Website: http://www.youthventureindia.net http://www.genv.net/india
Contact: Vipin Thekkekalathil; Director - Youth Venture India
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Tel: +91 9821 877 975
Adress: 7 Candelar Building, 26 St. John Baptist Road, Bandra (w), Mumbai 400 050

About
Ashoka's Youth Venture is a global movement that inspires, invests, and supports young people to lead social change. They invest in young people, from the age of 15 to 24, to design and lead their own initiatives that create social impact. In creating and launching their “Ventures,” as they form teams and work together, young people learn the important skills of leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship and empathy. They also realize that they are powerful and will continue to take initiative and lead again and again throughout their lives.

Program description
The one year Youth Venture Fellowship incl. three workshops over 3 months. 1. Workshop: Idea Refinement 2. workshop:, World Café, enables peer-to-peer learning 3. workshop buiness planning and budgeting. Following this preparation each team presents their project to a panel of professionals. Based on the panelists feedback the Venturers launchwithf Rs. 5000 Seed funding. Along with the workshops and site visits, each team joins the Community of Changemakers, where teams often gain inspiration and learning from each other. Youth Venture also provides networking, guidance and seed funding of a total of Rs. 10000 (250 $) Youth Venture also provides a professional mentorship program.Towards the end of the fellowship year, Youth Venture connects teams who are interested in continuing their project in touch with other organizations.

Participants
Currently the program is up and running in two locations, Mumbai and Songadh, a tribal village 60 km from Surat, Gujarat. These young people range from the age of 15 to 24, comes from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds.

Applications
Youth Venture is a one year fellowship. The Youth Venture team conducts outreach in colleges and youth organizations calling for applicants. There is a simple application form that needs to be filled out and based on this individuals are invited to attend the first three workshops. There is no any educational qualification or particular background requirement for the young people.