The King’s College london has announced the start of the 2015 Chevening Gurukul Programme for leadership and Excellence. 14 Gurukul Fellows will undergo an intensive 12-week residential course at King’s College london, where the programme has been hosted at the King’s India Institute since 2014. The programme addresses issues faced by leaders in all fields, by analysing changing ideas and practices of leadership, and exploring implications of globalisation for Indian leaders. This programme is the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s flagship fellowship scheme for India and has been running for nearly 30 years.
The programme is designed to familiarise future leaders with best practice case-studies of leadership in the fields of Government, innovation, health, and industry in the UK, through a variety of standard and heterodox methods, ranging from seminars, role-playing scenarios, and site visits.
The course faculty comprises of academics from King’s College london and beyond, leading professionals and practitioners from diverse sectors of the industry and policy leaders. The course includes numerous site visits, including study trips to Geneva, Belfast and Paris, where fellows will interact with representatives of United Nations, World Trade Organisation and delegates of the upcoming COP21 negotiations. More information about the selected 2015 fellows can be found on the web pages of the King’s India Institute.