[Reader-list] India China Fellows

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From:  Anita Patil-Deshmukh < deshmukha at newschool.edu>

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:

1) 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.

2) 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.

3) 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:

1) Be a Chinese or Indian citizen living in India and/or China for the
previous five years at the time of application.

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) Have the ability to travel to India, China and the United States.

5) Have a working knowledge of computers and access to the Internet for
communication and research purposes on a regular basis

6) Be an emerging professional with five to fifteen years of professional
experience in urbanization and globalization.

Funding and Support:

Fellows will be provided with transportation, housing and living expenses
for the three meetings in the United States, India and China

Fellows will have access to the New School's faculty, digital library, and
research facilities

Each Fellow will be provided an e-mail address and access to password
protected ICI account (email)

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.

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.

The Recognition Award: Fellows receive the Recognition Award of $5000
after  successfully completing the Fellows Program and the collaborative
Fellows  project.

I would be deeply grateful if you could guide and direct qualifying
candidates towards this fellowship. The fellowship applications could be
downloaded from the website given bellow.

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
Tel:  91-22- 5605-3302
E: deshmukha at newschool.edu
www.indiachina.newschool.edu.