Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence

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The Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence is a Fellowship opportunity within the Chevening Programme. Chevening is the UK government's international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and partner organisations, Chevening offers two types of awards - Scholarships and Fellowships. The scholarships are for one year Master's in any subject at a recognised UK University. The fellowships offer specifically designed courses aimed at mid-to-senior level professionals who are looking to expand their knowledge and expertise in their specific field of work. The programmes are tailored short courses which run for approximately 8 weeks at a designated UK university. Chevening offers a unique opportunity for future leaders, influencers, and decision-makers from all over the world to develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK. Numbering over 50,000 worldwide, Chevening Alumni are an influential and highly regarded group. They have an excellent record of rising to positions of leadership across a wide range of fields including politics, business, the media, civil society, science and technology, and academia. The primary objectives of the Chevening Fellowship programme are: - To promote UK political, economic and commercial interests in priority geographic regions - To promote UK institutions, culture and values - To forge lasting ties with future leaders, opinion formers and decision makers in politics, government, business, journalism, science and technology and civil society - To achieve outcomes aligned to FCDO priorities The Chevening Gurukul Fellowship Programme for Leadership and Excellence forms the centrepiece to the Chevening India Programme and has become an exclusive, high profile, flagship fellowship course. The programme has been running for 25 years. The aim is to expose India's future leaders to the UK's top opinion formers and decision-makers within Government, politics, industry and civil society and to enable them to build a network of UK based contacts with a view to the UK becoming their international partner of choice in their chosen field. The twelve week long programme is designed for high calibre mid-career professionals working in government, politics, civil society, the media and the private sector. The fellowship is currently delivered at the University of Oxford and each year up to 12 Indians are carefully chosen for the fellowship. We are running a tending process to secure a supplier to run the Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence in Financial Years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25. For the first programme, applications will be open from August to November 2022, with the ideal start date of the first programme September 2023. Subsequent iterations will ideally follow this timeframe. Additional information: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS In order to participate and gain access to all documentation in relation to this procurement, potential suppliers should access the FCDO's e-procurement portal, JAGGAER ONE, available via the below link. URL: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html Once logged in, search for project reference Project_7709 / itt_4820 If a potential supplier is not registered on the portal, click the link above to be taken to the home page, click the "Click here to register!" button, and follow the on-screen instructions to complete registration. Registration takes approximately 5 minutes and is free of charge. TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION (2FA) Potential suppliers should note that two-factor authentication will be required to access the FCDO's e-procurement portal, JAGGAER ONE, which requires Google Authenticator to be downloaded onto a mobile device. For more information in relation to two-factor authentication, a guide can be accessed by clicking the link on the home page of the FCDO's e-procurement portal, JAGGAER ONE. For ease, the link is: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/attach/2FA_guide.pdf