Australia India Institute (AII), established to contribute towards greater understanding, cooperation and partnership between India and Australia, has announced Emerging Leader Fellowships Program 2011-2012 offering Indian professionals from the fields as diverse as media, academia, the civil service and public life to do eight week residential fellowship in the University of Melbourne.
Emerging Leader Fellowships Program was launched in the year 2099 aimed at mid-career Indian professionals that are capable of becoming leaders in India in the near future.
During the fellowship, the fellows will get an opportunity to interact with peers in an idyllic environment in the University of Melbourne. The Australia India Institute will endeavour to customise each Fellowship to maximise interaction with peers across Australia. The Fellows should expect to travel interstate once or twice during their tenure at the University of Melbourne.
Successful candidates are expected to deliver public lectures on subjects of international significance and produce extended essay of approximately 5,000 words on the same theme, which will be published and widely disseminated by the institute.
AII expects the Fellows to contribute towards the regular programme of the AII and would very much appreciate if their presence enriches the institute and the University of Melbourne.
The fellows are entitled to get airfares, residential accommodation, and office space in the University of Melbourne besides a payment of A$10,000.
In the year 2010, AII has provided grants of nearly one million dollars to collaborate research projects between India and Australia.
The selection process for Emerging Leader Fellowships Program 2011-2012 is underway and the institute accepts applications till July 11, 2011. For more information, visit this link.
