The IDEX Fellowship in Social Enterprise is an entry-level professional development program for recent college graduates interested in the field of social enterprise.
IDEX began its pilot year with eleven fellows in Hyderabad, India in August of 2010. Thirty-six fellows are on the ground in the 2011 cohort, serving affordable private schools (APS) and social enterprises.
Top Reasons for Joining IDEX
- Alleviate poverty though social enterprise
- Study an effective market-based approach to education
- Developing world experience
- Empower women & promote women's rights
- Learn effectiveness of social enterprise
Top Professions before IDEX
- Teaching and mentoring
- Management consulting
- Financial planning
- Non-profit & social venture work
- 3 founded their own non-profit
- 53% have prior work experience in developing countries
Top Professional Aspirations
- Promote access to education
- Establish own social ventures
- Expand APS model
- International Development
- Management & Consulting
- Pursue advance degrees
IDEX Fellows