Special Awards at the YIF Convocation Ceremony

There are four kinds of special awards given to Fellows at the time of graduation. All but the Scholar Award are nomination-based, where the strength of a nomination matters more than the number of nominations received.

The Torchbearer Award

Given to the Fellow(s) who best embodies/ embody the spirit and ideals of the YIF, as seen by their conduct in all aspects of academic and extra-curricular life at the YIF.

Awardee: Shankar Keshav Prasad

The Spirit Award

Given to the Fellow(s) who has/have gone beyond the call of duty to contribute to different aspects of life at the YIF, through their creativity, energy and unrelenting pursuit to improve the experience of all involved in the programme.

Awardees: Anirudh G. Iyer and Shivanshi Khanna

The Scholar Award

Given to the Fellow(s) who has/have achieved the highest academic rank in the class and shown exceptional commitment to learning.

Awardee: Apala Mandal

This list is provisional as on 28 June 2022

Award for Outstanding Performance in the Experiential Learning Module

Given to the team(s) of Fellows which has/have overcome challenges and exceeded client expectations to achieve extraordinary results in their project work.

Awardees:

ELM Team 7 | Ananya Srivastava, Apala

Mandal, Nihaarika Singh, Saman Waheed and Sivakami Prasanna

Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Ashoka University | Anthology of Trans Narratives

ELM Team 15 | Hari Varshini Murugesan, Katha Ray, Riya Ramkant Baheti, Vaishnavi Gupta and Wangchok Namgail Kaivalya Education Foundation | Content Design and Development for 21st CC Education Leadership