Summary:
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) SBI Youth for India is a pioneering rural development fellowship program initiated by SBI in 2011 and managed by the SBI Foundation.
The fellowship has provided a platform for over 500+ aspiring change agents to explore the social sector, with over 70% of them pursuing meaningful careers in the development space upon completing the 13-month fellowship program.
The inaugural ceremony for the August Cohort of the 10th Batch of SBI Youth for India Fellows was Co-hosted by DHAN Foundation on 8th August 2022 at The DHAN Academy, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
The Orientation Program is a 10-day workshop for familiarizing the new cohort with the development sector, rural work culture and preparing them for the fellowship journey.
The cohort gets introduced to the fellowship, understands rural India and its complexities through simulation experiences like the Naranpur Express - devised by IRMA, and learns from experts how to work and live with rural communities.
Shri Dinesh Khara, Chairman, SBI, welcomed the 10th batch of SBI Youth for India Fellows through a video message and conveyed his good wishes to them for a successful fellowship journey.
Dr.
Ramaswami Balasubramaniam, Founder of Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement, a public policy think tank, and Member-HR Capacity Building Commission (CBC), Govt.
of India, was the special guest of the event.