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Institutional Audit on India
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U.S. India Educational Foundation (USIEF) Institutional Audit on India – April, 2008

USIEF provides these “institutional audit” questions to prompt reflection on your university’s engagement with India and to list resources which may be useful to you as your university interacts with Indian students, colleagues, and institutions.

Curriculum on India:
What courses/programs related to the study of India are offered at your institution? Do they reflect contemporary issues such as the information technology, economic liberalization, outsourcing, public health, and Bollywood? If your institution is interested in developing or enhancing South Asian or Indian studies on your campus(es), you may refer to the U.S. Department of Education link http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/index.html

Programs to look at are the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program, Title VI Undergraduate International Studies Program and Title VI Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access Program.The Title VI International Research and Studies Program could be useful to develop research projects with a South Asian or an India focus or support the development of instructional materials on India and/or its languages.

Study of Indian languages:
Does your institution offer the study of languages from the Indian sub-continent such as Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, or Gujarati? The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship Program (FLTA) is a resource for inviting native speakers of Indian languages to your campus. Visit http://www.flta.fulbrightonline.org/become.html. For information on other Foreign Language and Area Studies Programs, visit the U.S. Department of Education website http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/resources.html .

Visiting faculty from India:
Has your institution hosted visiting scholars from India? If you are interested in hosting, contact the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), www.cies.org.Ms. Rachel Kolb, Program Officer at CIES, rkolb@iie.org, handles placement of Indian scholars at U.S. institutions. If your institution is willing to share the cost of hosting a scholar, see opportunities available under the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program (SIR), . Is your institution interested in providing more teaching on the Islamic culture and civilization?Your university may seek to host an Indian visitor on this theme under the Visiting Specialist Program.See http://www.cies.org/Visiting_Specialists/.

Fulbright Fellowships to India:
How many of your faculty and students in the last two years have secured Fulbright fellowships to India/South Asia?U.S. faculty applythrough the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES),www.cies.org, and U.S. students apply through the Institute of International Education www.iie.org. Your Fulbright liaison may contact Mr. Gary Garrison at CIES, ggarrison@iie.org, regarding grants for faculty, and Mr. Jonathan Akeley at IIE in New York at jakeley@iie.org regarding grants for recent graduates and young scholars/professionals.

U.S. faculty group visits to India:
Has your institution organized faculty visits to India under a Group Project Abroad program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education or with other support?Group visits often spark interest and establish professional networks to expand curriculum and research on India. The website for Group Projects Abroad is http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index.html .Ms. Lungching Chiao, Senior Program Office, International Education Programs Service, lungching.chiao@ed.gov, is a contact for the Group Projects Abroad Program.Fulbright Senior Specialist Program: Your faculty canto be placed on a roster of experts invited foracademic assignments (two to six weeks).for the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program are accepted on a rolling basis, and peer review of applications is conducted eight times per year.Visithttp://www.cies.org/specialists/.

Study Abroad to India:
Does your institution offer a Study Abroad program in India to undergraduate students? To graduate students?If not, refer to the resources on http://www.fulbright-india.org/Scripts/StudyinIndiaOverview.aspx. U.S. Study Abroad Directors of programs in India maintain a discussion group: AUSAPI@yahoogroups.com, which your Study Abroad staff may join.Study India Programs at Indian institutions are listed on India’s University Grants Commission website www.ugc.ac.in/studyindia/index.html .The American Institute of Indian Studies, http://www.indiastudies.org , offers language programs and services to U.S. study abroad programs.

Faculty networks:
What connections do your faculty members and administrators have with India? any of your faculty members with connections to India bringing students or research projects to India?

Indian students:
What number of Indian students enroll at your institution?For the last six years, the largest number of international students in the U.S. have come from India – 83,833 in 2006-07. For information on Indian students in the U.S., see Open Doors 2007, http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=113181. Is there an Indian or South Asian students’ association at your institution? Indian students are effective in spreading word of your institution in their home communities.Does your institution accept three-year Bachelor’s degrees from India for graduate admission?For a report on this issue, see http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/11/06/bologna.

Outreach to Indian students:
Are you interested in recruiting more students from India? If yes, please review USIEF’s support to member institutions fulbright-india.org/Scripts/ServicestoInstitutionsForU.S.InstitutionsMembershipPlan.aspx and services supporting Educational Fairs in India http://www.fulbright-india.org/Scripts/StudyinUSAU.S.UniversityFairs.aspx .Institutional support: Does your institution support other study, work, research and travel opportunities for faculty and/or students that includes or could include India? The American Institute of Indian Studies offers fellowships to faculty and students at its member institutions. Visit http://www.indiastudies.org.

Conferences/Videoconferences: Has your institution held academic conferences on topics related to India/South Asia in the past two academic years?Are any planned for the coming year? Would a digital videoconference with experts in India be of interest for upcoming conferences? USIEF has videoconference facilities in Delhi, and access to facilities in Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, and can help with arrangements at cost.

Art and Culture: Has your institution hosted art exhibitions or cultural performances involving Indian/South Asian artists in the past two years? If not, and you are interested in staging some, contact these resource centers:
-with South Asian Studies Centers are listed on the link http://www.asianamerican.net/centers.html-Indian Embassy and Consulates in the U.S. can inform you of Indian visitors http://www.indianembassy.org/newsite/consultates.asp (sic)
-Council of Cultural Relations http://www.iccrindia.org/iovisitor.htm

Collaborations with Indian Institutions: Does your institution have any on-going collaborative partnerships with Indian institutions (faculty research/faculty and student exchange, twinning program, on-line courses, and/or consulting on curriculum or program design)?Or, are you interested in developing collaborative relationships with Indian institutions? What kind? For information on Indian higher education, please visit http://goidirectory.nic.in/education.htm.

Agricultural collaboration:
Does your institution collaborate with an Indian institution in the field of agriculture?Collaborations on agricultural education, teaching, research, service, and commercial linkages further the Indo-U.S. Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (known as “AKI”), http://dare.nic.in/usa.htm and http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/india_knowl_init/india_knowl_init.asp. administers fellowships in agricultural sciences and can provide vital information and support if your institution plans to collaborate with an Indian agricultural institution.

Indian institutions may invite submit proposals for funding for U.S. faculty and professionals in agriculture to conduct lectures or other short projects for a period of two to six weeks under Fulbright Senior Specialist Program.Visit the CIES website at http://www.cies.org/specialists/ and the USIEF website at http://www.fulbright-india.org/institutions/inst-general.htm for details.

Entry of foreign institutions into India: Is your institution considering offering technical education in India?See the regulations for foreign universities promulgated by the All India Council for Technical Education, found at http://www.aicte.ernet.in/FU_PublicNotice.htmHas your institution considered setting up a campus in India?The Indian National Knowledge Commission, set up by the Prime Minister of India in 2005 to advise him on higher education, recommended formulation of policies for the entry of foreign institutions. Visit http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/HigherEducationNote.pdf

USIEF encourages you to further develop your institution’s engagement with India. Please consult the resources provided above and contact USIEF if you have further questions.

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April, 2008
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