FULBRIGHTNEHRU-CII FELLOWSHIPS FOR LEADERSHIP IN MANAGEMENT
Fulbright-Nehru-CII Fellowships for leadership in management for the academic year 2010-2011 by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for Indian business managers to attend a specially designed 10-week management programme at the Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business
(TSB), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, from June 1 to August 9, 2010.Fellowship benefits include (i) J-1 visa support (ii)Economy class air tickets from the executive’s home town/city of work in India to Pittsburgh and back;
(iii) tuition fees (iv) Maintenance allowance in the US (v) settling-in allowance (vi) accident and sickness coverage per US government guidelines.
Requirements:
Responsible Indian citizen; a graduate degree; at least five years of managerial experience in an industry; preferably be 45 years of age or under; be in good health; present in India at the time of submitting the application and for the interview; not residing in the US; not applying for or holding permanent residence (green card) in the US; not have been in the US during the past three years on a teaching, research, study or professional assignment for a continuous period of three months or more, at the time of submitting the application; and give an undertaking to return to India on the completion of the fellowship; produce an undertaking from the employer that it would be willing to bear 50% (USD 15800) of the total cost.
To apply: Visit www.usief.org.in/ through relevant links. For more information, contact Amarpreet Kaur, executive, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 249-F, Udyog Vihar Phase IV, Gurgaon 122 015, Haryana (e-mail: amarpreet.kaur@ciionline.org.) or Sudarshan Dash (e-mail: sudarsan@fulbright-india.org). Applications, along with by your curriculum vitae, photocopies of certificates/mark-sheets must be submitted to Amarpreet Kaur at the above address.
Submission: December 15, 2009