Indian Administrative Fellowship is an 18-month long impact fellowship that provides a platform for spirited senior professionals to partner with visionary civil servants in strategizing and implementing large-scale government programs that can transform public systems and impact millions.
The first cohort of IAF was launched in 2021 in partnership with the Government of Karnataka with a focus on accelerating pace of technology adoption and innovation in public systems, and creating conducive policy to scale livelihood programs. Hear what the Fellows have to say about their Fellowship journey:
Want to co-steer India’s development agenda? Click here to know what we look for in an ideal Fellow.
An 18 month program to augment capacity of highly motivated, visionary civil servants
with executive talent steering large-scale govt programs of strategic relevance harnessing the power of technology.
Generalists high achievers with experience in leading large-scale transformations with a tech-first approach
Secretary or above in Government institutions
Academic and Knowledge partners
Augmenting intervention delivery through tech first innovation
Identifying systems reforms whitespaces and solving through innovation
Leveraging talent, technology & innovation to strengthen policy formulation & delivery
Augmented reach and efficiency of livelihood centric interventions anchored in technology
Enhanced departmental synergies
Strengthened policy landscape to deliver impact interventions at scale
Fellow’s onboarding | Context setting on administrative landscape & conduct, program design & execution framework | Department specific orientation | Engagement planning | Engagement review & sign off by the Steering Committee
Execution with quarterly reviews with Steering Committee | On-ground visits for a multifaceted understanding of the problem & implementable solutions | Phase based development workshops & mentorship sessions
Consolidating engagement outcomes & learnings | Strongly integrating the program into the department | Impact showcase across channels | Transition to leadership positions in the development sector
CXOs/VPs/GMs of large scale organizations with an avg. work experience of 22+ years working on large scale govt programs of strategic relevance
Senior Secretary or above level officers ensuring program formulation
and execution rigor and oversight
Administrative oversight, stakeholder access and alignment, and conflict resolution; headed by high power steering committee
Dr Krishnan leads a group focused on research and policy outreach in the broad area of regulatory and public economics, including concerns about investor protection and financial sector reforms, land policy and records, public finance and public administration, and law, economics, and justice. He Joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1983 and has served in various field and secretariat positions in India. Trained in economics, finance, and law, Dr Krishnan has chaired or served as a member of several GoI committees. He has taught as a visiting professor at the ISB, at Ashoka University, etc. & he regularly lectures at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie. He has published on a range of public policy issues in books, journals, and the mainstream media. Dr Krishnan holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from St Stephen’s College and an LL.B. degree from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Mysore, and a FPM/Ph.D. in Economics & Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Electronics engineer from IIT Kanpur, MBA from IIM Calcutta and PhD in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University USA, Dr Rajesh Tandon founded Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) in 1982 as a global research and training centre in promoting participatory research & development and accountable governance. Globally recognised civil society leader, Dr Tandon co-founded CIVICUS, Citizens & Governance Programme (Commonwealth), International Forum for Capacity Building of Civil Society. Under his leadership, PRIA conducted first ever studies of the non-profit sector, governance and management of civil society and civil society state relations. He has authored more than 100 books and articles on these themes. Since 2012, Dr Tandon is UNESCO Co-Chair on Social Responsibility in Higher Education, and has served on UGC, UNDP, World Bank and other expert committees of the government. He currently serves as Chairperson of Forum for India’s Development Cooperation, a partnership platform with Ministry of External Affairs, GOI.
Dr. S. S. Meenakshisundaram is a Post Graduate in Mathematics from Loyola College, Madras and holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics from Jamia Milia Islamia National University, New Delhi. During his career in the Karnataka cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) he had held a number of assignments including Deputy Commissioner of Tumkur and Bangalore districts, Director of Sericulture, Managing Director of Karnataka Milk Federation and Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom for one year. Besides several articles and papers on Governance, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, he has also published a book on "Decentralization in Developing Countries" during 1994. His second book on Empowerment of rural women was published in 2017. After working as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Karnataka and Joint Secretary to three Prime Ministers of India, he served as an Adviser in the Planning Commission and Secretary in the Ministries of Rural Development and Disinvestment Govt. of India. He was also the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Board, Karnataka during 2007-08. Currently he is the Chairman of MYRADA, a voluntary organization in the field of building people's institutions for development and a Visiting Professor at Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Gandhigram Rural University and National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. He is also the Chairman of the India Wash Forum and a member of the Karnataka State Policy and Planning Commission and the Academic Council for the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Gadag.
Ms. Jayashree Raghunandan is a 1987 batch IAS officer (retd) of the Tamil Nadu Cadre who has led diverse interventions at the State level, prominent being in Planning & Development Department, Women's Development, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj (Training), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and National Rural Health Mission. She also served as the Chair of the Expert Group on Localising SDGs in PRIs, a Ministry of Panchayati Raj initiative. She is also the Chair of the Committee for developing a Panchayat Development Index of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. She holds a Bachelor's in Commerce and a Master's in Business Administration.
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