India Leadership Initiative

The India Leadership Initiative (ILI)  is a collaborative undertaking between the Aspen Institute US, the Aspen Institute India and the Goldman Sachs Global Markets Institute to help foster the next generation of values-based leaders in India.  The initiative is modeled after the Henry Crown Fellowship Program and uses the time-tested Aspen method of text-based dialogue.

Each ILI class meets over 18 months, during which the Fellows participate in three multi-day leadership seminars in India.  Fellows will also take one seminar on leading in an era of globalization held several locations around the world mixed with Fellows from across the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Each Fellow also undertakes a high-impact leadership project of his or her own design. All of this is aimed to help propel these young leaders "from success to significance" in their communities and country.

Each class is comprised of 20 highly-accomplished Indian leaders ("ILI Fellows") between the ages of 30-45 and drawn from the country's entrepreneurial business, government, and NGO sectors. 

The ILI Fellows join nearly 1250 other Fellows from 43 countries, who form the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN).  AGLN Fellows have completed the Henry Crown Fellowship Program or a similar Fellowship that encourages highly accomplished participants to put their creative ideas into action toward tackling the leading challenges of our time.