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Niyo Program Details
Niyo Fellowship
Niyo Fellowship
Before college, prepare for life beyond exams.
Think. Lead. Build. Impact.
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Before college, prepare for life beyond exams.
Before students enter college and adulthood, help them communicate professionally, understand money, use AI intelligently, think critically, lead people, understand how business works, explore entrepreneurship and execute a serious real-world capstone.
About the Program
Niyo Fellowship is the senior stage of the Niyo journey. It prepares students approaching adulthood for communication, money, AI, business, leadership, decision-making, professional relationships and serious real-world execution.
The transformation
Students move from school-level learning to greater independence, judgement, leadership, credibility and the ability to execute a serious real-world capstone.
Professional communication and networking
Public speaking and persuasion
Financial literacy for adulthood
Understanding how business creates value
Entrepreneurial thinking without forcing a startup path
AI literacy and future-of-work readiness
Decision-making and critical thinking
Leadership, teamwork and negotiation
Project planning and execution
Presentation, Q&A and personal credibility
Why Niyo Fellowship
Learning that becomes visible capability.
The program is structured around progressive missions, real evidence of growth and age-appropriate application — not disconnected workshops.
Prepare for life before college
The focus expands beyond school performance into communication, money, relationships, judgement and professional readiness.
Understand money
Students learn budgeting, saving, banking, UPI, interest, compounding, inflation, credit, insurance, tax basics and scams.
Use AI intelligently
AI is treated as a research and productivity tool with verification, ethics, future-of-work awareness and human judgement.
Understand business and value
Students learn how customers, revenue, costs, profit, competition, brands and operations fit together.
Leadership and negotiation
The program develops delegation, accountability, feedback, conflict management, influence and negotiation.
Serious capstone execution
Fellows research, plan, build, test, validate, improve and demonstrate a substantial real-world project.
Learn
Weeks 1–12
Recorded class + progressive weekly mission.
Apply
Weeks 13–24
Research, create, build, test and improve.
Submit
End of Week 24
Portfolio + project + reflection + presentation.
Select
Post Submission
Rubric-based review and finalist selection.
Showcase
Niyo Expo
Selected students present to judges and audience.
Weeks 1–12
A progressive learning journey — week by week.
Every week introduces new learning and ends with a practical mission. Each mission creates evidence for the student’s Niyo Portfolio and prepares them for what comes next.
Week
1
Direction
Design Your Future
Strengths, interests, values, ambitions, skills and goals beyond marks and career labels.
Weekly Mission: Create a Personal Future Map showing today, desired growth, areas to explore and three goals for the next two years.
Week
2
Communication
Communication for the Real World
Professional self-introduction, clear speaking, listening, email and WhatsApp etiquette and communicating with adults.
Weekly Mission: Write a professional email and record a two-minute professional self-introduction.
Week
3
Public speaking
Public Speaking & Persuasion
Hooks, storytelling, body language, voice, argument, audience psychology and Q&A.
Weekly Mission: Deliver a three-minute Fellowship Talk on an idea or opinion that matters to the student.
Week
4
Networking
People, Networking & Relationships
Starting conversations, intelligent questions, follow-up, mentors, reputation and social intelligence.
Weekly Mission: Interview a professional, teacher, college student or entrepreneur and document five lessons.
Week
5
Financial literacy
Money Before Adulthood
Budgeting, saving, banking, UPI, interest, compounding, inflation, debt, credit, insurance, tax basics and scams.
Weekly Mission: Complete a ₹30,000 Monthly Life Simulation and explain spending and saving choices.
Week
6
Business literacy
How Business Actually Works
Customers, value, revenue, cost, profit, competition, brands, operations and business ecosystems.
Weekly Mission: Break down one familiar company: who pays, why, what value is created and the major costs.
Week
7
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Thinking
Opportunity recognition, customer or user needs, validation, initiative, calculated risk and value creation.
Weekly Mission: Identify five opportunities or challenges, investigate three and choose one capstone area.
Week
8
AI readiness
AI & the Future of Work
Prompting, research, productivity, automation, hallucinations, ethics, deepfakes and future human skills.
Weekly Mission: Create an AI + Human Research Brief for the capstone topic using verified claims.
Week
9
Judgement
Decision-Making & Critical Thinking
Bias, assumptions, probability, trade-offs, consequences, evidence and choosing under uncertainty.
Weekly Mission: Evaluate three capstone approaches and defend one through a Decision Case.
Week
10
Leadership
Leadership, Teams & Negotiation
Delegation, accountability, conflict, feedback, influence and negotiation.
Weekly Mission: Lead a small real-world activity or team and submit a Leadership Reflection.
Week
11
Execution
From Idea to Execution
Milestones, deadlines, resources, budgets, prototypes, experiments, risks and measurement.
Weekly Mission: Build the first version, pilot or experiment of the Fellowship Capstone.
Week
12
Presentation
Pitch Yourself & Your Idea
Credibility, concise presentation, evidence, Q&A, criticism and next steps.
Weekly Mission: Submit the Fellowship Capstone Blueprint and a five-minute presentation.
Weeks 13–24 •
Fellowship Capstone
Build something serious enough to test in the real world.
After the learning phase, students spend twelve weeks applying what they learned through a structured project journey with checkpoints, feedback and evidence.
Discover & Plan
Conduct deep research, define the goal, understand users or stakeholders, investigate existing solutions and plan execution.
Checkpoint
Research + goal + execution plan
Build & Test
Create a serious first version or pilot, take it into the real world, collect evidence and observe what happens.
Checkpoint
What I built + evidence / results
Improve & Demonstrate
Analyse results, identify wrong assumptions, improve the work, complete the final report and prepare the presentation.
Checkpoint
Final Capstone Submission
Innovation & Technology
AI tools, engineering prototypes, science projects, digital products and design solutions.
Research & Discovery
Experiments, surveys, data studies, investigations and research papers.
Social Impact
Education initiatives, environment projects, awareness campaigns and community interventions.
Entrepreneurship
Product or service pilots, small venture concepts, market validation and operational tests.
Entrepreneurship is one component of Niyo Fellowship, not the identity of the entire program. The skills are designed to be useful for future doctors, engineers, researchers, designers, civil servants, creators, professionals and founders alike.
Submission & Evaluation
Evidence of growth, not another marks race.
Students are evaluated through their work, evidence, improvement, reflection and ability to communicate what they learned.
Final submission
- ✓ Completed Fellowship Portfolio
- ✓ Final capstone output
- ✓ Evidence, data or documented results
- ✓ Project report
- ✓ Photos, video, prototype or relevant links
- ✓ Five-minute presentation
- ✓ Personal reflection on assumptions, failure, change and future direction
Evaluation framework
Depth of thinking / research
20%
Originality / insight
15%
Execution quality
20%
Evidence / real-world validation
15%
Learning & iteration
10%
Impact / relevance
10%
Communication & Q&A
10%
Scholarship note:
Scholarships and awards are competitive and are not
guaranteed to every participant. Eligibility, judging,
award amounts and timelines should be published for
each cohort or Expo.
The Destination
NIYO FELLOWSHIP EXPO — Ideas. Leadership. Impact.
Outstanding projects can be selected for the relevant Niyo Expo, where students explain their work, answer questions and showcase what they have built or discovered.
Suggested Presentation Format
5-minute capstone presentation + 5-minute Q&A + project exhibition
Recognition categories
Fellow of the Year
Research Excellence
Technology & Innovation
Social Impact
Emerging Entrepreneur
Leadership Excellence
Outstanding Communication
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