First batch of Indian Administrative Fellowship passes out after working in Karnataka

The first batch of the Indian Administrative Fellowship, an initiative of The/ Nudge to augment the capacity of government institutions with senior executives from the corporate sector, (Fellows) completed their 18 month term with the Karnataka government on Monday.

Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot honoured them at the Raj Bhavan.

The/Nudge’s IAF programme aims to strengthen the reach and efficiency of large-scale government programmes and priorities and is designed to enable visionary civil servants to draw inspiration from the expertise and leadership of the private sector and apply it to effectively bring about strategic shifts in delivery of the state’s programs.


The selected Fellows are assigned roles within various state departments and actively report to bureaucratic leadership (Chief Secretary/ Additional Chief Secretaries/ Principal Secretaries) for a period of eighteen months on initiatives at the intersection of technology and livelihoods.

The state government had welcomed 10 C-Suite executives from the private sector to work alongside high-ranking bureaucrats through the Indian Administrative Fellowship (IAF) in July 2021.

The/Nudge Institute CEO Atul Satija said, “At The/Nudge Institute, we believe that it is within our collective means to ensure that every Indian lives a life with dignity out of poverty. Collaboration between government, the private sector and civil society is at the core of our approach to creating livelihood opportunities at scale. The success of the inaugural cohort of Indian Administrative Fellowship made possible by the Government of Karnataka, our corporate partners and the Fellows, inspires us to grow this model to its full potential”.