[Urbanstudy] PUKAR Youth Fellowship Invites Applications for 2007 - 08

[Aditya Pant]

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From: Aditya Pant < aditya at pukar.org.in>
Date: Mar 9, 2007 4:55 PM
Subject: Fw [announcements] PUKAR Youth Fellowship
To: adipant at gmail.com



Do you

… live in the Mumbai metropolitan area….

… have curiosity / concerns about your city, your community & your place in
this scheme…

… want to  explore these curiosities and concerns…

… want to have Fun while researching / discovering your city, your locality
and yourself?


*If your answer to all these questions is YES

then PUKAR has an opportunity for YOU!

**PUKAR Youth Fellowship
*

For the Fellowship year 2007-08, we invite you to have a dialogue with us
about the ideas you want to explore, the research you wish to conduct, the
people you would like to collaborate with in developing your project.


For more details, please call us before March 15, 2007.

Vandana   9821520724      Aditya   9820608328

Anita     022-6505-3302    Anupamaa    022-6574-8152


*What is in it for YOU?
*
A unique opportunity to be with like minded young people who are just as

*Interesting, Dynamic and Curious as YOU!
*

*What is PUKAR?
*
*PUKAR:
*
· Is an independent research-action organization

· Provides a forum for cross-disciplinary dialogue about issues of
urbanization and globalization

· Aims at producing new knowledge about the city - issues which impact the
life of its citizens -  through the citizen's contribution

· Uses research as an educational tool

· Opens up the process of research to everyone inside and outside the formal
education system

· Supports collaborative projects which encourage circulation of ideas and
research processes.


*What is the Youth Fellowship programme?
*
The Youth Fellowship programme at PUKAR is looking to assist young people -
through financial, intellectual and material resources - to develop research
projects based on their perspective about their city. Since 2005, working
directly as well as through institutions, we have engaged with youth-led
research projects which have helped about 600 youth in discovering many
interesting things about their locality, their concerns and even themselves.
For the year 2007-08, we are inviting young people based in the city to
approach us for a dialogue about their possible participation in this unique
and innovative programme. Each project receives a research grant of Rs.
60,000 for the duration of the Fellowship year.


*The Fellowship programme aims to:

*· Encourage youth in Mumbai Metropolitan Region to explore social,
cultural, economic and political aspects of their neighborhood

· Help the youth develop critical analysis and new perspectives regarding
their locality and community

· Encourage the idea of questioning established wisdom about city and the
role youth can play in the present and the future of the city

** *Who can apply?
*
1.  Any resident of Metropolitan region of Mumbai. There are no educational
or language qualifications
2.  Any youth group with a creative idea is welcome to approach us to
develop a research project
3.  Anyone connected to the youth in some capacity and willing to develop a
participatory research project
4. *Individuals with an aptitude for participatory research and project idea
but without a youth group may apply  provided  they are able to form a youth
group by the 3rd June, 2007 *.


*Who could be a Youth Group?
*
A youth group is any informal/formal group of young people willing to work
with each other and PUKAR for the duration of one year. A few possible
examples are:

1. Members of sports groups
2. Self employed or unemployed youth in the neighborhood
3. Members of various "mandals"
4. Group of friends who may be interested in a particular theme or a subject
5. Workers from the unorganized sector, from unlettered world.
6. Students from colleges or junior colleges in the communities
7. Youth belonging to a particular organization who are interested in
research

**
*We encourage you to call and meet us to discuss your questions regarding
the programme before March 15, 2007.***


Applications will be accepted till 30th March, 2007.


(Translation of this text is available in Marathi and Hindi)


PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)

Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai
400 001
Telephone:: +91 (22) 6574 8152
Fax:: +91 (22) 6664 0561
Email:: pukar at pukar.org.in
Website:: www.pukar.org.in
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