Who Are Ashoka Fellows

 

Ashoka Fellows are the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. They champion innovative new ideas that transform society’s systems, providing benefits for everyone and improving the lives of millions of people. Ashoka Fellows define the new roadmaps that allow people to thrive in this new environment, while providing solutions and demonstrating the how-tos. They are the ultimate role models in today’s world. 

 

Why Leading Social Entrepreneurs are Critical Today

In a world defined by change, success comes from everyone leading. Social entrepreneurs define the new roadmaps that allow people to thrive in this new environment, while providing solutions and demonstrating the how-tos.

Ashoka engages the world’s largest and most powerful network of social entrepreneurs by searching for and selecting the world’s leading social entrepreneurs: Ashoka Fellows. Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship more than 35 years ago, and today it continues to build the largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs.

Ashoka Fellows champion new ideas that transform society’s systems -- providing benefits for everyone and improving the lives of millions of people. Ashoka Fellows are the ultimate role models in today’s world.

Ashoka identifies patterns that are emerging from our Fellows—types of solutions, strategies, topic areas, etc.—that often point to areas ripe for major change. These learnings from across our Fellowship guide Ashoka’s work and investments in strategic initiatives that empower every person to be a changemaker.

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Venture: Selecting our Ashoka Fellows

Ashoka searches the world for leading social entrepreneurs through an intensive, human-centered process, selecting them into our global, trust-based fellowship of peers
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The Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka Fellows are the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. They champion innovative new ideas that transform society’s systems, providing benefits for everyone and improving the lives of millions of people.
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I feel very lucky to be "discovered" by Ashoka, lucky to be given the opportunity to socialize on the Ashoka network and I finally have experience in three sectors (NGO, Business and Government), I hope these experiences can be beneficial for the people, environment, nation and state

Silverius Oscar Tunggul
Founder TELAPAK, Ashoka Fellow since 2006 & Principal Advisor to the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia
Silverius Oscar Pak Onte Ashoka Fellow Indonesia

Ashoka membantu saya dari intrapreneur menjadi full time social entrepreneur. Melalui stipend, mentoring dan networking, selama 3 tahun, saya membangun PeaceGen dari sebuah inisiatif sosial berskala lokal, menjadi social enterprise yang sudah berdampak baik secara nasional bahkan internasional.

Irfan Amalee
Founder Peace Generation, Ashoka Fellow Since 2017
Irfan Amalee- Ashoka Fellow - Ashoka Indonesia

Ashoka fellowship has enabled me to implement my idea of scaling up effort to strengthen business model of Nature-Based & Biodiversity Innovation through value chain approach across Indonesia. The Ashoka network has also connected me to new partners from different parts of the world. 

Gita Syahrani
Founder of Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari & Ashoka Fellow Since 2023
Gita Syahrani Ashoka Fellow - Ashoka Indonesia

Being in the same journey with Ashoka as an Ashoka fellow has been such a great honor for me. From Ashoka I have access to other fellows from across the world, and learn more initiatives they do. 

Diena Haryana
Founder Yayasan SEJIWA, Ashoka Fellow since 2022
Diena Haryana Ashoka Fellow Ashoka Indonesia
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