1. Spark India: an award-winning & life-changing leadership journey
Fellows will receive:
A once in a lifetime trip to India (Mumbai, Coimbatore, Pondicherry & Delhi)
Intensive mentorship
World class skills workshops
Site visits to social enterprises, NGOs, incubators and accelerators and schools and college visits
Lifelong membership of the Spark India fellowship
I’ll say a little more about Spark India, our flagship international programme, and also because we’re in India
It’s a leadership programme and a fellowship, over 3 weeks, working with venture partners in Mumbai who set teams of students from across the university a business or organizational challenge

2. Incubators and accelerators
Mentoring
Individual mentoring
Career coaching
Skills workshops
Authentic leadership
Career development
Attention management
Public speaking
Site visits
Social enterprises
Incubators and accelerators
Innovation tours
Colleges and schools
DRINK WATER
It encapsulates our challenge based model because it has 3 layers –
mentoring, both individual and group, including skills workshops on attention management and client communication BREATHE
The challenges itself, which have ranged from launching crowdfunding campaigns, technology trials, social impact research and social media campaigns. One has led to the creation of a chapter of an Indian social enterprise in Southampton! BREATHE
And visits, to social enterprises, incubators like Acumen and Ashoka, and innovation tours in places like Dharavi

3. What we’re looking for Spark India fellows must be:
Committed to self-improvement
Interested in careers in social impact
Open to constructive criticism
Be willing to support other fellows in the cohort
Be open-minded and non-judgmental
Resilient, both physically and emotionally
Empathetic and compassionate
Disciplined
Humble
Self-starters with initiative
DRINK WATER
It encapsulates our challenge based model because it has 3 layers –
mentoring, both individual and group, including skills workshops on attention management and client communication BREATHE
The challenges itself, which have ranged from launching crowdfunding campaigns, technology trials, social impact research and social media campaigns. One has led to the creation of a chapter of an Indian social enterprise in Southampton! BREATHE
And visits, to social enterprises, incubators like Acumen and Ashoka, and innovation tours in places like Dharavi

4. The difference Spark India can make
Spark India fellows have gone on to:
Found successful and award-winning social enterprises
Work for JP Morgan, KPMG and other leading management consultancies
Win competitive scholarships for PhDs in climate change and systems change at Edinburgh and UCL
Enter the Civil Service Fast Stream
Secure highly sought after jobs in engineering for development
DRINK WATER
It encapsulates our challenge based model because it has 3 layers –
mentoring, both individual and group, including skills workshops on attention management and client communication BREATHE
The challenges itself, which have ranged from launching crowdfunding campaigns, technology trials, social impact research and social media campaigns. One has led to the creation of a chapter of an Indian social enterprise in Southampton! BREATHE
And visits, to social enterprises, incubators like Acumen and Ashoka, and innovation tours in places like Dharavi

5. Our programmes have not only given students unique opportunities to apply their discipiinary skills, but have been catalytic and transformative for students careers BREATHE
Charlotte, has gone to found a multi-million pound company, listed as one of Forbes 30 under 30
Andreas has founded a solar energy social enterprise, which is now one of our partners BREATHE
Vivien and Jack have gone on to PhDs in climate change and systems change BREATHE
Feba is working as a water engineer and Chanjot is working in legal justice. They have all gone to become leaders for social impact.

6. Spark India February March April May June July Applications
timeline
Applications
open 8th February: deadline 28th Feb
Flight bookings & logistics
2 week fellowship in India
Crowd-funding challenge
February
March
April
May
June
July
August/September
Interviews and selection (25-30th March)
Pre departure meetings
Crowdfunding challenge
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7. How to apply
Complete the Spark India application form, available from the Social Impact Lab website>Opportunities>Spark India
Submit your application by Thursday 28th February at 5pm, together with an up to date CV by ing it to with the subject line “Spark India 2019”
LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Those successful will be notified of an interview date within two weeks of application (15th March 2019).
Interviews will be held in the last week before the Easter break (25th-30th March)
Successful fellows will be appointed by 5th April 2019.
Please download and read the FAQS on the Spark India page before ing with questions.
*Due to the high volume of applications, we will not be offering feedback on unsuccessful applications at the application stage *
DRINK WATER
It encapsulates our challenge based model because it has 3 layers –
mentoring, both individual and group, including skills workshops on attention management and client communication BREATHE
The challenges itself, which have ranged from launching crowdfunding campaigns, technology trials, social impact research and social media campaigns. One has led to the creation of a chapter of an Indian social enterprise in Southampton! BREATHE
And visits, to social enterprises, incubators like Acumen and Ashoka, and innovation tours in places like Dharavi