Cargill Global Scholars Program

About The Organization:

Cargill connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive. The organization promotes the social well-being of the communities we serve through long-term solutions to reduce hunger, improve education and protect the environment. The Cargill Global Scholars Program is administered by the Institute of International Education on behalf of Cargill. Founded in 1919, IIE is one of the most experienced not-for-profit organizations in the field of education and scholarship management, and has worked extensively in areas of leadership.

About The Fellowship:

The Cargill Global Scholars Program is a distinctive, two-year leadership development program that provides financial support, in addition to leadership development training and one-on-one mentoring. The purpose of the Cargill Global Scholars Program is to build a global network of future leaders who will one day make important contributions to advance business, agriculture and food security. Cargill Global Scholars are students who demonstrate exemplary academic achievements, leadership potential and study in food, agriculture and risk management. Ten (10) scholarships will be awarded in the 2018-2019 academic year.

Benefits:

• Receive an annual scholarship award of $2,500 USD for up to two years, to help off-set any academic related expenses.
• Participate in a fully-funded three day leadership seminar during the first year of the program designed to enhance the scholars’ leadership skills ensuring that each participant’s full potential to effect change is reached at the culmination of the program.
• Participate in a fully funded Global Leadership Seminar to be held at one of Cargill’s global locations during the second year of the program. This activity will bring together all of the Cargill Global Scholars from each cohort from across all of the program countries for a week-long seminar that will involve a series of experiential learning enrichment activities coupled with networking opportunities with Cargill executives.
• Be paired with a Cargill leader who will serve as a mentor. The Cargill mentors will help the scholars identify short and long term academic and professional goals and will assist in reaching these goals through networking, face-to-face meetings and regular email and phone communication.
• Become a member of the Cargill Global Scholars alumni community.

Eligibility:

• Citizen or permanent resident of India
• Enrolment in one of the participating universities/institutes, which include: Delhi Technological University, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ,Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
• Second year undergraduate (UG) student (in any of the above-mentioned participating universities/institutes only)Demonstrate leadership potential
• Demonstrate high academic performance

How To Apply:

The application must be completed in full and submitted by the deadline. In addition to your application, the supporting documents that must be attached include:

• High school (class 12) marksheet (official copy)
• University/Institute transcript (official copy, for both first and second semester)
• Two letters of reference (online form provided)
• Curriculum Vitae/Resume

In order to get started with the application, you will first need to register online and create a login by following the link.

Application Deadline - March 5, 2019 at 23:59 India Standard Time.

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