Young Leaders in Tech Policy
Young Leaders in Tech Policy
Engineering a better digital future for India
We support the next generation of Tech Policy thought leaders in India who can collaborate with independent organizations and inform policies for a people centric digital future.
Do you seek to be a policy or business leader who grapples with the bigger questions on tech? The Young Leaders in Tech Policy Fellowship is a great opportunity for you.
YLT Fellowship is a two-year, full-time, immersive, and paid fellowship that sets you up to tackle the biggest issues in tech. Prepare for your application by building your innovation proposal based on one of these tech prompts.
Applications for cohort 2021 are now open
About The Program
About The Program
The world is at the brink of a technological revolution, and India is at the forefront. Technology has fundamentally reshaped how we interact with governments, businesses, and each other. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain have evolved from buzzwords to everyday realities. Our lives have improved dramatically, and tech has enabled us to reach and serve more people, within India and globally, than ever before.
This is a brave new world, and risks and challenges such as algorithmic bias, lack of privacy, digital exclusion, cyber crime, misinformation, and online hate speech, have emerged. Unless contained, these issues can unhinge all the benefits of technology.
Policies and practices to govern technology are being written and re-written now. Choices we make today will determine the trajectory of mankind’s digital future for all times to come. This is why International Innovation Corps and Omidyar Network India are partnering to support the next generation of tech policy thought leaders.
This fellowship aims to recruit people with an engineering or tech education, and support them in becoming prominent leaders who grapple with complex strategic issues about tech. We are looking for the ambitious and the visionaries. Those who don’t want to just code, but learn to lead- as industry leaders, public intellectuals, and techies with the big ideas!
Are you…
Then you are perfect for this fellowship!
Fellowship structure:
Two Year fellowship
Young professionals (engineers) placed with host organisations
Fellows work on policy and implementation
Mentorship by both YLT and host
Be part of an extremely selective cohort, and work with organizations at the forefront of tech policy, as part of a 2 year immersive fellowship at YLT. Explore cutting-edge issues such as AI ethics and data privacy. Be part of UChicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, with multiple exit options: stay in tech policy, join the policy team of a global tech frontrunner, pursue a masters, or return to your sector with new skills.
Be a part of IIC and ON India’s networks, and engage with stakeholders in business, government, media, and civil society. Attend ON India’s start-up events and interact with leading tech stalwarts of India and get access to all UChicago events at their Delhi centre. Get global exposure by travelling to any two international tech policy conferences.
Attend quarterly in-person trainings with sector experts, and receive direct mentorship from leadership of tech policy organizations. Receive handholding support from IIC’s management. Build a public profile as a thought-leader in the space through op-eds, blogs, videos, etc. and present your work to leaders in the sector while growing your network.
Meet the cohort
Meet the cohort
In Collaboration with
In Collaboration with
Omidyar Network India invests in bold entrepreneurs who help create a meaningful life for every Indian, especially the hundreds of millions of Indians in low-income and lower-middle-income populations, ranging from the poorest among us to the existing middle class.
To drive empowerment and social impact at scale, we work with entrepreneurs in the private, non- profit and public sectors who are tackling India’s hardest and most chronic problems. We make equity investments in early stage enterprises and provide grants to non-profits in the areas of Digital Identity, Education, Emerging Tech, Financial Inclusion, Governance & Citizen Engagement, and Property Rights.
Omidyar Network India is part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations and initiatives, supported by philanthropists Pam and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay.