The Antara Foundation Fellowship is one of the most rigorous and experiential Fellowship programs in the development sector. This 12-month program attracts some of India’s brightest young professionals. Based on an experiential learning pedagogy, TAF’s Fellowship encourages fellows to engage with previous experience and incorporate it into new observations, which enables them to experiment. This is a unique and immersive experience to work at the grassroots and help improve maternal and child health in rural India
Chandrika Bahadur, our CEO, speaks about the Fellowship Program
An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in any discipline. Masters in Social Welfare (MSW)/Public Health (MPH) would be preferable
Niharika Suresh joined The Antara Foundation in August 2022. She works with Shyam Bahadur, Program Officer, and together they look after the implementation of TAF interventions in Bhimpur block. Niharika has designed a home-delivery framework to understand the key attributes that discourage communities living in Bhimpur block in Betul district from accessing institutional care at the time of delivery. She has mapped the issues into four major factors, i.e. issues of accessibility, affordability, quality of services and community beliefs and practices. She is currently working on understanding how the different factors correlate with one another and contribute to influencing the community’s preferences. “The flexible nature of my role has allowed me to explore the nuances of designing, implementing and evaluating interventions and how to equip myself to deal with never-ending challenges that one encounters on the field.”
Submission of CV/Resume and a Cover Letter
Screening of your application
Panel interview to understand your knowledge, skill sets, and motivation to be a TAF Fellow
Final interview
Participating in the Antara Foundation’s fellowship program is my attempt to develop a field-based thought process…
I moved to Chhindwara, amidst the pandemic, to begin my Fellowship. For the first two weeks, I quarantined. After that, I ventured into the field.
“Methi ki sabzi” (a leafy vegetable commonly eaten in India), Gayatri announced excitedly over the phone when I asked her what she was making for lunch.
With one month having rolled by since I joined The Antara Foundation (TAF), I decided to pen down and reflect on my journey so far. After having traversed for miles to reach the remote edges of the district, hopping,…
Simple advocacy, timely information sharing, and the support of a committed frontline worker was the magic formula to this success story. On a recent visit to village Chougawan in Maheshwar block in rural Khargone (MP), the ASHA Didi Farida Bi – she had a fractured leg,
In rural India, early breastfeeding remains a challenge, with 60% of newborns not breastfed within the first hour. The Antara Foundation’s integrated approach, working with frontline healthcare workers and supervisors, aims to transform maternal and child health outcomes, emphasizing the critical 1000-day period for comprehensive care and empowerment, fostering a healthier future for both mother and child.
