DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship– Cohort 3.0 | A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Jan-April 2026 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Fellows List & Details
| Fellows List & Details | ||||
| DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship- Cohort 3.0 | ||||
| Jan-April 2026 | Zoom | 6-8 pm | ||||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Occupation | Location |
| Aayush Yadav | Student | Rashtriya Raksha University | Student | Ahemdabad |
| ADITYA VERMA | Student | IGNOU | Student | New Delhi |
| Ankita Jadon | Manager | Air India Ltd. | Working professional | New Delhi |
| Arpita Sonawane | Student | St.Xaviers College | Student | Mumbai |
| Debasmita Patra | Post Graduation | Rashtriya Raksha University | Student | Ahmedabad |
| Esha | Student | IGNOU | Student | New Delhi |
| Fathima Saniya | Recent graduate | Nil | Student | Thrissur, Kerala |
| Gagan Bahadur BK | Deputy Consul General | Consulate General of Nepal,Kolkata | Working professional | Kolkata |
| Jyoti Krishna Parida | Masters Student | Rashtriya Raksha University | Student | Gandhinagar |
| Keshav Kumar | Master’s Student, International Relations and Security Studies, Rastriya Raksha University | School of International Cooperation, Security and Strategic Studies (SICSSL), Rastriya Raksha University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Student | Lavad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India |
| Meetika Baghel | ||||
| Pratibha | Student | Nil | Student | Patiala |
| Savani Rahul Inamdar | MA Student | Rashtriya Raksha University | Student | Gandhinagar |
| Sonam Chosdon | Student | IGNOU | Student | Delhi |
| Vedant Samrat | Student | Rashtriya Raksha University | Student | Ahemdabad |
IMPRI Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship- Cohort 3.0
An Online National Winter & Spring School Program
A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program
January – April 2026
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
The fellowship duration is a total of 3 months. The first nine weeks comprise weekly two-hour Zoom classes covering both technical and program sessions. The next 3 weeks are dedicated towards the finalisation of the fellowship project.
Live Sessions with Experts & Program Team-
Dates: January 29 – April 2, 2026
Nine Consecutive Thursdays
Time: 6-8 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/dfpgyf-diplomacy-foreign-policy-geopolitics-youth-fellowship-cohort-3/
Program Experts
Chair: Prof Sanjukta Bhattacharya, Retired Professor, International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Co-Chair: Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Session Experts:
Ambassador Shashank, (IFS, Retd.), Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Prof Meenal Shrivastava, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies at Athabasca University, Canada (TBC)
Ambassador Anil Trigunayat, (IFS, Retd.) Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation; Visiting Distinguished Fellow, IMPRI (TBC)
Major Gen. (Dr) P K Chakravorty, VSM (Retd), Strategic Thinker on Security Issues
Prof Tridivesh Singh Maini, Assistant Professor, Diplomatic Practice, Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)
Prof Prabir De, Professor, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi
Ms Nandita Baruah, The Asia Foundation’s Country Representative in India (TBC)
Dr Parama Sinhapalit, Visiting Research Scholar, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), USA
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Mr Robinder Sachdev, Founder President, The Imagindia Institute
Ambassador Partha Ray, (IFS, Retd.), Former Ambassador, Indian Foreign Service, Retired Diplomat (TBC)
Mr Don McLain Gill, Philippines-based geopolitical analyst author and lecturer at the Department of International Studies De La Salle University (DLSU) (TBC)
Convenors:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
Previous Cohort
DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship
DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship | An Anthology of Essays
Cohort 2.0 | July-Oct 2025
Fellows List
Fellows Creative Project PPT Video 1 & 2
Anthology of Essays by Fellows ISBN Book
Cohort 1 | Feb–April 2025
Fellows List
Fellows Creative Project PPT Video
Event Outcome Report
Anthology of Essays by Fellows ISBN Book
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