“You get your hands on something, there’s no unlearning or becoming less good at something. It only becomes a journey of self-growth and self-development; you just get better with time.”
Goonj Fellowship
The Goonj Fellowship is our way of engaging with the youth in a deeper way. We are looking for people who are done looking around and are ready to do something. This Fellowship is about engaging with some real life challenges, tasks and timelines, to give you hands on experience and immersion into urban and rural India’s realities and a precursor for your own action plan at the end of the Fellowship.
The 1-year Fellowship
is an immersion experience for young graduates and professionals to understand the practical aspects of working on issues and an opportunity to observe the realities of India first-hand.
The Fellowship involves…
1
Engaging you in an ambitious pan India urban campaign involving strategic thinking, logistics, communication, people handling and managerial responsibilities.
2
Planning and executing time-bound ideas and projects addressing an urban/rural problem, supported by Goonj.
3
Chart out an action plan for yourself (post fellowship) in consultation with some industry mentors, guiding you through the process.
Some insights into Fellowship
- It gives you a chance to work on innovative ideas and execute them pan-India.
- You get hands on experience connecting with Goonj’s ongoing/planned campaigns in collaboration with its internal stakeholders and contributors.
- You work with Goonj’s experienced rural and urban implementation teams on the last mile challenges and grassroots problems and solutions.
- You create your own action plan within the social sector under the mentorship of an expert panel.
- You connect with inspiring social entrepreneurs and interact with Magsaysay Awardee and Goonj Founder Mr. Anshu Gupta.
Applications for the session 2019 – 20 are closed now !!
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Current batch (2019 – 20)
Akanksha 
Akho 
Akilesh 
Arpita
Atul 
Himanshu 
Kaikho 
Krishna 
Kritika 
Mying 
Nabhas 
Neena 
Prakash 
Ravi 
Sapna 
Shagufta 
Spandana
Fellows speaks
“ I think one of the key learning for me here was actually a bit of ‘unlearning’ .”
Aditi
Goonj Fellow, 2018 -19
“Whenever I think this thing will be difficult for me I can’t do it, I don’t know from where some positive vibes comes and tell just give a try and then it starts happening and I do it.”
Sonu
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“It is always great working for Human feelings than for a distinctive target.”
Vinoth
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“There are so many issues and conflicts happening all around. Simply thinking about that will not help. Solving one problem is 100 times better then just sitting and contemplating on 99! ”
Shubhangi
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“Every day has been a surprise, with something new to learn, something new to experience and something new to explore within and outside myself ”
Annapoorna
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“मै मुंबई में कभी भी काम नहीं करना चाहता था, लेकिन मुझे अर्बन टास्क के लिए मुंबई ही मिला, मन तो नहीं था लेकिन मैंने एक्सेप्ट कर लिया, जहाँ का रहनसहन मुझे बिलकुल भी पसंद नहीं हे वहां में आज दो महीने में ख़ुशी से रह पाया हु… मेरे लिए सबसे imp बात हे। इसके पीछे बहुत कारन भी हे, जैसे की जैसे आये हे काम पे लगे हे। पहिला महीना तो ये सोचने के लिए भी टाइम नहीं था की मेरी नापसंद जगह पे में रह रहा हु। पता नहीं था क्या कर रहे थे, सिर्फ काम करते रहते थे।”
Rohit
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“I came to realize that I function on my emotions. And it comes from inside it doesn’t depend on the outer world.”
Vivek
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“शुरुवाती के दौर मे मै किसी कॉल करने मे या किसी से बातचित करने में डरता था। मुझे अच्छी इंग्लिश नही आती यह सोचकर पिछे रहता था। पर इस बात को मैने बदला। मै लोगो से बात करने लगा। पहले तो डर लगता था। पर बाद में काफी सारा बदलाव आया। अब मै अच्छा कम्युनिकेशन कर सकता हू। डर ने से बेहतर है आप बात करो। गलती होगी पर आप सिख जावोगे यही मैने इस दो महिनो मे सिखा।”
Rahul
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“Sometimes things don’t work as per plan, then we have to accept it and move forward, but shouldn’t think of it and waste the time…”
Navya
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“Unlearning to learn – Letting go of predicaments and prejudices about people and environments as you meet quite many people who are of a whole different lot than those that you’ve known…”
Akhil
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“Reality is different , on paper everything seems doable but when I actually started doing tasks understood the reality.”
Harsha
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“ I learnt to prioritize my tasks and modify my plans according to the scenario.”
Revathi
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“Take risks sometimes you might fail but that failure will teach you something.”
Annu
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination”
Anisha
Goonj Fellow, 2018-19
Gallery
Vinoth taking school to school session in Chennai 
Akhil and Revathi in conversation with villagers in Andhra Pradesh 
Aditi in the fields of Rajasthan 
Navya in the fields of Maharashtra
Rahul in conversation with children in the fields of Assam 
Anisha having school to school activities in fields of Tamilnadu 
Revathi at a GBG stall in Hyderabad 
Akhil taking session in Hyderabad 
Rohit having meeting in Chhattisgarh 
Samim at GBG stall in Bangalore 
Annapoorna in the fields of Kerala 
Samim having conversation on Menstruation in Karnataka 
Annu having meeting in Uttarakhand 
Shubhangi having school to school activities in Karnataka 
Navya during GBG stall in Mumbai 
Harsha taking NJPC session in West Bengal
