Lok Sabha Question No. 1892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF)
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1892

ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP (MGNF)

1892.  SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:   SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a)         whether  the  Government  to  boost  skill  development  at  the  district  level,  has  signed  a contract  with  the  Indian  Institute  of  Management  (IIM)  Bangalore  for  introducing  a  two-year fellowship Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme recently;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)       the details of the fellowship given to students from the State of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)  and  (b)       Yes,  Sir.  To  boost  skill  development  at  the  District  level,  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  has  signed  a  contract  with  the  Indian  Institute  of Management  (IIM)  Bangalore  for  implementation  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Fellowship (MGNF) programme. MGNF is a two-year academic programme with an in-built component of onground  practical  experience  with  the  District  Administration.  It  seeks  to  create  a  cadre  of individuals and train them in a blended academic program that provides both academic inputs and  requires  a  field  immersion  at  the  district  level  to  understand  and  contribute  to  the strengthening of a District level ecosystem to support skill development. Upon completion of the programme, the Fellows would be awarded a Certificate in Public Policy and Management by the host IIM.

Phase-I of the fellowship programme was launched on 08.03.2020 with IIM Bangalore as the  Academic  partner  across  six  States  namely  Gujarat,  Karnataka,  Meghalaya,  Rajasthan, Uttarakhand  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  MGNF  Phase-I  was  completed  on  05.03.2022  wherein  69 Fellows were awarded Certificate in Public Policy and Management by IIM Bangalore.

The National roll-out (Phase-II) of MGNF programme to cover all Districts (excluding the Districts  already  covered  under  Phase-I  of  MGNF)  across  the  Country  was  inaugurated  on 25.10.2021 in partnership with Nine Indian Institute of Managements  (IIM)  namely  IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Jammu, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Nagpur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Udaipur and IIM Visakhapatnam. Currently, 608 Fellows are deployed in the districts across 33 States/ UTs of the country as part of the Phase-II programme.

- (c)        The Fellows are paid stipend of Rs.50,000 per month in the first year and upto Rs.60,000 per month in the second year. Currently 12 candidates from the State of Andhra Pradesh are deployed under the MGNF Phase-II Programme, the details of which is at Annexure I .

Details of Students from the State of Andhra Pradesh currently deployed under MGNF Phase-II Programme:

|   S.No | Name of the Fellow           | Gender   | District of deployment   |
|--------|------------------------------|----------|--------------------------|
|      1 | ValliveduSrikar Reddy        | Male     | Kargil                   |
|      2 | Penugonda Rama Sai Lokesh    | Male     | Kurnool                  |
|      3 | Revalla Venkata Avinash      | Male     | West Godavari            |
|      4 | Seru Tataiah                 | Male     | YSR Kadapa               |
|      5 | Chalamalasetti Sudarshan     | Male     | Krishna                  |
|      6 | Chennam Sai Manikanta Kumar  | Male     | SPSR Nellore             |
|      7 | Vaara Srinivas               | Male     | Ananthapur               |
|      8 | Avugadda Phanendra Naidu     | Male     | Guntur                   |
|      9 | Chillimunta Vijaya Venkata N | Female   | Visakhapatnam            |
|     10 | Banavatu Saiteja             | Male     | East Godavari            |
|     11 | Sushant Raju Kambidi         | Male     | Vizianagaram             |
|     12 | K Harshavardhan Reddy        | Male     | Chittoor                 |

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