Field support provides fellows with the opportunity to match up to issues, identify gaps in them, understand their context, and then come up with innovative and unique solutions. The fellows work in collaboration with the school system to improve school processes and bring positive change in students learning outcomes. As part of this journey, they also meet and collaborate with a spectrum of stakeholders in the public education system such as community members, NGOs, and so on. While working with internal and external stakeholders, they learn to influence and work better in a public system. After understanding the problems at a grassroots level, the fellows also initiate projects called Public System Projects, which aim to solve problems at the level of a school/community. Through this, they gain insight on how to develop an idea into an impactful and sustainable solution.

In our model of community/system immersion, each fellow spends about a month in an ecosystem that she/he is assigned to work at during the fellowship. There, they understand issues first-hand, identify the need for change and work to find new solutions. In doing so, they engage with social issues present at the grassroots and devote their energy to solving those issues.

Non-violent communication and influencing people without any authority are two important skills which can transform one’s life. With the help of these skills, fellows learn how to communicate better and influence systems through their work and initiatives. Expertise in these skills plays a large role in shaping their careers.

Our curriculum offers each fellow with the opportunity to build socio-emotional-ethical learning through processes like Vipassana. The 10 days of complete silence and intense meditation at Vipassana centres prompts fellows to look inside and reflect. Through Vipassana, fellows build self-awareness and have a better grip on themselves and others. By not connecting with the outside world during those days, they learn to focus on themselves, gain insights and work towards self-change which leads to inspiring change in others.

The leadership boot camps help fellows to get the required guidance by experts on projects that they are working in their base locations. These camps also bring together fellows from different locations and facilitate cross-learning.

We believe that the youth of India have the potential to participate in this endeavour, where we believe that avenues for a more constructive purpose are waiting for you and if you are the chosen one, then the promise that you will deliver will certainly be a significant contribution in our country’s growth.