This was a fellowship programme to promote newer, younger persons to pursue socio-economic development work with an empowerment perspective.
Objectives:
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A Fellowship programme to promote newer, younger persons to pursue socio-economic development work with an empowerment perspective.
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The programme offered financial assistance to selected Fellows in order to support their developmental efforts, along with relevant capacity building inputs to help them evolve into autonomous and sustainable voluntary organisations.
Geographical Spread:
The MIND fellowship programme was implemented in 5 states namely, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand
Key areas / components:
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Promoting community based empowerment
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Focus on promotion of local governance issue
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Mandatory thrust on covering a minimum number of women, dalits and tribals
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Non-insistence on the formation of CSOs by fellows
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Two categories of fellows to be supported – citizen leaders and civil society groups
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Pre-fellowship preparation intervention
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No funds for honorarium or salary of the fellows
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Training inputs based on experiential reality of the groups
Key outputs:
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Trained individuals to pursue socio-economic development which leads to citizen empowerment.
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Cross-cultural exposure and perspective building.
Year/Period:
1995-2000 (Phase I: 1995 – 1997; Phase II: 1997 – 2000)
