Srinagar April 19 (KNS): The International Leadership Center at Yale University has announced Waheed Ur Rehman Para as the inaugural Yale Peace Fellow for the year 2023.
According to a statement, the Peace Fellowship is an intensive program that brings emerging leaders in peace to Yale for research, mentoring, and training.
Waheed Para will participate in high-level strategy events on peace and conflict resolution.
The selected fellows consist of global leaders working in the environment, government, technology, conflict-resolution, international development, and business, around the world. They include a Chinese climate communicator, an Indian social entrepreneur, and an Ivorian development economist.
The statement reads Para will join a community of exceptional leaders committed to fostering excellence in peace leadership.
The Peace Fellowship aims to build the capacity of a rising generation of peacemakers and mediators, distill lessons in peace building, and forge international partnerships.
“We are honored to welcome Waheed Ur Rehman Para as the 2023 Peace Fellow,” reads a newsletter on Yale Website quoting Emma Sky, Director of the International Leadership Center at Yale.
“At a time when traditional institutions and mechanisms for peace are being seriously challenged, the Peace Fellowship will provide critical support to rising leaders like Para who are working towards a more peaceful and just world.”
The Peace Fellowship is managed in collaboration with Inter Mediate, a leading peace-making organization dedicated to ending armed conflict.
Inter Mediate CEO, Jonathan Powell, who was the lead British negotiator for the Good Friday Agreement, will work alongside the Yale team to provide mentorship and guidance to the Peace Fellow.
The mission of the World Fellows Program is to enable extraordinary individuals, from across the globe and from diverse disciplines, to increase their capacity to make the world a better place.
The program is the heart of the International Leadership Center, housed within the Jackson School of Global Affairs where Yale students prepare for global leadership and service through its master’s program in public policy in global affairs, master of advanced study in global affairs, and undergraduate major in global affairs.
Meanwhile, Yale international programs head has written to Government of India and Union Home Secretary for allowing Waheed Para to travel and attend the fellowship. (KNS)