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Fellowship for engineering students

February 27, 2008 12:32 IST
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What: The Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI) announces a fellowship programme to connect the best engineering talent to credible social enterprises that drive market-based solutions to development in India.

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~ The E4SI will select 5 candidates from BITS Pilani, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, NITK Surathkal, NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal and NSIT.

~ These slected applicants will be connected to five credible social enterprises that drive market-based solutions to development in India.

~ E4SI provides an opportunity for current undergraduate students to do a summer internship at a social enterprise, gain understanding and make an impact.

~ In addition, Fellows will join a select cohort of outstanding young leaders committed to social impact and build valuable relationships with leaders in the development sector.

~ Applications (curriculum vitae and essays) must be submitted on or before March 2, 2008.

~ Ideal E4SI applicants are students with a demonstrated interest in entrepreneurship and development through enterprise. Applications instructions are detailed at www.e4si.org/apply.

About E4SI
E4SI partners for-profit social enterprises (founded by alumni from schools such as Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD and IIT) are leaders in the sectors of education, energy, health and microfinance. They include iDiscoveri, Intellecap, SELCO India, Ujjivan and Vaatsalya.

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