🌟 Umang Fellowship 2025

Empower India's
Youngest Minds

A youth-led movement tackling developmental delays through early stimulation and responsive caregiving for children aged 1–9 years. Join us to build strong foundations for lifelong success.

4,000+
Kids Impacted
8,000+
Parents Engaged
50+
Active Fellows
15+
Communities
158
MILLION
India's children under 9 missing critical brain development opportunities

Why Early Childhood Matters

Vision & Mission

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Our Vision

Every child thrives in a nurturing early learning environment that builds strong foundations for lifelong success — regardless of where they are born.

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Our Mission

To empower grassroots educators and communities to deliver inclusive, high-quality early childhood education that reaches the most underserved children.

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Our Approach

Training youth as Fellows who work directly with families, caregivers, and children in their own communities to deliver age-appropriate ECE interventions.

What We Do

Age-Appropriate Programs

Our continuum of interventions spans from infancy to early primary school, ensuring every critical developmental stage is addressed.

1–3

Parent Toddler Program

Early stimulation activities and responsive caregiving training for parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers. Building secure attachment and cognitive foundations.

Parent Engagement
3–6

School Readiness Program

Structured play-based learning to develop language, numeracy, social-emotional skills, and fine motor abilities — preparing children for formal schooling.

School Readiness
6–9

FLN / Remedial Program

Targeted support to ensure every child achieves grade-appropriate Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) skills through reading circles, storytelling, and learning games.

FLN Skills

Transforming Lives at Scale

Every Fellow creates a ripple of impact — from children to parents, to entire communities.

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4,000+
Kids
Continuum of ECE interventions ensures developmental gains, school readiness, and mitigates early learning loss.
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8,000+
Parents
Enhanced parental self-efficacy and responsive caregiving practices leading to enriched home learning environments.
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50+
Fellows
Transformed into Edupreneurs and Early Childhood Educators equipped to lead, innovate, and establish community-based ECE initiatives.
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15+
Communities
Strengthened ecosystem for early childhood development through local capacity-building and sustainable community-led ECE practices.

For Ambitious Youths Like You

Grow as a leader, build 21st-century skills, and unlock career pathways in education and social impact — while transforming young lives in your own community.

Earn while you learn & lead
Build leadership & communication skills
Career pathways in education & social sector
Engage students with reading circles & storytelling
Become a certified Early Childhood Educator
Fellowship Offer
LEARN
& EARN
Stipend + Skills + Impact
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Investors in Impact

Our Trusted Partners

Supported by leading institutions and organizations

IIMB
NSR CEL
UnLtd India
ATMA
TFIx
Lupin Foundation
Cummins
VIIT Pune
UPES
GlobalStep
MicroLeaps
Authentica
JCB
DSV

Contact Us

Ready to join the Umang Fellowship or partner with us? We'd love to hear from you.

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