IIM-Vizag begins Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme

Under Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship, 75 fellows from 14 different states will be trained by IIM-Vizag, who will be deputed to 75 districts in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Visakhapatnam has begun the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme. MGNF offered by IM-V is a two-year long fellowship that creates opportunities for young individuals to contribute to enhancing skill development at the grassroots. Under Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship, 75 fellows from 14 different states will be trained by IIM-Vizag, who will be deputed to 75 districts in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar. Two weeks of rigorous classroom training will be given to these fellows as a part of their first of the academic modules (AMs). Post the training, they will get deputed to their allocated districts across the aforementioned three states for their four-month-long district immersion module (DIMs). During the two years of their stint at IIM-V, the fellows will undergo four AMs and six DIMs in total.

According to TOI, the two-year Fellowship seeks to combine classroom sessions with an intensive field immersion at the district level to create credible plans, said TOI. The programme is expected to identify barriers in raising employment, economic output, and promoting livelihoods in rural areas.

Union education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the programme across nine IIMs of the country. He exhorted the Fellows of the Program to play a catalytic role in strengthening the skill ecosystem at the grassroots level. IIM-Vizag director professor M Chandrasekhar said that the Fellows will be awarded Certificate in Public Policy and Management by IIM-V upon successful completion of the programme.

The professor further highlighted how the Fellows could play a gainful and productive role as enablers of skilling and how they could realise their career aspirations with the support of IIM Visakhapatnam.

During the course of their training, the Fellows will work under the close supervision of state skill development missions and will spend time and effort in understanding skilling challenges and gaps in the district. The Fellows are expected to enrich skilling programmes by bringing in fresh thinking to local planning, execution, community interaction and outcome management, TOI said.

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