Meet Harvard mentors and hone your leadership skills with the Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy initiative (HUFPI)

Chandigarh, December 15,2022: The Harvard HUFPI Summit for Changemakers, scheduled to be held at the British School, Chandigarh from January 12-15, 2022, will provide young minds a unique opportunity to hone their leadership skills through interactions with prominent leaders and Harvard mentors. The program, designed to expose high schoolers to current leadership questions through interactions with prominent leaders in multiple fields, will consist of in-depth discussions with academics, experienced policymakers, government officials and regional experts. Through this excellent initiative, eduVelocity will provide students an opportunity to learn real-world policy writing skills, cross-cultural leadership and the ability to address global challenges from all sectors of international relations. 

Presented by Learn With Leaders (LWL) and co-hosted by eduVelocity, the four-day event will have in-person sessions with prominent leaders from varied fields alongwith Harvard mentors, discussing policy-making, international relations and global challenges. Students will gain critical insights and a deeper understanding of foreign policy and their role in the global dialogue and community. Through participation in the Policy Crisis Hackathon, they will discover innovative solutions to existing crisis. Above all, this program will help them forge lifelong connections and build networking relations with IVY League mentors, the pioneers of global thought and progress.   

"We at Eduvelocity are extremely delighted to collaborate with the Harvard HUFPI team to bring the Harvard mentors closer to our students in order to guide them to become the future leaders of tomorrow. We look forward to seeing all the students who aspire to be global changemakers take part in the summit to gain a global perspective through experiential learning," says Pearl Fotedar, Assistant Manager, LifeSkills Activities Department. "Come students, join us to find Harvard at your doorsteps!"

Kashvi Chona, one the students eagerly anticipating the event, feels that, "the Harvard session will help me to gain knowledge, widen my learning horizon and get a chance to interact with people from different walks of life."

Similarly, Sanat Juneja adds, "I am very excited to be a part of this program as it offers great opportunities like learning real-world policy writing skills, cross-cultural leadership, and how to address global challenges from all sectors of international relations. This is a unique opportunity to interact with the Harvard mentors and I am looking forward to it."

The registration fee for the program is Rs. 25,000/- but can availed for Rs. 20,000/- with the early bird discount. Students are eagerly awaiting the event, the first of its kind, to be held in the city as it presents an exciting opportunity to interact with their counterparts from Harvard, exchange ideas and learn about the renowned institute with a common passion to excel in their chosen fields. This initiative marks a pivotal moment in global relations.