Genpact, a global leader
in digitally-powered business process management and services, today announced
the launch of the Genpact Social Impact Fellowship (GSIF) in partnership with
EdelGive Foundation, the philanthropic division of Edelweiss
Group. Designed as a one-year program to work on high-impact
projects in India, Genpact has hand-picked seven fellows who will bring all
their expertise in process excellence to work with NGOs for generating social
impact.
“GSIF is a game-changing
initiative. Our objective is to build lasting social organizations that can
scale in the communities we are part of globally. Creating sustainable social
impact has always been our focus. We bring our areas of strength and our
capabilities to these social organizations that have a great vision, mission
and passion, and when leveraged with our process expertise and execution
experience sets them up to scale up,” said NV ‘Tiger’ Tyagarajan,
President and CEO, Genpact.
Working in the area of
education with NGOs like Teach for India, Kaivalya Education Foundation and
Udayan Care will be seven fellows, including a senior resource with advanced
quality certification to improve process capability and help design smarter
solutions. They will be deployed on projects ranging from improving
instructional hours in government schools to creating blueprints for scaling up
a scholarship and mentoring program for meritorious but underprivileged girls.
With mentorship from top
leaders all through the journey, fellows will work on the ground to solve for
the respective NGOs’ challenges and increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of their projects. “The ability to make a meaningful impact on the
not-for-profit sector without a dent on your corporate career is what is truly
special about GSIF. We have many examples at Genpact of process expertise
making immense impact on companies. We’re committed to the idea of using our
core competencies as an organization to make a real difference to the social
sector,” said Sasha Sanyal, SVP – Strategy and Lean Digital
Transformation, Genpact.
Having received over a hundred applications
from talented and passionate people belonging to various organizations, the
pilot batch was put together as a collaborative exercise between Genpact and
EdelGive Foundation. “Traditionally, organizations in the social sector have
had to face challenges not only around funding, but also around scaling up and
organization development. The Genpact Social Impact Fellowship was
conceptualized to provide such much needed support by combining the
philanthropic expertise of EdelGive with Genpact’s Lean Six Sigma proficiency,”said
Naghma Mulla, COO, EdelGive Foundation.
The open fellowship
program invites applications from interested people from all backgrounds with a
demonstrated passion for social impact. Genpact aims to develop GSIF into a
successful, scalable program that can serve as a model for many other organizations
wanting to make a lasting difference in the social sector.
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