Niti Aayog & UNDP Launched Community Innovator Fellowship Program 2024 For Bachelor, Diploma & Degree holder students[ Fellowship Amount of Rs.2 Lakh], Free Mentorship, Apply Now

The NITI Aayog and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India have jointly launched the Community Innovator Fellowship Program 2024, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at nurturing the next generation of social entrepreneurs. This prestigious fellowship offers bachelor, diploma, and degree-holder students a unique opportunity to develop innovative solutions for pressing community challenges.

About the Community Innovator Fellowship Program

The Community Innovator Fellowship Program is an initiative of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog in collaboration with UNDP India to facilitate knowledge building and provide infrastructure support to aspiring community innovators essential for their entrepreneurship journey. This is a one-year-long intensive fellowship program wherein an aspiring community innovator can apply irrespective of their socio-economic background. During the course of this fellowship, each fellow would be hosted at an Atal Community Innovation Centre and would acquire SDG awareness, entrepreneurial skills and life skills while working on her/his idea.

Objective

Nurturing Innovators to build indigenous solutions for local challenges.

CIF FEATURES

Knowledge

Curated content on SDGs and entrepreneurship through toolkits, workshops, and a digital learning platform

Mentorship

Mentorship to build business acumen and sector expertise.

Community Immersion

Local Mitra for on-ground community outreach support and solution validation.

Infrastructure

Access to the infrastructure of host ACIC

Funding

Milestone-based funding (up to Rs. 2 lakh per fellow) and pitching opportunities.

Inclusion

Sensitization workshops for encouraging equitable access to the innovation ecosystem

About the UNDP

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. UNDP has worked in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development, from systems and institutional strengthening to inclusive growth and sustainable livelihoods, as well as sustainable energy, environment and resilience.

ABOUT ACIC

Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) has been conceptualized to bring to focus the unserved and underserved regions in India in terms of idea generation, promotion of innovations and innovators at grassroots level. ACICs will drive innovations catering to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by specifically harnessing and nurturing novel solutions for the upliftment and sustainable transformation of the community and country at large.

About the Aim

Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country and was set
up in 2016. Towards this end, AIM has taken a holistic approach to ensure the creation of a problem-solving innovative mindset in schools and creating an ecosystem of entrepreneurship in universities, research institutions, and private and MSME sectors.

About Youth CO: lab

Co-created in 2017 by UNDP and Citi Foundation, Youth Co: Lab aims to establish a common agenda for the countries in the Asia-Pacific region to empower and invest in youth
to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs through leadership, social innovation, and entrepreneurship. In India, Youth Co: Lab was launched in 2019 by UNDP India and AIM,
NITI Aayog to strengthen the youth-led social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem

Eligibility Criteria

The Community Innovator Fellow is an individual with an entrepreneurial mindset, with an idea to solve a community challenge through his/her enterprise.

Age – 18-35 Years

Education – At least a bachelor’s/diploma/degree holder in any discipline from a recognized university

Distance from the community – Residential address within 30 km from ACIC^*

Literacy level – English Language proficiency (Intermediate)^**

^*Fellows could also be enrolled from outside the ACIC’s geographical region with a mandate of completing certain community hours and ACIC hours.

^**Applicants not meeting this level of literacy can be supported by a ‘Buddy’ and also through training and workshops as part of the fellowship.

Application & selection

The selection process for the fellows will be entirely done and managed by the specific ACICs, after extensive outreach and engagement in their surrounding regions. Each ACIC will host fellows in a year (the number can vary depending on the location and capacity of the ACIC) that will go through the one-year long, intensive hands-on program.

Journey of a Fellowship

The year-long journey of a fellow has been structured into 5 phases, each with different objectives and outcomes. The fellows will be constantly supported by the host ACIC team, mentors and AIM team.

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