are in the final year of their undergraduate and postgraduate degree
• No more than 28 years of age on 31st May, 2014

The Fellowship promotes diversity and applicants from all areas of specialisation are encouraged to apply. While applicants who have been educated in a vernacular language as their medium of instruction are welcome, it is expected that they will be able to converse, read and write in English.

Applicants must submit a detailed application dossier. Each component of the application and the interview is important and the selection of the candidate for the programme will be made considering a combination of many factors. The process will include evaluation of the submitted application, telephone interview, personal interview and a general ability test to assess their verbal, written and analytical skills.
Submission of detailed application dossier :
Applicants can choose one of the following two ways to apply :
Apply online by registering himself/herself on the YIF website. Once registered a system generated e-mail will be sent to the registered email id of the applicant.

OR

Download the application form from the YIF website. A confirmation email will be sent to the registered email id of the applicant after receipt of the application.
There is no application fee.
The selection process will be carried out in three stages :

• Assessment on basis of submitted applications : All applications will be reviewed by the selection committee consisting of faculty and executive members of the programme spread across different parts of the world. Hence, it is advisable that you apply online.
• Telephonic interview : Short-listed applicants will be interviewed on the telephone before being called for an in-person interview.
• In-person interview : First-round applicants who are short-listed will be interviewed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore while the 2nd-round applicants shortlisted for interview will be called to New Delhi. There could be multiple rounds of interviews for a candidate, depending on the need for further assessment. At this stage, applicants will also be administered a general ability test to assess their verbal, written and analytical skills.

Final selection will be based on the applicant’s successful performance at all of these stages.

Admission process for YIF Class of 2015-16 will start from 5th September 2014 and close on28th Feb 2015 . YIF offers a rolling admission process and is split into two rounds. Each round accepts applications within a specified date- window and selects Fellows from the pool of applications from that round. Please refer to the calendar below for important date-windows for the two rounds.

Application and admission calendar for 2015-2016.

Application round 1: 5th Sept to 15th Dec
Sl. No.	Activity	Dates (Rolling)
1	Applications open for 1st round	5th Sept, 2014
2	Last date to submit applications for 1st round	15th Dec 2014
3	Telephonic interview	20th Sept 2014 - 28th Feb 2015
4	In-person interviews for 1st-round applicants	28th Oct 2014 - 15th March 2015
5	Final offers to 1st-round applicants	1st Feb - 30th March 2015
6	Final offers to wait-listed applicants	1st June - 6th June 2015
Application round 2: 16th Dec to 28th Feb
Sl. No.	Activity	Dates (Rolling)
1	Applications open for 2nd round	16th Dec 2014
2	Last date to submit applications for 2nd round	28th Feb 2015
3	Telephonic interview	1st Mar - 15th April 2015
4	In-person interviews for 2nd-round applicants	15th Mar - 15th May 2015
5	Final offers to applicants interviewed for 2nd round	15th Apr - 20th May 2015
6	Programme begins	15 July 2015
Note : If you have applied in Round 1 then you cannot apply again in Round 2

Tentative Personal Interview Schedule

Round 1 : Tentative PI Schedule for YIF Class of 2015-16
Month	Date	Day	City	Panel
November	25th	Tuesday	Delhi	TBD
	26th	Wednesday
December	2nd	Tuesday	Delhi	TBD
	3rd	Wednesday
	9th	Tuesday
	10th	Wednesday
December	20th	Saturday	Bangalore	TBD
	21st	Sunday
December	29th	Monday	Delhi	TBD
	30th	Tuesday
January	3rd	Saturday	Mumbai	TBD
	4th	Sunday
January	13th	Tuesday	Delhi	TBD
	14th	Wednesday
January	17th	Saturday	Kolkata	TBD
	18th	Sunday
January	28th	Wednesday	Delhi	TBD
	29th	Thursday
February	7th	Saturday	Delhi	TBD
	8th	Sunday
February	17th	Tuesday	Delhi	TBD
	18th	Wednesday
Note: These dates are tentative and can be changed subject to availabilty of the interview panel and interview locations.

Ashoka University (Campus)
Young India Fellowship
Plot #2, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Kundli, Haryana - 131 028. India.
Contact No. : +91 81999 77078 / +91 99582 93745
For admissions queries : yifadmissions@ashoka.edu.in
For any other queries : yifinfo@ashoka.edu.in

Young India Fellowship (City Office)
No. 2, Green Avenue Street
Green Avenue, Pocket D-3
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110 070. India.
Contact No. : +91 81999 77078 / +91 99582 93745

Regd. Office :
9 AB, Taimur Nagar, New Friends Colony, New Delhi - 110 065. India.