United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF),
Fulbright Commission in India, 12 Hailey Road, New Delhi
110 001, Phone: 011 42090945,
e-mail: sudarsan@usief.org.in
Fulbright-Nehru-CII
Fellowships for Leadership in Management
The United States-India Educational
Foundation (USIEF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announce the
Fulbright-Nehru-CII Fellowships for Leadership in Management for the academic
year 2013-2014. Indian business managers, whose employers would be willing to
bear 50% (US$ 18,850) of the total cost (US$ 37,700), may compete to attend a
specially designed 10-week management program at the Carnegie Mellon
University’s Tepper School of Business, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
USA, from May 22-July 30, 2013. The Tepper School of Business is one of the
world’s premier centers for teaching and research in business management. The
Tepper School of Business faculty members have won wide acclaim, including
eight Nobel Prizes in economics.
THE TEN WEEK PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS
Participation in the four-week Global
Leadership Executive Forum (GLEF), an outstanding general management program
offered by the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Bosch Institute. The
flagship program by which the Carnegie Bosch Institute is known worldwide,
presents, synthesizes, and applies knowledge about the multi-cultural
professional environment in an intensive format. World-class faculty from Asia,
Europe, and the US address key management issues of strategy and leadership
while touching upon topics of broad economic and international scope (see
complete details in next section).
Guided research on the growth of your
organization under the supervision of a Professor - executives conduct study
and produce an independent research paper that identifies challenge areas and
growth prospects of their parent organizations that can be implemented in their
home organizations at the end of their stay in the United States. This project
gives additional focus to class work and independent study while fostering the
application of learning when participants arrive back home.
Technology Workshops: An opportunity to
interact with some of Carnegie Mellon’s many research centers to learn about
such topics as robotics, computer-aided design, wearable computers, the
environmentally sustainable workplace, and others.
Meetings with US manufacturing and industrial
organizations and opportunities to network with business leaders.
Interaction and forums with Carnegie Mellon
Faculty.
Participants are offered other executive
education opportunities in areas such as Business Analytics and Decision
Making, Leadership and Communication, Marketing, Operations and/or Economics.
The opportunity to explore American culture
by attending social, cultural, and sporting events in the Pittsburgh area, and
experiencing life in a unique metropolitan city. In addition, the experience
gives participants membership in the prestigious global Fulbright community,
which has spread in 155 countries around the world.
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE FORUM PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
The anchor of the Fulbright scholars’
ten-week experience at Carnegie Mellon University is their participation in the
four week Global Leadership Executive Forum. The goal of this program is to
improve the management of global corporations by significantly enhancing the
strategic thinking and leadership skills of executives in upper-middle to
senior management. Learning comes from inside as well as outside the classroom
via interactive lectures, case studies, team exercises, and integrated project
work. Participants actively engage with world-class faculty, business leaders.
During the four week Global Leadership Executive Forum, Fulbright Fellows join
other international executives from around the world, who are also being
groomed by their organization’s to progress to more senior and international
leadership roles. Leaders make a personal investment in attending the Global
Leadership Executive Forum in order to increase their organizations impact
through:
Examining and understanding the rapidly
evolving global business environment and how that impacts their organization
Exploring cutting-edge strategy, corporate
performance, and leadership concepts with world-class faculty
Gaining a heightened understanding of the
complexities and value of multi-cultural diversity and how it applies to
leadership in the 21st century
Examining personal leadership styles,
presence and confidence through diverse and demanding experiential activities
supported by feedback and individual coaching
Increasing their ability to identify and
effectively lead change initiatives through aligning internal and external
constituents
Building a powerful professional network with
multi-national peers across a wide range of industries
Global Leadership Executive Forum provides
the foundation for the development of global managers and executives on their
critical path from being the leaders of teams to leading teams, and further on
to leading the organization. The highly interactive program integrates three
focus areas in an international business context:
Managing the Business
Managing Yourself
Managing & Leading Others
The Global Leadership Executive Forum is a
transformational learning experience. It utilizes state-of-the art training
methods, beyond the traditional classroom setting. Program elements include:
Thought-provoking lectures by leading
international faculty
Case studies
Team assignments that require experiential
application of knowledge (“rapid prototyping”)
Small group sessions and workshops
A computer simulation
Applied leadership techniques from the
performing arts
Opportunities for social and multicultural
interaction.
360 degree feedback
Peer-to-peer feedback
Professional coaching catered to their
personal leadership development
Alongside the contents of the program, there
are opportunities for participants to work as part of a multicultural and
cross-functional project team with executives from international companies to
address a current strategic challenge. The Leadership Project is a unique,
signature component of the Global Leadership Executive Forum. These interactive
projects provide the opportunity to utilize the leadership skills and apply the
concepts learned in the classroom to a practical, real world setting. The
projects are challenging and encourage participants to work outside their
comfort zone in order to enhance their personal approach to business and
leadership.
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE FORUM SELECTED TOPICAL AREAS
Global Vision and Strategy – Creating the
Modern Global Enterprise
Global Megatrends
Global Markets and Corporate Performance
Corporate Strategy and Renewable Advantage
Market Leadership and Global Marketing
Strategy
Developing and Communicating a Leadership
Point of View
Star Performers
Multicultural Management
Creating Value in Cultural Diversity
Organizational Culture and Managing Change
Power in Informal Networks – Leading Beyond
Hierarchy
Negotiating and Leadership Communication
Leadership Techniques from Performing Arts
Creative Problem Solving
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The applicant should:
Be a responsible Indian citizen who can
contribute to a full and fair picture of the culture and civilization of India,
and thereby help to promote understanding and friendship between the peoples of
the United States of America and India;
Have a graduate degree;
Have at least five years of managerial
experience in an industry;
Preferably be 45 years of age or under;
Be in good health;
be present in India at the time of submitting
the application and interview. If you will be abroad, please keep us informed;
Not residing in the United States;
Not be applying for or holding permanent
residence (green card) in the United States;
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. In addition, you should not be in the US for a period of three months
or more on a teaching, research or professional assignment during the
application cycle (November 2012 to May 2013); 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% of the total cost. (Applications without this
undertaking will not be considered).
FELLOWSHIP BENEFITS
Direct
J-1 visa support
Round-trip economy class air ticket between
the executive’s home town/city of work in India and Pittsburgh
Tuition fees
Maintenance allowance in the US
Settling-in allowance
Accident and sickness coverage per US
Government guidelines
Indirect
To be a part of the prestigious global
Fulbright Program that operates in more than 155 countries and awards over
8,000 grants to US and foreign nationals annually.
How to Apply
Please contact Dr. Sudarsan Dash, Senior Program Manager,
Indian Program, United States-India Educational Foundation, Fulbright Commission
in India, 12 Hailey Road, New Delhi 110 001, Phone: 011 42090945, e-mail: sudarsan@usief.org.in for any additional information on this
fellowship program. You can also contact Ms. Amarpreet Kaur, Executive,
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 249-F, Udyog Vihar Phase IV, Gurgaon
122 015, Haryana, Phone: 0124 4014060-67, Fax: 0124 4014538, e-mail: amarpreet.kaur@cii.in
Applications, along with your curriculum
vitae; photocopies of certificates/mark-sheets must be submitted to Ms.
Amarpreet Kaur or to Dr. Sudarsan Dash at the above address by November 15, 2012.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EMPLOYERS
Organizations are requested to nominate up to
ten candidates only.
APPLICATION
DUE DATE: November 15, 2012
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