We build leaders
in our classrooms

The Teach For India Fellowship is a unique pathway to building a career with purpose.

Our two-year program places Fellows as full-time teachers in India's most underserved classrooms, becoming a springboard to :

Pursue advanced degrees at the world's leading universities

Corporate roles with purpose

Collaborate directly with Indian
government initiatives

Found impactful organizations that drive meaningful change

Pursue advanced degrees at the world's leading universities

Meet our Fellows Sharanya and Abhijat and discover why they joined Teach For India.

WHERE YOU WILL TEACH

You will be placed as a full-time teacher in an English medium government or affordable private school.

You will be located in one of 9 cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai or Pune.

You will be placed in a grade 1-10 classroom and teach between 40 and 80 Students.

You may be a class teacher - teaching all subjects, or a subject teacher- teaching specific subjects like English, Maths, Social Studies or Science.

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Your journey starts with a residential training Institute, where you learn the skills and mindsets to be teachers equipped to teach in an innovative, reimagined way.

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You are then placed as a full-time teacher in a school that serves Students from low-income communities.

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You learn through experiences in and beyond class. You reflect on your experiences alongside peers and your Program Manager.

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After your first year, you can choose to do a summer internship where you explore a new dimension of educational equity.

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In year two, you continue to teach and learn. You build entrepreneurial skills through a Be The Change project, and engage with a career fair to find a job at the intersection of your purpose and passion.

WHAT YOU DO

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Your journey starts with a residential training Institute, where you learn the skills and mindsets to be teachers equipped to teach in an innovative, reimagined way.

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You are then placed as a full-time teacher in a school that serves Students from low-income communities.

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You learn through experiences in and beyond class. You reflect on your experiences alongside peers and your Program Manage.

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After your first year, you can choose to do a summer internship where you explore a new dimension of educational equity.

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In year two, you continue to teach and learn. You build entrepreneurial skills through a Be The Change project, and engage with a career fair to find a job at the intersection of your purpose and passion.

One Fellowship. Infinite impact.
Start your journey.

WHY BE A FELLOW

The Fellowship will teach you the skills to be a leader and steer India’s transformational journey.

Find your
purpose

Develop an awareness of how poverty and inequity impacts children in India; and your role in it.

Become a
leader

Build concrete leadership skills such as stakeholder management, planning, envisioning, execution and reflection in challenging environments.

Join a
movement

Become part of a movement of 5000+ Alumni across India and countless more globally and find lifelong partners in this work.

Drive change and lead
with love

Don't just talk about the India you envision. Build an India free of poverty and filled with love.

HOW TO BE A FELLOW

Join 5500+ Alumni across the world as we build an India free of poverty and filled with love.