KARM Fellowship to Support Higher Education for Women in India

Deadline: 1-Dec-22

KARM Trust has launched its Fellowship to empower women school graduates to pursue a college education of choice is the one permanent way to allow each family and thereby, the larger community to achieve an aspirational quality of life.

This larger thought motivates KARM to establish a cohort of Fellows each year who will assist one another in the pursuit of their goals, enabling a meaningful ripple in their communities.

The KARM Fellowship will connect each Fellow to mentors, career counselors and experts, to ensure a wholesome learning experience, thereby enabling brighter professional futures.

The Fellowship will include:

Financial support towards rent for out stationed girls; college and exam fees, laptop, dongle, conveyance and books & stationery allowance for all Fellows
Mentorship to each Fellow through personalized sessions and guidance through the duration of the Fellowship.
Life Skill trainings to enable skill building and positive attitudes
Internships to ensure an informed view of the World of Work
Fifty hours of Community Service for the duration of the Fellowship
A comprehensive English curriculum that runs through the three years focused on writing and speaking better.

Aims

The KARM aims to enable the professional aspirations of future women leaders in their areas of choice.
The KARM Fellowship aspires to foster a community of financially independent, compassionate, driven women who are committed to becoming enablers and change leaders in communities of their choice.

The overarching theme for envisioning KARM Fellowship is Education-to make it valuable, accessible and empowering.

Enabling this vision are the following pillars:

Education – Through a college degree to be earned by pursuing and observing all stipulations of a three-year full-time bachelors’ course from Delhi University/Jamia Millia.
Mentoring- Each Fellow to be paired with a mentor to observe and learn from, and to receive counseling and direction related to career planning, skill acquisition and experiential challenges.
- This will allow for the young Fellow to not only observe and learn from this association by proximity, but also to receive counseling and direction related to individual career planning, skill acquisition, and experiential challenges.
Life Skills- To fulfill aspirational employability related skill gaps and enable motivation and work ethic through KARM Talks, KARM Learning, KARM English and KARM Connect.
Community Service- To help shape a compassionate, grounded and empathetic personality, the KARM Fellowship has woven community service into its very fabric, by mandating 50 hours of work in the community, through the duration of the Fellowship.

Eligibility Criteria

The KARM Fellowship is open to girls currently studying in grade twelve whose combined family income is below 5 Lakhs per annum. Necessary documents to ensure eligibility is mandatory. All documentation will be verified through Home Visits and submission of original income certificates.

Selection Process

KARM will nurture and financially support young girls from Government and aided schools who exhibit drive, ambition and willingness to work hard to achieve their professional aspirations. Selection is based on academic excellence, all-round extra-curricular activities, conviction, awareness and leadership capability. KARM seeks tangible evidence of drive for such candidates through subjective essays and personal interviews. Acceptance to the Fellowship is conditional on securing admission in Delhi University/ Jamia Millia University. Continuance through the Fellowship is conditional on the maintenance of 60% in each semester examination during college.

For more information, visit https://www.karmtrust.org/karmfellowshipProgram.html