Vision
To come together as young people and build our awareness of India’s contribution to the world through its heritage and culture, enabling us to carry its teachings with us in our everyday lives
Mission
Cultivate a cultural identity
Ignite curiosity and appreciation
Exploration of literature
Facilitate intergenerational connection
Preserve traditional practices
Vision
To come together as young people and build our awareness of India’s contribution to the world through its heritage and culture, enabling us to carry its teachings with us in our everyday lives
Mission
Cultivate a cultural identity
Ignite curiosity and appreciation
Exploration of literature
Facilitate intergenerational connection
Preserve traditional practices
Team
+ Tanita Abraham
Project Lead
Young India Fellow, Class of 2014
Ed.M. at Harvard University (Fulbright Fellow)
Educator, Learner, Singer
+ Percy Bharucha
Senior Lead, Impact & Engagement
Young India Fellow, Class of 2014
PG in Communications and Marketing, MICA
Creative consultant and Market strategist
+ Pranjal Joshi
Film & AV Lead
Young India Fellow, Class of 2023
BSc in Electronic Media, EMRC
Filmmaker, Writer and Editor
+ Sakshi Mundada
Podcast & Design Lead
Young India Fellow, Class of 2023
BDes in Textile Design, NIFT
Designer, Writer and Researcher
+ Sulagna Maitra
Content and Communications Lead
Young India Fellow, Class of 2024
MA in Communication and Journalism, CJMC, Visva-Bharati University
Chef, Researcher and Events Curator
+ Jahanara Raza
Workshop Designer & Facilitator
Young India Fellow, Class of 2014
MPhil in Education, University of Cambridge
Educator, Curriculum Designer and Filmmaker
+ Irina Khan
Consultant
Masters in Public Policy, Hertie School
Writer, Storyteller and Gastronome
+ Sakshi Batavia
Podcast Development
Young India Fellow, Class of 2023
MA in English and American Literature, University of Kent
Writer and Researcher
+ Dharani Dhavamani
Former Project Lead
Young India Fellow, Class of 2023
MSc in Comparative Literature, University of Edinburgh
Writer, Producer and Educator
+ Ramita Chatterjee
Former Social Media Associate
MA in Clinical Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia
Writer and Experiences Curator
Young India Fellowship 2024 Student Team
+ Sai Motupali Nair
Young India Fellow, Class of 2024
BA in Culinary Arts, MAHE
+ Mrinalini Natarajan
Young India Fellow, Class of 2024
B.A.LL.B (Hons), Tamil Nadu National Law University
+ Tusshar Yadav
Young India Fellow, Class of 2024
BA in Social Sciences, TISS
+ Raghav Saluja
Young India Fellow, Class of 2024
MA in English Literature, Kurukshetra University
Advisors
+ Late Dr. Shobhita Punja
Art historian, Author
CEO, National Culture Fund, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
PhD, Stanford University
+ Prof. Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Chancellor, Professor of History, Ashoka University
D.Phil. Oxford University
+ Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha
Chairperson and Board of Trustees, Ashoka University
Founder and MD, Harappa Education
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
+ Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan
Head of the Department of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University
Chair (Hon.), Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India
DPhil., University of Oxford
+ Prof. Amita Baviskar
Dean of Faculty, Ashoka University
Professor of Environmental Studies & Sociology & Anthropology
PhD, Cornell University
+ Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri
Professor of History, Ashoka University
PhD, Delhi University
+ Aniha Brar
Dean, Young India Fellowship
Vice Chancellor’s Office, Ashoka University
MA in Mass Communication, Jamia Millia Islamia
+ Karan Bhola
Director, Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University
Fulbright-Nehru Master’s Fellow, Harvard University
Young India Fellow, Class of 2014
The Helen Hamlyn Trust
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Ashoka University
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Young India Fellowship
The Young India Fellowship (YIF) pre-dates the establishment of Ashoka University, and has been its flagship year-long postgraduate leadership programme since 2011. With an alumni community of over 2000 Fellows in more than 20 countries, YIF shapes exceptional people from diverse backgrounds and with varied aspirations to become 21st century global changemakers.