Applications are open for the Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence 2024\/2025. The Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence is the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\u2019s flagship fellowship for India and has run for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
The fellowship is aimed at young high-flyers and mid-career professionals from diverse backgrounds with strong and demonstrable leadership potential. The fellowship addresses issues faced by leaders in all fields and explores changing ideas and practices of leadership, looking at the implications of globalisation for Indian leaders. The fellowship is hosted by the University of Oxford within the Department of Politics and International Relations. The fellowship is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.<\/p>\n
Programme Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n The 12-week Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence at the University of Oxford starts from the premise that as an economic powerhouse of the global economy, a growing leader in science and technology, and the world\u2019s largest democracy, India is in a pivotal position to drive forward an effective and legitimate institutional international order to meet the emerging challenges to global integration.<\/p>\n Every year twelve selected Gurukul Fellows will be offered an intensive, twelve-week residential course at the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) at the University of Oxford to study and address these challenges through three fundamental and interlocking components focusing on<\/p>\n academic understanding, policy relevance and personal development.<\/p>\n This innovative programme will familiarise India\u2019s future leaders with an understanding of the contemporary opportunities and challenges of global integration, the leadership skills to play a leading role in meeting them, and the knowledge to translate this into policy and practice.<\/p>\n Gurukul Fellows will be exposed to current issues and themes impacting global leadership, including:<\/p>\n The Gurukul Fellowship runs from mid-September \u2013 November each year. The course includes numerous site visits in the UK and a varied cultural programme designed to integrate Gurukul Fellows into the academic and cultural life of the University and Department. Throughout the programme, fellows will develop, research and present a public policy plan while building their professional networks.<\/p>\n Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n Each fellowship includes:<\/p>\n Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n To be eligible for the Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence you must:<\/p>\n Application<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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