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India Related Programs
at UW
Annual Conference
on South Asia
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The Annual Conference on South Asia attracts
over 500 scholars and other interested parties annually,
who travel from a dozen countries around the world and
much of the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska.
The conference features 75 or more academic panels and
roundtables, as well as association meetings and special
events ranging from performances to film screenings. |
Center
for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
The WAGE regularly supports
research on India and hosts public and academic events
focused on the political, economic, and security climate
in India . WAGE’s particular strength lies in placing
contemporary developments in India in comparative perspective.
India figures prominently in WAGE’s recently announced
research collaborative entitled “Governance
in Economic Development: Law, Politics and the Role of
the State”.
This collaborative analyzes ways in which the role of
the state is being reinterpreted and renegotiated in response
to globalization and how more interventionist states
will interact with today’s highly globalized international
economy. Four countries lie at the core of this project:
Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. See WAGE
India-related past events.
Combat
Blindness Foundation
| Founded in 1984 by Dr. Suresh Chandra, Professor of
Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the University of
Wisconsin - Madison, the Foundation is run by community
leaders in Madison and Dane County who serve as the Board
of Directors as well as renowned ophthalmologists from
around the world who serve on the Advisory Board. To
date, most of the Combat Blindness Foundation support
has been done in collaboration with Aravind Eye Hospital,
King George's Medical College, LV Prasad Eye Hospital,
and Sitapur Eye Hospital which are located in India.
Other projects have been supported in India, Kenya, the
Philippines and Vietnam. See an informational presentation on
CBF. |
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Khorana
Program for Scientific Exchange
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) launched the Khorana
Program for Scientific Exchange in 2008. Dr. Har
Gobind Khorana, who won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for
his work at the interface of chemistry and biology
while a member of the UW faculty, has generously agreed
to lend his name to this program. This exchange program
will foster and expand interaction between the Indian
and U.S. scientific communities and prove to be transformative
for both American and Indian students. |
South
Asia Legal Studies Working Group
The working group was established in 2006
to coordinate and promote events pertaining to South Asian
legal studies and to facilitate intellectual exchange between
faculty and students at the University with shared interests
in the field. The disciplinary interests of the working group
include political science, history, religious studies, and,
within law itself, environmental
law, human rights, Islamic law, constitutional law, discrimination,
women’s studies, and legal profession.
South
Asia Summer Language Institute
The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) is
a formal educational collaboration of the US Department
of Education-designated Title VI National Resource Centers
for South Asia in partnership with the South Asia Language
Resource Center (SALRC). SASLI is dedicated to training
students, faculty, and professionals in the languages
of South Asia. |
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