The YIF Application Guide

The YIF Application Guide

Step-by-step instructions towards

completing an online application to the

Young India Fellowship, Class of 2020-21

Application Guide | YIF Class of 2020-21 2

Dear Applicant,

This document aims to support your journey as you apply to the Young India Fellowship (YIF).

It contains a step-by-step walkthrough of the application form, along with important points to

keep in mind. We value and celebrate diversity and encourage all applicants to bring their

authentic selves as they work towards submitting their application. Since each candidate is

unique and also because there is no right answer, we have broad eligibility criteria. To be eligible

to apply for the YIF, you must:

a) Hold a recognized undergraduate or postgraduate degree in any discipline. If you are a

final year undergraduate or postgraduate student, or are a working professional, you

may also apply.

b) Be no more than 28 years of age as on 15th July 2020. In other words, if you are born on

or after 15th July 1992, you may apply.

c) Have a good academic and extra-curricular engagement record and possess strong

communication skills.

What we look for through your application and the interview process, includes but is not limited

to, the following:

a) A clear idea of your journey so far,

b) How the YIF fits into the scheme of things,

c) What have been your successes and failures, how you learnt from them, and,

d) How you plan to utilize the resources at YIF to build your future.

If anything remains unanswered after you go through this document, please reach us on

[email protected].

Our best,

Office of Admissions

Young India Fellowship | Ashoka University


POINTS TO REMEMBER

• A complete application consists of your online application form with following sections:

o Personal and Contact Details

o Academic Details

o Employment Details (Optional)

o Extra-Curricular Activities

o Parents/ Guardian Details

o Essays

o Referee Details

o Survey Details

o Honour Pledge

• All applications must be completed online at apply.ashoka.edu.in.

• Your email address is your username. When you register to create your online

application, record your password in a secure place. You can log in and out of your

application as frequently as you like using your username and password. If necessary,

you can reset your password by clicking the ‘Forgot Password?’ option on the login page.

• You are not required to complete the application in one session. You can re-enter at any

time and edit your application before you submit it. You will have to log out and login

again to resume your application.

• Once you submit your application, you can no longer make changes to it.

• Responses to questions on the application must adhere to established character limits.

• Prepare required documents and save them in a ‘.pdf’ format. To preserve any

formatting and special characters in your documents, it is highly recommended that you

upload them in a ‘.pdf’ format.

• Review the entire application before submitting it. The application should be free of

grammatical and spelling errors.

• Application deadlines (23:59:59 Hours IST on the said date)

o Round 1: 17th November 2019

o Round 2: 2nd February 2020

o Round 3: 31st March 2020


STARTING AND SUBMITTING AN ONLINE APPLICATION

1. To start, go to apply.ashoka.edu.in. You will see the login page as below.

2. You need to click on ‘New Registration’ tab to register yourself in order to generate your

username and password.

NOTE: Use an email address that you will be able to access for at least a year after submitting

your application. This is the email address you will use to login to your application portal.


3. Click on ‘Submit’ after filling in the relevant details. Following message will appear on

your screen.

4. You will receive an email ‘Registration: Ashoka University’ from [email protected]

confirming your registration. It will include your User ID and password. It will also give

you an option to verify your email address. You need to click on that link.

mailto:[email protected]


5. You will receive a message like the one below:

6. Click on the ‘click here’ option to login to your application portal. It will bring you to

following page:


7. You can now use your login credentials (Username and Password) received in the

registration mail to login to your application portal. Once you are logged in, you will see

following page. You can click on ‘Need Help with my App’ (on the left) if you are facing

any difficulties. There are also exhaustive ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ (on the left)

which will help you answer your questions.

8. You need to click on ‘Click here to Start Filling the Application’ under Action. Once you

do that, you will get on to the following page:


9. You are now ready to start filling your application. Click on the section you want to fill.

For example, click on ‘Personal & Contact Details’. You will see the following page to fill

all details:

10. Please enter all the relevant details and attach a recent color passport size photograph

(File size shouldn’t be exceeding 1 MB). If your State/ City is not there in the dropdown

list, you can select ‘Other’ and specify it in the text box. Once you are done, you need to

click on ‘Save and Continue’ to move to the next section.


11. Please enter your ‘Academic Details’ for Class X, Class XII, Graduation and Post

Graduation (if applicable). Kindly note that the CGPA/ grade conversion to percentage

will be according to the conversion parameters of your institution. Once you are done,

click on ‘Save and Continue’. You will see the following page.

12. Please enter your ‘Employment Details’. You can also add your internship experience in

this section. Once you are done, click on ‘Save and Continue’. You will see the following

page.


13. Please enter your ‘Extra Curricular Activities’. These can be activities you have

participated in apart from your academic curriculum. For example, if you studied

engineering and played cricket alongside, then cricket is an extracurricular activity. Once

you are done, click on ‘Save and Continue’. You will see the following page.

14. Please enter your ‘Parents/ Guardian Details’. Once you are done, click on ‘Save and

Continue’. You will see the following page.


15. Please write your ‘Essays’ within the given word limit (300 words) and attach any

supporting documents that would add to your candidature. Once you are done, click on

‘Save and Continue’. You will see the following page.

16. Please enter your ‘Referee Details’ to get your recommendation letter filled. Referee is a

person who has acted as your mentor academically or professionally. Once you are done,

click on ‘Save and Continue’. You will see the following page.


17. Please complete the ‘Survey Details’. Once you are done, click on ‘Save and Continue’.

You will see the following page.

18. Please check the box to take the ‘Honour Pledge’. Once you are done, click on ‘Save and

Continue’. You will see the following page.


19. You need to click on ‘Final Submit’ button to submit your application. You will be

prompted to confirm submitting your application. Click on ‘OK’ to confirm. You will be

able to view your application as follows.

20. Congratulations! You have submitted your application successfully. You will also receive

an email titled ‘YIF: Acknowledgment of application’ confirming the receipt of your

application.


21. If you want to log out and resume your application, log out and go to the login page and

login with your credentials again. You need to click on ‘Complete and submit your

Application Form to be evaluated’ to resume your application. You can only do this

before you have done ‘Final Submit’.

For unanswered queries, please write to [email protected].

All the best with your application!

mailto:[email protected]

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