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    Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program: Statement of Purpose

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    The document is a statement of purpose from an applicant for the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program. In 3 sentences: The applicant believes their academic and professional experiences in social justice, refugee/migrant rights, and governance make them well-equipped for the fellowship responsibilities. Their current and past roles researching migration policy, conducting field research, and analyzing budgets and policies have given them strong writing, editing, communication, and data analysis skills. The applicant is highly motivated to utilize their skills and research interests in institutional governance and social protection policy to contribute to the goals of the fellowship program.

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    The document is a statement of purpose from an applicant for the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program. In 3 sentences: The applicant believes their academic and professional experiences in social justice, refugee/migrant rights, and governance make them well-equipped for the fellowship responsibilities. Their current and past roles researching migration policy, conducting field research, and analyzing budgets and policies have given them strong writing, editing, communication, and data analysis skills. The applicant is highly motivated to utilize their skills and research interests in institutional governance and social protection policy to contribute to the goals of the fellowship program.

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    The document is a statement of purpose from an applicant for the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program. In 3 sentences: The applicant believes their academic and professional experiences in social justice, refugee/migrant rights, and governance make them well-equipped for the fellowship responsibilities. Their current and past roles researching migration policy, conducting field research, and analyzing budgets and policies have given them strong writing, editing, communication, and data analysis skills. The applicant is highly motivated to utilize their skills and research interests in institutional governance and social protection policy to contribute to the goals of the fellowship program.

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    Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program: Statement of Purpose

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    Statement of Purpose

    Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program

    “It is our choices that define us, more than our abilities"- Albus Dumbledore

    Having chosen to read XXX at XXX, owing to my interests in social justice theory, refugee/migrant worker's
    rights, and the role of institutions in governance, the prospect of partaking in IIMB's Mahatma Gandhi
    National Fellowship 2020 greatly appeals to me. I believe that the skills have acquired through my
    academic and professional experiences, coupled with as sustained research interest in the field of
    governance and public policy in the context of India makes me well-equipped to fulfil the responsibilities
    associated with the position.

    For instance, my current role as a XXX to XXX aids me in understanding the inextricable linkages between
    internal and international migration in the Indian context and its reciprocal policy impacts therein -
    through looking at historical policy gaps in terms of refugee/migrant law and its consequences today.
    Moreover, my prior professional experiences have made as adept in the three main competencies
    required from this position, namely strong writing, editing, and communication skills, dais analysis
    abilities, as well as conduct of field research.

    For example, as a XXX at XXX in XXX, I provided background research support to the XXX. I worked
    extensively on gathering and organizing relevant data from several multinational bodies XXX and various
    refugee law portals from across India. In fact, I was able to create research inputs which formed the
    backbone of my organization's judicial interventionist efforts. As a result of this, I was confident of my
    ability to write concisely, proofread thoroughly, and edit meticulously, whilst under the pressure of short
    deadlines.

    My writing and editing skills as well as my ability to communicate were further honed during a Budgeting
    and Taxation Project at the XXX in XXX, India. This project focused on promoting transparency within
    budget analysis at the municipal level across several governmental bodies within XXX state of India. Thus,
    working in a three-member team to collect data through wide-ranging desk-research, analysis of complex
    policies, as well as report collation, sharpened my analysis, drafting, communication, and teamwork skills.
    I even enhanced my field research competencies through my tenure as a XXX at XXX. Since, having been
    a major part of the XXX team, I assertively executed a three-month long data collection and analysis
    program through conducting surveys. The experience of working closely with the sheer socio-cultural and
    politico-economic diversity of profiles, mindsets and work-cultures represented in my social research
    team, shaped me into a good team-player able to work in a multicultural team.

    Moreover, in terms of my intellectual pursuits, I have also been deeply interested is examining the social
    specs of institutional governance practices and public policy interventions (or the lack of it) in the XXX
    context. More particularly, I aim to examine the potential role of India's social protection policy
    framework in ameliorating the precarious livelihood conditions of informal migrant workers. To this end,
    I have examined the gendered role of differential inclusion (in terms of social protection policy) on
    informal migrant livelihoods amongst XXX women domestic workers in XXX, India - as a part of my
    postgraduate research Dissertation requirement. Additionally, I have recently started blogging on matters
    of similar concerns at XXX - an informal student collective aiming to provide public-friendly perspectives
    on issues of XXX from my alma mater. In a similar vein, I have also previously written for XXX - a bi-monthly
    student journal of XXX.

    Thus, institutionalization of progressive policy frameworks is accordingly implicated throughout my


    research, whether it be in terms of discriminatory social protection policies which have led to their
    livelihoods being “brokered", or politico-economic governance structures which suspiciously look at such
    populations as "unsettled settlers".

    Thence, in unprecedented times of XXX, when wages have stagnated amidst rising worker productivity
    and open unemployment levels have risen to a new-high, it would be ray of privilege to commit to a
    program such as this - that specifically intends to strengthen skill development and entrepreneurship
    institutions of my country with renewed energy and robust attention using world-leading public policy
    teaching and training. I am thus highly motivated to bring my development research and communication
    skills, keen writing and editing abilities, well as fieldwork competency to contribute to Mahatma Gandhi
    National Fellowship's intended aims and objectives. I welcome the opportunity of meeting you and
    expressing my motivation further in person.

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