journey so far& roadmap

visiona conscious society conducive to fulfilling

the highest human aspirations

mission• support aspiring change agents to build careers in

various streams of public life through VIF Fellowships

• develop appropriate institutions and systems which enable the integral development of the Nation

journey so far...

Nov 2014

launched at IIT

Delhi by Shri

Suresh Prabhu

Mar 2015

conducted Google Hangouts

with Dr Harish Hande (co-

founder SELCO) and Vinod

Rai (former CAG) to increase

campus outreach

May 2015

15 interns start work

in 8 projects across

6 states of India

Jul 2015

launch of Samvaad

mobile application

(beta version)

Jan 2015

built a strong and diverse

advisory board, mentor

panel and executive team

consisting of IIT alumni

and faculty members.

Apr 2015

partnered with Indian School

of Business and Andhra

Pradesh Govt for Public

Policy Bootcamp

Jul 2015

bootcamp concluded with

great appreciation from

speakers and delegates

Sep 2015

co-published ‘I, the

Citizen’, authored by Dr

R Balasubramaniam

launchNovember 2014, IIT Delhi

VIF was launched through a day-long Policy Workshop at IIT Delhi

Attended by 250 students and graduates from over 15 different institutes

Shri Suresh Prabhu launched VIF and the summer internships

launch

team• conceived by a group of IIT alumni and faculty

• now consists of visionary & experienced advisors, young & dynamic executives

advisors

Dr R Balasubramaniam

Founder Grassroots Research And Advocacy Movement,

Visiting Professor at Cornell University,MPA Harvard University

Dr Ashish Gupta

Co-founder Helion Venture Partners,Kauffman Fellow,

PhD Stanford University,B.Tech IIT Kanpur (Gold Medalist)

Dr Armin Rosencranz

Former Trustee Stanford University,PhD Stanford University,JD Stanford University

Dr Satish Modh

Director, VES Institute of Management Studies and Research,

PhD University of Mumbai,ME, MFM, LLB

Dr Anand Bulusu

Faculty Member at IIT Roorkee,PhD IIT Bombay

Dr Nomesh Bolia

Faculty member at IIT Delhi,B.Tech IIT Bombay

mentors

Mukesh Gulati

Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters

MBA IIM Lucknow

Dr Mahesh Gupta

Founding Chairman HEAL-IN Institute of Medical Sciences

Co-Founder Must & More Diagnostic Centers

Founder Satyakiran Healthcare

Dr Parag Singla

Faculty Member at IIT Delhi

PhD University of Washington

B.Tech IIT Bombay

Kamal Narang

Head, Banking and Lending Global Delivery, Cognizant Technology Solutions

Entrepreneur, Advisor and Consultant

MBA Indian School of Business

Dr Anurag Tripathi

Faculty Member at IIT Kanpur

PhD IIT Bombay

B.Tech IIT Bombay

Manish Kumar

Co-founder Farms n Farmers

M.Sc. IIT Kharagpur

Dr Ram Manohar Singh

Faculty Member at IIT Roorkee

PhD IIT Bombay

Anil Khandelwal

Business Advisor & Entrepreneur

Chartered Accountant

mentors

executives

Shobhit Mathur

MBA (Public Policy, Strategy and Leadership) Indian School of Business

M.S. University of Washington

B.Tech IIT Bombay

Sahil Aggarwal

M.A. (Diplomacy) Jindal Global University

B.Tech IIT Delhi

Aman Gupta

M.A. (Public Policy) Jindal Global University

B.Tech IIT Delhi

Ajaey Sharma

M.Tech IIT Roorkee

B.Tech IIT Roorke

ambassadors

We are represented by campus ambassadors in 20+ premier institutes in India and USA.

