Fellowship: Villgro's Fellowship for engineers who want to create a startup on Waste to Value Stipend 50,000 Per Month

Villgro is inviting applications for BIRAC's SPARSH fellowship under Waste to Value theme. Social Innovation Immersion Program (SIIP), a component of the SPARSH scheme, is BIRAC’s social Innovation fellowship/award program which enables potential entrepreneurs to focus on understanding and addressing the problem of converting waste to value.

Highlights of the Fellowship: - Fully funded fellowship with a monthly stipend of Rs. 50,000 pm (18 months) - Rs. 5 Lakhs mini kick start grant - Immersion into the waste ecosystem including Rural Immersion - Access to a network of Mentors and Investors - Opportunities to seek funding from other programs at Villgro and it's partners   Eligibility: Indian (Must be an Indian Citizen) undergraduate (B.Tech, BE, MBBS) or postgraduate (MSc, MS, M.Tech, MPhil, MD) & Ph.D. below 35 years from fields of life sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Medicine & human biology are eligible to apply. Please note: The SPARSH Fellowship requires the Innovators to work fulltime and cannot be combined with fellowships from other funding organizations. Benefits of applying through Villgro Innovations Foundation: - More than 19 years of experience in incubating entrepreneurs and helping them achieve their goals - Collaborations with various organizations to access all types of waste - Mentors with several decades of on-ground experience. - Access to workspace and prototyping facilities - A huge network of funders and ecosystem partners who can support the Fellows in the next stage Apply Now! Last date for submitting applications: 15th January 2020  (Make sure to choose "Villgro Innovations Foundation" as the SPARSH Centre) Villgro is India's oldest and one of the world's largest social enterprise incubators. Established in 2001, Villgro creates impactful, innovative and successful enterprises in Education, Health, Agribusiness, and Energy. Since 2001, Villgro has supported 300+ social enterprises, that have raised over INR 1270 Million in investments, to create more than 3500 jobs and impact over 20 million lives. Apart from India, Villgro also supports social enterprises in Kenya, the Philippines, and Vietnam.