Aspire Action Trust

For graduates, undergraduates, and professionals under 30, Research in Impact Science & Economy (RISE) offers an experiential learning program with six proficiency levels. Successful scholars can receive a modest grant of INR 100,000. Building 21st-century Impact Science skills in the nascent Impact Economy is the program's goal. RISE is a paid fellowship or internship that allows you to collaborate on innovative global initiatives with the most prominent specialists in the world. Gaining certification in various levels of Impact competence while working on real-world initiatives will help our RISE Fellows land greater impact positions. To ensure one-on-one mentoring, each cohort will consist of only five to nine people and will begin and terminate at the start of each six months.

The biennial program offers the option to expand your commitment up to 1000 hours, with a minimum of 100 hours required to be finished in six months. An INR 100,000 scholarship is awarded for completing at least 1000 hours during the six months. A lifetime alumni membership in the RISE program is granted upon successful completion of 100 hours or more, and numerous other perks, such as a completion certificate, LinkedIn endorsement, recommendation letter, and reference help, become available.

The awards are presented to three young people under 30 who have accomplished amazing things in sports, the arts, entertainment, academia, or civic society every year since 2009. Each recipient of the prize will receive a monetary scholarship worth INR 1 Lac. Trailblazers and national heroes from lowly origins are among our young achievers, frequently before they reach their best! Beginning in 2020, the prizes will only be given out during the yearly Aspire Circle event to young, gifted people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

From 2008 to 2013, we helped badminton sensation Saina Nehwal go from the World's Top 50 to the Top 5. In 2015, she rose to the top of the world rankings. Before climbing Mount Everest in 2013, Arunima Sinha, an amputee mountaineer, took home the prize in 2012. Before being named India's hockey captain in 2018, Rani Rampal, a mainstay in women's hockey, took home the honour in 2013. Indian heptathlete Swapna Burman took home the trophy in 2017 and went on to win the gold medal in the Asian Games heptathlon in 2018.