SBI opens Youth for India applications

SBI Foundation has announced the commencement of application process for its flagship programme, SBI Youth for India - batch of 2018-2019. According to a statement from the foundation, it is looking for the youth who wants to work with the communities and look beyond classrooms and cubicles. Youth who are interested in this programme can log on to www.sbiyouthforindia.org to apply.

"Every year the foundation aims to take the fellowship one step further and bring in more youth to work towards the betterment of the community," the statement said."SBI Foundation aims at making SBI Youth for India fellowship a platform for the educated youngsters to use their skills for the benefit of rural communities. With this, we try to create on the ground impact by directly empowering the communities. 

We want more and more youth to participate in the program and contribute towards the development of the society," Mahendra Kumar Rekhi, MD, SBI Foundation said while elaborating the programme's role in connecting empowered youth to develop the backward village.

SBI Youth for India, a flagship programme of SBI Foundation which is recognised as one of the premier rural development fellowships, is a 13-month long fellowship programme that enables India's brightest young minds to work on rural development projects with experienced NGOs. The fellowship offers the best platform in the country to find solutions for rural India's most pressing challenges.