Want to Change the World? Apply to Become a Young India Fellow

Want to Change the World? Apply to Become a Young India Fellow PR Newswire NEW DELHI, October 16, 2012 NEW DELHI, October 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Admissions Open for the Third Batch of Young India Fellowships, the Unique Multi-disciplinary Programme Focused on the Liberal Arts and run in Association With the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Applications have opened for the third edition of the Young India Fellowship Programme (YIFP), the groundbreaking scholarship creating India's leaders of the future. Already, 4700 young Indians have registered to apply for the course, and 265 of these have submitted their completed applications. The 100 young people chosen for the "YIFP Class of 2014" could follow in the footsteps of the first-batch alumni, who have won admission to Oxford University and INSEAD-Wharton and prized positions in organisations such as Microsoft, McKinsey and Company, Azim Premji Foundation and the Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF). YIFP is seeking graduates with not more than three years' work experience who have a deep-rooted ambition to make an impact on the world, in combination with a passion for an idea or issue which could have wider social, business or academic implications. YIFP Dean, Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha - also founding dean of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad - said the programme was, quite simply, looking for India's brightest young people.