Some of these institutes are:

IIT Delhi

IIT Kanpur

NLU Bangalore

Columbia University

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Delhi School of Economics

IIM Ahmedabad

IIT BHU

IIT Roorkee

IIT Guwahati

Azim Premji University

University of Illinois (UC)

Ohio State University

IIT Bombay

Ashoka University

IIT Kharagpur

Georgia Tech

Jindal Global University

University of Southern California

NLU Raipur

fellowships

education

innovation

publication

local self-governance

executive assistance

engagement with ministries

work structure

nation-building

change agents

publications

researchtechnology

training

build

used by

createsundergo

do

influence

resu

lts in

input

curriculum

develop thought+

create systems+

sustain change

work ecosystem

fellowshipsfor the best and brightest to become a part of the modern nation-building movement

fellowships

3 year full-time program

• focused on career development through close mentoring• exposure to field work, research, public leadership• complimented by regular training and financial support

1. Urban and Rural Local Self Governance

2. Executive Assistance to Elected Representatives

3. Research, Analysis and Development in a Ministry

4. Academic Research in Policy and Public Affairs

4 tracks to choose from

internships

15 interns worked on 8 projects in 6 different states

partnered with state governments, elected representatives, academicians and grassroots organizations to work on high-impact projects

summer internships 2015

internships

digital classroom pilot project with district administration, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh

internships

energy audit for a tribal village cluster, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

internships

e-governance products for Karnataka Government, Bangalore, Karnataka

internships

Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY), Satna, Madhya Pradesh

bootcampfirst-of-its-kind program in policy

and governance

education

bootcamp

150 young delegates selected through a rigorous application process from the best universities in the country and the world

21 days of comprehensive training through workshops, seminars, field visits and discussions

interactions with policy makers like cabinet ministers, politicians, academicians, bureaucrats

Policy BootCamp 2015

bootcamp

delegates from top institutes like IITs, NLUs, Yale, LSE, BITS, DU etc.

bootcamp

Vinod Rai, Former CAG of India

After I have been exposed to the idea of VIF and after I have interacted with the participants, I am very impressed because it has participation of those people in the society who have right amount of education and exposure.

P D Rai, Member of Parliament from Sikkim

This I think is an exemplary effort in changing the mindsets of young people about public policy making and policy makers. Questions flowing from the audience were of very high quality. I think it also shows how well they have taken the entire program which is now in its 15th Day.

Dr Prajapati Trivedi, Former Secretary, Performance Management, Government of India

I found extraordinary students and I look forward to interact with them. This is a fantastic idea and we must make more use of it. I intend to take this out to the government and tell them about the resource that exists in the form of young public policy enthusiasts and we must make better use of these people.

Dilip Chenoy, CEO, National Skill Development Corporation

What got me thinking differently was the use of technology for asking questions on Whatsapp in the hand of the speaker, which was at-least first time for me, but even more than that was the type and nature of questions that came across, the variety of subjects and issues they touched.

as they see it...

samvaaddeepening democracy through technology

innovation

samvaad

• enables interaction between citizens and elected representatives on local issues

• citizens can rate the performance of the representative on parameters like safety, water, health etc. and can raise issues and suggestions

• representatives can monitor the issues and reply to the concerns of the citizens

• can be exetended for government schemes and services like Jan Dhan Yojana, public schools, hospitals etc.

samvaad mobile application

samvaad

the application has been launched for Municipal Corporation of Delhi

publications

research and publications

first book titled I, the citizen being published in August 2015 in partnership with GRAAM

written by Dr R Balasubramaniam with a foreword by Justice Venkatachaliah

upcoming projects

upcoming educational programs

• 10 day trip across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi and Haryana

• 40 selected candidates gain exposure to best working government projects across these states

• at the end of the trip, a compendium of these best practices is compiled

December 2015

good governance yatra

• 2 week residential programme focusing on impact evaluation and data backed policy strategizing

• being conducted at Mysore in partnership with Cornell University and GRAAM

May 2016

policy research camp

upcoming products

Find My Scheme

• an aggregator that lists all government schemes available to an individual• citizens enter information like gender, age, caste, religion, location

• aggregator finds out all the applicable schemes and tells how to apply

eYojak - Constituency Management Suite

• a technology aid for elected representatives to manage constituency affairs• handle communications through social media, manage calendar

• allocate resources (HR, funds) and monitor the progress

upcoming technology products

upcoming publications

public policy - a citizen’s guide

• a beginner’s guide to understand how policy and governance function in India• planned for release in December 2015

best practices in governance

• a compendium of best practices observed in governance across the world• to be published annually from 2016

partners

GRAAM

partnerships built so far

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