The Youth for Governance Fellowship Mysuru 2022 implemented by GRAAM and Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation is a program that aims to empower youth of Mysuru to become active participants in the governance process. Through a combination of capacity building, exposure visits, and mentoring, the fellowship equips selected youth of Mysuru with the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience to become effective change-makers in their respective communities.

The nine-month long fellowship, offers a blended theoretical and practical learning with group research on finding burning issues in the city. Through this process, the youth understand community dynamics, democratic structures, and the tools used for effective governance. The Fellows will present their findings and recommendations to officials of Mysuru city corporation and to the community leaders at the end of the fellowship.

Presently, GRAAM is running the second Cohort of this fellowship. The first cohort was successfully culminated in 2022. In 2023, interactive exposure visits like one to the Vidhana Soudha, the Karnataka State Legislature, were also added to make the fellowship a more holistic experience for the youth.