The Rakshin Fellowship
Twenty Hours | Five Levels | Twelve Months | Hybrid Delivery
Our Approach
We build young adults who can recognise child sexual abuse, name the behaviour, know where to report it, and interrupt the cycle of violence.
It is an action practitioner programme, built to shift what participants know, what they believe, and what they do.
Five levels. One journey.
Each level builds on the last — from understanding the legal foundation to becoming an action practitioner in your community.
The legal foundation.
POCSO Act 2012 and PoSH Act 2013. Two variants, gender equality with POCSO and gender equality with PoSH, depending on what the institution requests. Closes with campus activities.
Power and trust.
Gender and patriarchy. Consent and the power of no. Safe spaces. Safe touch. Trust and difficult conversations. Communication for building trust.
Conflict, and learning to teach.
Power and authority. Conflict, harm and abuse. De-escalation of conflict. Training of Trainers.
Into the community.
Community building. Messaging. Social arts. Community work. Fellows close this level by delivering at least four Level 1 sessions to students of other colleges.
The wider frame.
Sexual violence in interpersonal relations. Domestic violence and the PWDVA. Sexual harassment and sexual assault. Masculinity. Transformative and restorative justice. Community accountability and resilience.
The modules
Built around
your schedule.
Hybrid. Twelve months, or six if you move quickly. Sessions are adjusted around academic schedules.
Hybrid.
Theoretical sessions run online and on campus. Assignments are self paced. Practical training and community work happen on campus and in your own city or town.
Twelve months.
Twelve months, or six if you move quickly. Sessions are adjusted around academic schedules.
Weekends.
Weekends, on a fixed calendar. Level 1 weekly, Level 2 fortnightly, Level 3 monthly.
Five languages.
English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
A certificate at every level.
Not only at the end.
A deliverables-based stipend.
Every fellow who completes the Training of Trainers and is certified receives a stipend against the sessions they deliver, from Level 4 onwards and for the Level 5 project. Not selective, not discretionary.
Learning that counts beyond the classroom.
Twelve of the twenty hours are on the job training and community work, which meets the spirit of an institution’s OJT requirement under NEP 2020. Where an institution chooses to, the NSS Director, Programme Officer or University may count these hours towards NSS credit.
Turn learning
into something real.
Every fellow closes by designing and executing a real community project. You pick the medium that suits your voice and your community, whether a research article, a short film, a play, an ad film or a poem. You identify a local need, build a theory of change, and produce something that drives real change.
The Fellowship doesn't
end with the modules.
Creative and cultural engagement.
Short films, theatre workshops, Stage For Change performances, and Rakshin Diaries.
Rakshin Reflections and Safe Space Sessions.
Moderated peer sessions, online and on campus. Microlearning and project newsletters.
Resolution support.
Legal advice and online counselling for fellows and their college communities, because the conversations this Fellowship starts sometimes need real support behind them.
Twenty hours across twelve months, mostly on weekends, on a calendar published in advance.
No. You are certified at each level and progress as far as you choose.
That decision rests with your NSS Director, Programme Officer or University. Many choose to count it.