FIIB Future Leaders FellowshipIndia’s Most Selective MBA Talent Fellowship
You don’t apply for this. You get recognized for it.
The FIIB Future Leaders Fellowship is designed to identify a small group of
individuals who don’t just want an MBA — but are ready to accelerate into
leadership roles in business, technology, and consulting.
If you believe you can build, lead, and create impact — this is your moment.
What You Earn
If Selected as a Future Leader:
100% Tuition
Fee Waiver
Full investment in
FIIB's PGDM program
Fast-Track Career Acceleration
Structured pathway into high-growth roles
(Consulting, Analytics,
Finance, Marketing)
Priority
access to
High-Impact
Opportunities
Live consulting projects,
leadership labs, high-
visibility roles
Who This Is For
The FIIB Future Leaders Fellowship is designed to recognize and
accelerate individuals with the potential to lead.
A final-year undergraduate, recent graduate, or early-career professional planning to pursue an MBA.
Someone who has taken initiative beyond coursework — led a project, built something, organized, competed, or solved a real problem.
Someone who is clear, or actively working toward clarity, about their intended career path and long-term professional goals.
We are identifying and backing future leaders early, and
giving them the environment, exposure, and acceleration they need to succeed.
What We Look For
We are not just evaluating profiles. We are identifying future trajectories.
You will be assessed on:
For Recommending Faculty & Institutions
Great talent is shaped long before it is selected.
We invite faculty members, principals, and academic leaders to nominate their
most promising students.
If your nominee is selected amongst the Top 10:
100%
PGDM Tuition Fellowship
Granted to
Selected Student
₹20,000
Academic Excellence Award to the
Recommending Faculty
₹1,00,000
Employability Lab Grant for
Your College
The Selection Journey
This is not a typical admission process. It is a multi-stage leadership evaluation.
Nomination
• Be recommended by a faculty member, principal, or academic leader
Application to FIIB
• Complete and submit
your PGDM application
Leadership Assessment
Shortlisted candidates go through:
- • Career aspiration mapping
- • Problem-solving assessment
- • Personal interview interaction
- • Comprehensive profile review
Final Jury Round
• Present your profile before an
elite industry panel
Meet the Jury
You will be evaluated by leaders who build companies, hire talent, and shape industries:
Saurabh Mittal
Executive Coach
| Ex-Fractal Analytics
Global Practice Head – Wipro
Oxford MBA | IIT Delhi
Amitabh Jhingan
Partner – EY Parthenon
Co-Chair – FICCI K-12
Committee
Manish Kheterpal
Managing Partner WaterBridge
Ventures
Ex-Providence Equity
Stanford GSB | IIT Delhi
How Selective is This?
Only 10 Fellows selected
From thousands of applicants
Less than 1% acceptance
This is not a scholarship. This is a signal of exceptional potential.
Timeline
Final Thought
You can do an MBA anywhere. Or you can choose to be recognized, challenged,
and accelerated from day one.