About the Organization

Swaniti Initiative is a social enterprise that is working at the intersection of climate, governance and last mile delivery. We believe that while the willingness and resources exist, there are fundamental gaps in the execution within communities that is the biggest crisis in the climate movement. Accordingly, Swaniti works with subnational governments to conduct microplanning exercises with consultations with community and key stakeholders to understand the pathways forward, provide technical assistance to subnational governments to provide support in program implementation and support in monitoring and delivery of programs.

Swaniti has been working across multiple geographies in the global south to unlock capital. Our three core metrics include unlocking public capital, ensuring last mile communities are directly benefitted and creating systemic changes in the public service systems. While we are continuing to focus on impact, it is critical to have a lead who has a deep understanding about monitoring, evaluation and learning.

Our intention is to create an institutional capability to measure and document the scale of our impact and look at how learning can be replicated across the institution.

About the fellowship

AI is changing how the world works, but it is reaching cities and the Global North far faster than the last mile communities, like those in India’s last mile villages. SPARC-AI exists to close that gap. SPARC-AI Fellows spend 12 months living and working in a parliamentary constituency, alongside a Member of Parliament.

Your single objective: help women in Self-Help Groups use AI to run their businesses better and earn more. You will learn AI skills, use them on the ground, and write and think about what works. This hands-on fellowship is expected to have the double-pronged impact of ensure last mile communities effectively use AI for increasing income level while preparing young people on more effective AI use.

This is a fellowship for people who want to be ready for the AI shift themselves, and who want to make sure it reaches the last mile.

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What you will do The year has three phases. Each asks something different of you.

Phase

What you do

What it asks of you

- Listen and learn (months 1–3)

Meet district officials and SHG federations. Survey about SHG women, hold in-depth interviews, and write a report on how women earn and where AI can help.

Empathy and patience in the field

Fluency in the local language





Analysis of incoming data and careful documentation in English and the local language

- Build and train (months 4–7)

Turn field findings into simple AI task cards

Film short phone videos

And train local women as Saathis who teach their own SHGs.

Analytical thinking

Comfort with video using your own phone

And; a real willingness to learn AI tools

- Iterate, improve, and initiate (months 8–12)

Meet SHG women at home to see whether they are using AI

Understand what is not working, fix it, and hand the work over to the community.

Openness to finding your own mistakes

Humility, and the judgment to self-correct.

Throughout the year you will deliver a defined set of monthly outputs: data, reports, task cards and results, shared with Swaniti and the MP's office.

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Requirements

Who we are looking for We are looking for early-career professionals, ideally aged 23–30, who want to build the skills the AI era will demand and use them where they matter most.

Essential

- A bachelor's degree and a master's degree (or be completing one by the fellowship start date) in any discipline
- Demonstrable field experience with communities, for example through a fellowship, NGO, research project or government program
- Fluency in the local language of the constituency, spoken and written

- Clear, thorough writing in English and the local language
- Emotional intelligence: you listen well, build trust quickly, and are comfortable with women in rural settings
- Willingness to live in the constituency for 12 months and travel within it

Desirable
- Experience with surveys, interviews or field research
- Comfort recording and editing short videos on a phone
- Analytical thinking: you can turn messy field notes into simple, practical steps

- Curiosity about AI tools, and some experience using them (you do not need technical skills; we will train you)
- Familiarity with Self-Help Groups, livelihoods or rural enterprise

We strongly encourage applications from women and from candidates who come from the constituency or region they would serve.

What you will gain

- Expert AI training throughout the year,



with hands-on experience deploying AI at the last mile
- Direct work with a Member of Parliament and the district administration

- Field research and writing experience, with published outputs
- A national cohort of Fellows and a network of mentors
- A reference from Swaniti and the MP's office at the end of the fellowship

Terms
- Duration: 12 months, starting [month year]

- Location: based in the assigned parliamentary constituency
- Engagement: consultant agreement with Swaniti Initiative, with payment linked to monthly deliverables

- Monthly fee: [₹ amount]

- Local field costs are covered separately

Selection process Selection has three rounds. Every applicant is assessed on the same criteria, and every applicant hears back at each stage.

Round

Format

What you submit or do

What we assess

1.Application review

Online application

Your CV (1-2 page only)

A one-page note on why this fellowship fits you, including a personal story from your own life or work a 1-minute phone video introducing yourself and why this program fits you.

Education and field experience

Quality of writing

Connecting your experience on CV and letter to the AI Fellowship.

And your ability to communicate on camera (keeping in mind experiences required in field)

- Telephone interview

30 telephone interview A conversation about your field experience

Your interest in AI and the last mile, and specific examples from your CV.

Local language assessment and fluency.

Depth of experience.

In your words, how the experience connects with activity on ground.

Motivation for the fellowship and clear focus.

Language fluency

And transparent thinking to achieve objective.

- Panel interview In person, 45–60 minutes with a panel A conversation about real field situations

How you would handle a difficult meeting?

How do you deal with new situations including learning new technologies?

Comfort in immersing yourself in new communities.

Emotional intelligence

Judgment

Openness to feedback

And readiness to live and work in the constituency

How to apply

Submit your CV, 2-page note and 2-minute video at https://zrec.in/EWVF2 by 30th November 2026. Please name the state and constituencies you would be willing to serve in, and the languages you speak and write.

Questions: [email protected]

Swaniti Initiative is an equal-opportunity organisation. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, castes, religions, genders and abilities.

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