- Applicants should belong to the age group of 18 to 35 years (as on 1st September 2023)
- Should be a resident of India
- Open for individuals, groups of individuals, organizations of profit or non-profit both across India
Important Note
- Early-stage start-ups or NGOs with functioning prototype can participate
- The project must be related to any of the following categories:
- Environment Sustainability
- Renewable Energy
- Carbon Neutrality
- Circular Economy
- Natural Resource Management
- Application of Technology like Robotics / Drone in Social Sector
- An entry must not just be a concept, idea, or mock-up and needs to fulfill the following six requirements:
- Clear target market or audience
- Addressing clear need, problem, or opportunity
- Potential to scale and positively impact people
- Economical and sustainable
- Commercial viability
- Should be a prototype
- The project MUST NOT be an established commercial venture
- A participant also needs to submit the entries describing their work in the form of idea pitch deck and a video that can be uploaded on the website
- Each of the 10 winning projects will be granted an award of INR 1 Lakh.
- A 24-week hybrid mentorship opportunity at the prestigious CIIE.CO, IIM Ahmedabad, to help the winners further develop and scale their solutions.
- Access to Schaeffler India’s network & partners.
- Entry to a fellow community of peers.
- An idea pitch deck in PDF format with size less than 4 MB
- A video (90-120 seconds) describing the ideas/projects
- Aadhaar Card
- Passport size photograph
Eligible candidates can apply for the program through the following steps:
- Click the ‘Apply Now’ button below.
- You will now be redirected to the Schaeffler India Social Innovator Fellowship Program page.
- Read the details carefully and click on ‘Apply Now’ to start the application.
- Fill the required details in the online application form.
- Upload relevant documents, an idea pitch deck and a video describing the ideas/project and answer the questions that have been asked.
- Accept the ‘Terms and Conditions’ and click on ‘Preview’.
- Cross-check application details in ‘preview mode’ and click on the ‘Submit’ button to complete the application process.