AIF Clinton Fellowship for India and US: Become a social leader

Deadline: 1 February 2015

Applications are open for AIF Clinton fellowship for India and US students to become a socially-engaged global citizen. The American India Foundation has launched the Clinton Fellowship which is an immersive, 10-month service program matching highly skilled young professionals with high impact NGOs and social enterprises across India based on their interests and skills.

The AIF Clinton Fellowship provides a prestigious platform to develop the skills, resources and the network needed to become an effective and socially-minded leader. Fellows work on scalable and sustainable development projects in the fields of education, livelihoods, public health, and human rights.

Funding

The Fellowship is fully funded and provides a living stipend and covers all costs associated with travel to the placement.

Responsibilities

1. Program design and implementation
2. Monitoring & evaluation
3. Creating business strategies
4. Action research
5. Communications

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be between 21 and 34 years of age.
• The applicant must be a U.S. or Indian citizen, or a U.S. permanent resident.
• Applicants must have their Bachelor’s or undergraduate degree before the start of the Fellowship on September 1, 2015.

Qualities Required

1. The candidate must demonstrate a deep interest, passion, and commitment to social and economic development in India.
2. The candidates must show humility and an eagerness to learn from a cross-cultural context.
3. Candidates should have strong professional skills and impeccable academic credentials.
4. The candidates should show a potential for leadership and must be entrepreneurial, innovative, and creative.
5. Candidates must be flexible and adaptable and should possess both professional skills and an exceptional ability to build relationships across cultures and within the social development space.
6. A sensitivity and ability to work with vulnerable communities is a must.

How to apply?

• The applicants are requested to Sign Up at the AIF website by entering their email address and creating a password. Then proceed to save their application.
• If the candidates have created an application already, the candidates can Log In to review or edit their saved application.

For more information, please visit: AIF.