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Together we nudge institutions, systems, and cultures to create an ’Everyone a Changemaker’ world . Join us in shaping a more resilient, equitable, and inclusive Our Fellows Our Young Changemakers Ashoka’s Ambition Accelerator 2024 For young innovators, ages 16-26: Further your boldest ambitions into action. Ambition Accelerator 2024 will award diverse young innovators in India up to INR 10,00,000 of grant funding from a total prize pool of over 1.5 Crores. ?Applications are now closed!? View All Submissions Early Entry Stand-Outs Law for All Initiative Launched in India Ashoka Law for All Initiative (LFA) searches, selects and supports both established and young social entrepreneurs innovating to make the legal system more accessible, inclusive and effective in India. Learn more about Ashoka’s Law For All Initiative Ashoka is a living encyclopedia of social innovation around... Ashoka’s Ambition Accelerator 2024 Law for All Initiative Launched in India Bill Drayton: "Changemaking is the new literacy" In a recent interview with IDR India, Bill Drayton emphasizes that everyone has the right, and ability, to be a giver. And to be able to give in today’s world where everything is changing, everybody can, and must, be a changemaker. Ashoka’s New South Asia Leader We are excited to announce Dr. Shruti Nair as the new acting Diamond Leader of Ashoka South Asia! Shruti is poised to effectively lead South Asia in supporting social entrepreneurs and... Law For All Initiative launches its microsite and two impact study reports How do social entrepreneurs view changemaking in law and justice? What do they envision the roadmap to justice to be? In the quest for answers to these questions and more, Ashoka’s Law for All... Changemakers for Queer Inclusion Philanthropy Needs a New Playbook to Fund Systems Change The conversation about systems change” has exploded over the last couple of years. At its core it involves tackling the root causes of a social problem (say, homelessness,) by changing policies... Ashoka in India Ashoka’s country and regional offices around the world co-create and co-lead Ashoka’s programming. This enables our global changemaker community to capture and act upon emerging insights, knowledge, and talents of innovators from a wide range of cultural and regional contexts. See a full list of country offices . Learn More About Ashoka India Ashoka’s Priorities and Theory of Change Ashoka focuses on four strategic priorities to help people understand and adapt to a world of accelerating change, where everyone is called on to be a leader: Social Entrepreneurship Ashoka selects world-class social entrepreneurs who are leading the way to an everyone-a-changemaker world. Learn more Empathy & Young Changemaking Ashoka is leading a movement to transform how young people grow up so they thrive in today’s rapidly changing world where everyone must be a changemaker. Changemaking starts with empathy. Learn more Organizing for Changemaking Living and working in our changemaker world requires breaking through silos, tearing down walls, and organizing in fluid, open, teams of teams. Learn more Load More Being a part of the global Ashoka family is like a dream come true. When we were elected, it gave us wings to sustain and let our new ideas fly. I am thankful for the timely support when we were venturing out to make the world a better place. The meaningful journey we charted together goes on. Binalakshmi Nepram Ashoka Fellow Ashoka has helped me to cultivate a broad vision of my work by bringing the aspect of Framework change for a systemic change, not just in communities but in the larger society. The change I pursue now is much more constructive and transforming. Gaurang Raval Ashoka Fellow At a time when people paid little attention to my ideas, Ashoka spent hours listening. So many times during the process, I reconsidered strategies and threw out unrealistic plans. It was one of the most introspective and forward-thinking processes I had ever experienced. Ratnaboli Ray Ashoka Fellow Ashoka helped me to understand the systems approach for large-scale framework change for my vision... All Ashoka workshops pushed me to think beyond my comfort zone, and ultimately to bring a larger change in society. Neelkanth Mishra Ashoka Fellow Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry. 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Good nominators ensure that Ashoka receives a constant flow of promising candidates as well as an invaluable perspective on the current innovation in the sector. Recommend a Changemaker Contact Ashoka India 54, 1st Cross Road 1st Stage, Domlur Bengaluru 560071 Karnataka India +918025350730 [email protected] Facebook Instagram Twitter About Ashoka Office Locations Worldwide Learn More News Career Opportunities FAQ Organizational Accountability Stay Connected You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. We’d love to stay in touch! Sign up below to receive updates on Ashoka’s work. First Name Last Name Email Address By submitting this form, you acknowledge that your Personal Data may be transferred to and processed in countries that do not provide the same level of data protection as your home country, as described in the Privacy Policy . Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Terms of Service Ashoka® a trademark of...