About the India Initiative
Established in 2007, the University of Wisconsin-Madison India
Initiative brings together faculty across campus, alumni,
and friends to support, enhance, and increase awareness
about India's arts, cultures, economy, history, religions and
society.
Through collaboration with diverse departments and
programs, and with support from alumni and friends, the India Initiative
highlights scholarship and outreach efforts and facilitates
new programs to help us better understand and engage with India's rising
global prominence in such diverse fields as medicine, journalism, economy
and industry, engineering, biotechnology, and law.
Recognizing the importance of India to the economic
and political future of Wisconsin and the United States,
this enhanced collaboration with and dissemination about
India will benefit Wisconsin's businesses
and citizens as a whole.
India Initiative Goals
- Integrate the study of India across the curriculum to
facilitate the development of global competence and advance internationalization.
- Build partnerships among educational, governmental,
and corporate institutions in India and Wisconsin to facilitate
educational exchange, create new knowledge through research
collaborations, and economic development.
- Expand and facilitate research and teaching on areas of emerging
interests related to but not limited to India's economy, knowledge
sectors, and global integration.
- Bring together faculty from humanities, professional,
social science and scientific departments interested in
India.
- Create a clear portal to resources at the UW-Madison
campus to facilitate new research and teaching strategies
and public engagement about India.
- Coordinate activity related to India to create dynamic synergies and
a central point of contact for the campus and state communities.
- Disseminate knowledge about India to benefit Wisconsin and American
citizens and to serve the needs of business.
- Re-connect to alums with interest in India as well as those of Indian
origin.
Related Departments, Programs, Divisions, Schools and Colleges
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Combat Blindness Foundation
Computer Sciences
Human Ecology, School of
International Institute
International Studies, Division of
Journalism and Mass Communication
Law School
Medicine
Wisconsin Alumni
