Start your career with impact.

You and your goals

• You’re passionate about applying your education to empower women, end poverty and create access to clean energy
• You seek personal development
• You’re curious about social enterprise
• You want to meet like-minded people

We look for go getters who are driven by a sense of purpose and and seek action to make the world a better place.

Your impact
You’ll refine, test and evaluate projects that have a direct impact on the future of people living in neglected communities.

Examples projects include:

• Conducting community surveys and market analyses to evaluate impact
• Developing approaches to identify, train and support women entrepreneurs
• Mapping communities and collecting customer data through interviews

Your involvement in a Student Fellowship Program is essential to building our capacity and sharing knowledge with our team, women entrepreneurs and customers.

Program structure
You’ll become a part of the social businesses, Asha Kiran or Kalpavriksha, gaining a practical understanding of the entrepreneurial approach to community development, an appreciation for involving the end user in design and change, and tools to help you initiate and lead game changing ideas in your studies and future.

The program involves 3-4 weeks at one of our offices, including time interacting with our customers and women entrepreneurs to understand their challenges and needs.

You will be:

• Part of a high performing group of 16 to 20 participants
• Working in teams of 3 to 4 on strategic projects
• Joining people from diverse areas of study
• Collaborating across cultures with your peers and our team
• Spending 50% of your time in communities to understand women entrepreneur and customer needs

Project objectives are determined closer to the program dates to match your skills and our needs as a dynamic social enterprise.

Student Fellowship Program fee and inclusions

A$3,000 includes:

• Program facilitation
• All program related ground transport costs
• Public liability insurance
• All accommodation in India or Nepa
• Two meals covered per day and social outing

The fee does not include flights, visa costs, personal travel insurance or personal spending.

If you’re not attending as part of a program covered by your university, you can fundraise the A$3,000, using Pollinate Group’s charitable status. There is a non-refundable deposit of A$300 to secure your place on a specific program. The fundraising target must be met two weeks prior to arrival in India or Nepal.