First Aspirational Career for Transformation (FACT)
The FACT team supports the Gandhi Fellow in landing an impact role as he/she completes the fellowship and is about to start working on a mainstream level. The responsibility to get the job lies with the fellow, while the team plays a supporting role. Landing an aspirational job role helps each fellow kickstart his/her social transformation journey. Additionally, the team begins intervention while the fellow is in their third semester. The interventions include knowledge and skill-building workshops, which also involve sharing information about market realities to prepare the fellows for the market. To follow this, mock interviews, recruiter interaction, and boot camps are held. FACT supports each fellow in their placement and helps them plan and execute their next career move.
Journey to Lead, Empower, & Impact | Tanushree’s Story
Tanushree Sharma, Gandhi Fellowship Alumna, Batch 2012-14, Ahmedabad location, is currently working at Piramal Foundation; the strategic philanthropic arm of Piramal Group and leading employee-volunteering program for 12,000 + employees globally; creating a platform to strengthen the culture of giving (Seva Bhav) at the Piramal Group.
Becoming an entrepreneur | Shalu’s learning from Gandhi Fellowship
Shalu Gupta, Gandhi Fellowship Alumna, Batch 2016-18, is the Founder of the Utsa Foundation Trust which works to improve the lives of many children by conducting awareness workshops across Odisha. Here she shares her journey during the Gandhi Fellowship and how it led her to start Utsa Foundation.
Network, Engage, Support,Transfer Knowledge (NEST)
NEST (Network, Engage, Support, Transfer Knowledge) refers to the Alumni Association of Gandhi Fellows. It constitutes a community of committed, proactive and like-minded individuals who come together to share, support and learn from each other to bring sustainable systemic change.
Under the aegis of NEST, one can Network- meet industry experts, connect to popular alumni who have carved out their own journeys and make the right move to realize the impact career they have always dreamt of; Engage- with mentors (domain experts), peers/alumni to not just grow professionally but also support each others personal growth; Support- an all too well-known concept for Gandhi Fellows, who learn to stick to each other through thick and thin – to practice and revive their spirit of camaraderie; Transfer knowledge – through skill-building sessions the fellows share and increase their domain of knowledge.
NEST provides an opportunity to all Gandhi Fellowship alumni to lead, collaborate, and execute projects. They get a chance to form their own teams and run the show by virtue of their respective city chapters. Additionally, they get ample opportunities to drive personal interest by way of organizing events, gatherings, sports meets, and any other things of interest.
