Overview
The Indicorps fellowship is a profound personal experience and an opportunity to understand participatory development through intense voluntary service. Each year, Indicorps selects young professionals of Indian origin for one and two year service fellowships with grassroots service organizations in India. To be eligible for the fellowship program, you must be a person of Indian origin (Government of India definition) and have at minimum a university degree or five years work experience. Individuals apply specifically to projects of their interest.
Responsibility
The first month of the fellowship involves an -intense, physically and mentally rigorous, month-long orientation to India, the Indicorps philosophy, and practical living. In conjunction with grassroots fieldwork, Indicorps also requires fellows to attend periodic workshops that encourage participants to deepen their understanding of Indian development, to reflect, to share progress, to collectively solve problems, and to re-energize. Some fellows opt for a second year to broaden their understanding of development and take leadership in managing projects or Indicorps programs.
The fellowship has stringent documentation requirements and promotes self-accountability. The program is carefully crafted to consider long-term impact and to defy common critiques of both international volunteers and the organizations with which they work.
Benefits of this fellowship
Indicorps provides a nominal stipend to enable fellows to live simply and work in India for the duration of their fellowship. Basic room, board, and fellowship-related travel are covered by Indicorps or the local project partner organization. Indicorps is a total immersion program and encourages fellows to be a part of their communities to the greatest extent possible - including attempting to live within the means of their location.
Person Of Indian Origin (Definition)
As Defined by the Home Ministry, Government of India
"Person of Indian origin" means a foreign citizen not being a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries as may be specified by the Central Government from time to time if.
(i) he/she at any time held a Indian passport; or
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(ii) he/she or either of his/her parents or grand parents or great grand parents was born in and permanently resident in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 and other territories that became part of India thereafter provided neither was at any time a citizens of any of the aforesaid countries (as referred to above); or
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(iii) he/she is a spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin covered under (i) or (ii) above.
Applicant Selection Criteria
The Indicorps selection committee is looking for fellows who are:
• interested in dedicated service, and in his/her own personal growth
• visionary, passionate, and qualified for their particular project choice(s)
• respectful of the diversity of religions, cultures, and traditions in India
• excited about immersing in a grassroots experience in their homeland
• low-maintenance, resourceful, flexible, and willing to accept local diet (often vegetarian), dress, and customs.
Further information on how to apply, please click here
Contact
Indicorps India Office (working office):
Indicorps India
3rd Floor, Pran Vijay
Income Tax, Ashram Road
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380 009
Phone: +91.79.2657.4791
Email: apply@indicorps.org
http://www.indicorps.org
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
The Indicorps fellowship is a profound personal experience and an opportunity to understand participatory development through intense voluntary service. Each year, Indicorps selects young professionals of Indian origin for one and two year service fellowships with grassroots service organizations in India. To be eligible for the fellowship program, you must be a person of Indian origin (Government of India definition) and have at minimum a university degree or five years work experience. Individuals apply specifically to projects of their interest.
Responsibility
The first month of the fellowship involves an -intense, physically and mentally rigorous, month-long orientation to India, the Indicorps philosophy, and practical living. In conjunction with grassroots fieldwork, Indicorps also requires fellows to attend periodic workshops that encourage participants to deepen their understanding of Indian development, to reflect, to share progress, to collectively solve problems, and to re-energize. Some fellows opt for a second year to broaden their understanding of development and take leadership in managing projects or Indicorps programs.
The fellowship has stringent documentation requirements and promotes self-accountability. The program is carefully crafted to consider long-term impact and to defy common critiques of both international volunteers and the organizations with which they work.
Benefits of this fellowship
Indicorps provides a nominal stipend to enable fellows to live simply and work in India for the duration of their fellowship. Basic room, board, and fellowship-related travel are covered by Indicorps or the local project partner organization. Indicorps is a total immersion program and encourages fellows to be a part of their communities to the greatest extent possible - including attempting to live within the means of their location.
Person Of Indian Origin (Definition)
As Defined by the Home Ministry, Government of India
"Person of Indian origin" means a foreign citizen not being a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries as may be specified by the Central Government from time to time if.
(i) he/she at any time held a Indian passport; or
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(ii) he/she or either of his/her parents or grand parents or great grand parents was born in and permanently resident in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 and other territories that became part of India thereafter provided neither was at any time a citizens of any of the aforesaid countries (as referred to above); or
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(iii) he/she is a spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin covered under (i) or (ii) above.
Applicant Selection Criteria
The Indicorps selection committee is looking for fellows who are:
• interested in dedicated service, and in his/her own personal growth
• visionary, passionate, and qualified for their particular project choice(s)
• respectful of the diversity of religions, cultures, and traditions in India
• excited about immersing in a grassroots experience in their homeland
• low-maintenance, resourceful, flexible, and willing to accept local diet (often vegetarian), dress, and customs.
Further information on how to apply, please click here
Contact
Indicorps India Office (working office):
Indicorps India
3rd Floor, Pran Vijay
Income Tax, Ashram Road
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380 009
Phone: +91.79.2657.4791
Email: apply@indicorps.org
http://www.indicorps.org
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
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