India China Institute Fellows Program

I write on behalf of The India China Institute (ICI), based at The New School, a university located in New York City and at PUKAR, Mumbai. ICI announces its inaugural India China Fellows Program (ICFP) for which we seek applicants who are highly accomplished, innovative and emerging Indian leaders with a minimum of five to fifteen years of established experience in urbanization and globalization.

We are looking for applicants from a wide range of backgrounds such as government officials, academics, researchers, media, artists, private entrepreneurs, non-government organization and civil society professionals, urban planners and architects are encouraged to apply. In early 2006, the India China Institute will select five Fellows each from India and China for a two-year fellowship award. The fellow-select could continue her or his current profession during the period of fellowship.

We would be grateful if you could direct candidates from your own sphere of influence who, you feel, would qualify for this program, to apply for this fellowship.

Applicant must demonstrate that he/she has:

• A significant and established record of achievement, accomplishment and leadership in urbanization and globalization. The applicant must be able to describe an initiative that he or she has implemented within challenging institutional, organizational or social contexts different from his or her field and its impact on other people such as co-workers and team members.
• A strong interest and plan to enhance his/her professional work by engaging with the India China Fellows, scholars, and experts from India, China and the United States.
• A strong interest in participating in collaborative projects focused on India, China and the United States. Each Fellow will be an active and essential participant in an interactive, intellectual, collaborative project that will be innovative and influential. This project may yield, for example, a jointly authored paper, exhibition or creative project.

In addition, applicants must:

• Be a Chinese or Indian citizen living in India and/or China for the previous five years at the time of application.
• Have a minimum of a Masters Degree from an accredited university or professional school. In India, applicants with "equivalent experience" to Masters Degree may apply.
• Commit to participating in each of three India China Fellows workshops, which will be held approximately at six month intervals. The workshops will take place in India, China and the United States.
• Have the ability to travel to India, China and the United States.
• Have a working knowledge of computers and access to the Internet for communication and research purposes on a regular basis
• Be an emerging professional with five to fifteen years of professional experience in urbanization and globalization.

Funding and Support:

1. Fellows will be provided with transportation, housing and living expenses for the three meetings in the United States, India and China
2. Fellows will have access to the New School's faculty, digital library, and research facilities
3. Each Fellow will be provided an e-mail address and access to password protected ICI account (email)
4. Travel insurance will be provided for attending ICI organized activities.

Award:
Each India China Fellows will receive a $10,000 Award for the duration of the twenty-four month fellowship. In order to achieve the goals of the ICI Fellows Program, this award will consist of the Enabling Award of $5000 and the Recognition Award of $5000.

1. The Enabling Award: This award is provided to each Fellow during the first meeting in New York. It should be applied toward advancing a Fellow's research, the collaborative efforts for the project or work during the Fellows Program. Suggestions for the use of the award money may be for the cost of part-time research assistant, to buy a computer or to subscribe journals. Fellows may also choose to apply this Enabling Award to provide for extra time or activities while visiting India, China or the United States.
2. The Recognition Award: Fellows receive the Recognition Award of $5000 after successfully completing the Fellows Program and the collaborative Fellows project.

Please feel free to contact me for any further information at:

India China Fellowship Program
c/o PUKAR
1-4 Kamanwala Chambers,
Sir P.M. Road, Fort,
Mumbai 400 001

Thank you,

Anita Patil-Deshmukh
Senior Advisor, India China Institute
Director, PUKAR