Fellows

If you are a young Indian changemaker and want to take time out to learn, explore, and refresh your plans, then The Goa School is for you.

The next five-day contact program will be from 24-28 January 2024, followed by a year of mentorship (at your home location, either in person or online).

What’s in it for a Fellow?

  • Meet someone from another walk of life, or even another part of the globe. Borrow their brain. Get their advice.
  • Benefit from the thoughts and ideas of several handpicked mentors to help you along your own path – one of whom will be your dedicated mentor for an entire year. 
  • Learn a new skill. Make plans. Reflect upon your life, and who you want to be.
  • Grow your network. Make friends. Build supportive, sustainable communities.
  • Become a Fellow of The Goa School. Get a certificate or a recommendation for a future job or passion project. Showcase your projects. 
  • Learn in a beautiful environment. Experience Goa — or another beautiful Indian location when The Goa School program is held offsite. 

What qualifies you to become a Fellow at The Goa School?

Madhuri Dass Woudenberg is Founder-Director of The Goa School. Here she talks about what qualifies you to become a Fellow at The Goa School.

This is roughly how things will go if you are interested….

  • You apply to become a Fellow at The Goa School by filling out this form. You are probably aged 21-29 years (although if a little older, we don’t care so much).
  • You will need to pay for your own travel and accommodation, or secure sponsorship. The Goa School will make a few sponsored seats available for each program. See the application form for more details.
  • Sit tight till you hear from us on your selection. There will likely be an interview process to make sure you are not a bot, among other things.
  • Pack your bags to come to Goa — or another beautiful Indian location when The Goa School program is held offsite — for a five-day week, if you are selected.
  • Participate in all The Goa School activities
  • Connect, and exchange ideas with your personal mentor for a year thereafter.
  • Complete the program and become a certified Fellow of The Goa School.
  • Become a part of The Goa School Hive Mind and support others like yourselves to build sustainable communities.
Above: Our first batch of Fellows of The Goa School. Batch of September 2021.
Check out our full Fellows line up here. We are already a community of 17 Fellows from around the country including Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.