Young India Scholars
From Curiosity to Scholarship
An advanced research and mentorship experience for students who want to investigate India's intellectual heritage—and use it as a starting point for new ideas.
Program for High School students
What if learning didn't end with an answer?
A Scholar begins with a question.
- Why did an idea emerge?
- How did someone arrive at it?
- What evidence supports it?
- How did knowledge travel across languages and generations?
- What can we learn from it today?
- What new questions does it raise?
Young India Scholars gives students the time, mentorship, and intellectual freedom to pursue those questions.
This is not simply a program in Indian history.
It is an opportunity to develop the habits of a researcher, thinker, communicator, and lifelong learner.
The Scholar's Research Project
Every Young India Scholar works toward a substantive project.
Mentorship Matters
Research can feel very different when a student has someone experienced standing on their side.
Primary Sources. Real Questions.
Whenever appropriate, students are encouraged to engage directly with historical and scholarly materials.
Who is a Young India Scholar?
Young India Scholars may be students who:
- Love asking difficult questions
- Enjoy mathematics, science, technology, language, or history
- Like going deeper than the classroom curriculum
- Are curious about how ideas developed
- Enjoy independent projects
- Want to work with a mentor
- Are willing to read, investigate, revise, and communicate
- Want to connect seemingly unrelated fields
You do not need to already be an expert.
What matters most is curiosity, commitment, and the willingness to investigate.
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