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Do you
 
. live in the Mumbai metropolitan area.. 
 
. have curiosity / concerns about your city, your community & your place in this scheme.
 
. want to  explore these curiosities and concerns. 
 
. want to have Fun while researching / discovering your city, your locality and yourself?
 
 
If your answer to all these questions is YES 
 
then PUKAR has an opportunity for YOU!
 
PUKAR Youth Fellowship
  

For the Fellowship year 2007-08, we invite you to have a dialogue with us about the ideas you want to explore, the research you wish to conduct, the people you would like to collaborate with in developing your project.
 
  
For more details, please call us before March 15, 2007. 
 
Vandana   9821520724      Aditya   9820608328
 
Anita     022-6505-3302    Anupamaa    022-6574-8152
   
 
What is in it for YOU?
 
A unique opportunity to be with like minded young people who are just as
 
Interesting, Dynamic and Curious as YOU!
 
  
What is PUKAR?  
 
PUKAR:
 
· Is an independent research-action organization
 
· Provides a forum for cross-disciplinary dialogue about issues of urbanization and globalization
 
· Aims at producing new knowledge about the city - issues which impact the life of its citizens -  through the citizen's contribution
 
· Uses research as an educational tool
 
· Opens up the process of research to everyone inside and outside the formal education system
 
· Supports collaborative projects which encourage circulation of ideas and research processes.
 
 
What is the Youth Fellowship programme?
 
The Youth Fellowship programme at PUKAR is looking to assist young people - through financial, intellectual and material resources - to develop research projects based on their perspective about their city. Since 2005, working directly as well as through institutions, we have engaged with youth-led research projects which have helped about 600 youth in discovering many interesting things about their locality, their concerns and even themselves. For the year 2007-08, we are inviting young people based in the city to approach us for a dialogue about their possible participation in this unique and innovative programme. Each project receives a research grant of Rs. 60,000 for the duration of the Fellowship year.
 
 
The Fellowship programme aims to: 
 
· Encourage youth in Mumbai Metropolitan Region to explore social, cultural, economic and political aspects of their neighborhood
 
· Help the youth develop critical analysis and new perspectives regarding their locality and community
 
· Encourage the idea of questioning established wisdom about city and the role youth can play in the present and the future of the city
 

Who can apply?

1.  Any resident of Metropolitan region of Mumbai. There are no educational or language qualifications
2.  Any youth group with a creative idea is welcome to approach us to develop a research project
3.  Anyone connected to the youth in some capacity and willing to develop a participatory research project
4. Individuals with an aptitude for participatory research and project idea but without a youth group may apply  provided  they are able to form a youth group by the 3rd June, 2007. 
 
 
Who could be a Youth Group?
 
A youth group is any informal/formal group of young people willing to work with each other and PUKAR for the duration of one year. A few possible examples are:  

1. Members of sports groups
2. Self employed or unemployed youth in the neighborhood
3. Members of various "mandals"
4. Group of friends who may be interested in a particular theme or a subject
5. Workers from the unorganized sector, from unlettered world.
6. Students from colleges or junior colleges in the communities
7. Youth belonging to a particular organization who are interested in research
  
We encourage you to call and meet us to discuss your questions regarding the programme before March 15, 2007.

(Translation of this text is available in Marathi)


PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)
 
Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001
Telephone:: +91 (22) 6574 8152 
Fax:: +91 (22) 6664 0561
Email:: pukar at pukar.org.in
Website:: www.pukar.org.in
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