The INK, one of the platforms for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and inspiring stories, has invited applications for its prestigious INK Fellows Programme. The fellows initiative provides young change-makers a platform for discovery and exposure, while also equipping them with the mentorship, support, networks and specially designed opportunities necessary to help take their brilliant work to the next level. INK will select 20 young leaders to comprise the class of 2016.Applications are open to individuals aged between 18 and 40 years, from any country and field of work and can be filed by answering an online questionnaire available on the website http://inktalks.com/fellows/apply or by uploading a three-minute video on YouTube and including it in the application form. INK also encourages nominations. Those interested in nominating candidates can access the form at http://inktalks.com/fellows/apply. Shortlisted candidates, who make it to the second stage, will be called upon to provide additional information in support of their application and to be interviewed. Applications to the initial stage will close on April 8, 2016.
Current fellows include Kaushal Dugar, founder of Teabox, an Indian startup that is disrupting the $40 billion global tea industry and was most recently in the news for raising an unidsclosed round of funding from Ratan Tata. Anshulika Dubey, co-founder of Wishberry, India’s first crowd funding platform for creative ideas; Richa Singh, co-founder of Your D.O.S.T, an emotional support network for people to anonymously discuss their problems with qualified and experienced individuals; and Nina Tandon, CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, the world’s first company growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction.