emory在印度的代表包括（l-r）：katiebusch的进步和校友参与（aae）；全球战略和倡议办公室的natalie cruz；教务长ravi v。 贝拉姆孔达；lalita kagliotla教授；教务长办公室的盟友霍华德；和印度emory国家总监nikhil singla。 没有显示的是哈娜·霍普和shelseymonroy的aae。 三月，拉维v。 教务长兼学术事务执行副总裁贝拉姆孔达与埃默里大学代表团一起前往印度，会见了校友、即将入学的学生和主要选民，这标志着印度对埃默里大学的重要性。 代表团成员包括来自进步与校友参与组织（aae）和全球战略与倡议办公室（gsi）的成员，以及emory印度国家主任nikhilsingla。 他们开始了为期一周的旅行，围绕新德里、班加罗尔和孟买的三个活动展开，并在2023年3月扩大了类似的旅行。 贝拉姆孔达说：“这是一个与emory校友和家庭建立联系的绝佳机会，也是一个探索如何进一步深化emory在印度已经很强大的影响力的绝佳机会。”。 “那里的学习机会和我们的学者在那里所做的研究对大学的成功至关重要，所以我很荣幸能前往印度，培养我们的合作伙伴关系。 “有意义的旅行”亮点随着印度国际学生和年轻校友在埃默里的人数不断增加，贝拉姆孔达2024年的印度之行重点是与未来的学生、校友和埃默里的家人会面。 他还探索了与印度大学和教育机构合作的机会，为emory的研究生项目招生。 德里的活动迎来了50人，其中包括三名参加海外留学项目的emory学生，该项目包括在印度、阿根廷和南非的连续停留。 印度是bellamkonda和gsi员工致力于为emory学生扩大留学机会的国家之一。 牛津大学学生asmita lehter指出：“作为一名目前正在印度学习健康公平的学生，有机会与传统治疗师会面，在三个不同的州学习健康干预措施，甚至参观泰姬陵，对我的学术和个人发展都产生了难以置信的影响。”。 lehter说：“我最怀念的一些记忆包括熬夜和寄宿家庭聊天，以及乘坐人力车上下课，这种体验在其他地方真的找不到。”。 “知道即使在一个全新的环境中学习，我也能得到emory的支持和联系，我真的很感激。 在孟买举行的这场规模最大的活动吸引了近75名参与者，其中包括分享他们记忆经历的积极故事的校友，能够与同学和工作人员建立联系的新研究生，以及从现任家长那里听到迎新和第一学期经历的即将入学的本科生的家长。 校友aditi chandwani借此机会重新连接并参与emory网络。 chandwani说：“我大约一年前搬到孟买，我非常想念emory社区，听到孟买的活动我非常兴奋。”。 “很高兴听到教务长和他的妻子拉丽塔·卡利戈特拉（nellhodgson-woodruff护理学院的实践教授兼领导与参与高级主任）向我们讲述了埃默里取得的所有进步。 我现在正在参加下个月的另一个校友会，很高兴能与孟买的校友群体进一步接触。 “除了大型团体的参与，其他代表团成员还寻求机会加深在印度的联系。 singla和gsi副总监nataliecruz与富布赖特委员会会面，讨论目前与u的合作。 s。 印度的大学同行以及班加罗尔和孟买几所著名国际学校的本科生。 教务长ravi v。 贝拉姆孔达在孟买对出席招待会的人发表讲话。 emory在印度的重要参与根据gsi的数据，印度是教师参与度最高的国家，拥有强大的研究能力。 在过去的十年里，200多名教职员工在印度从事了大量的工作，emory教职员工和印度研究人员共同撰写了900多篇出版物。 在2022-23学年，印度获得的emory研究资助比美国以外的任何国家都多。 s。 埃默里在印度和与印度的各种工作，从疫苗、糖尿病和癌症的研究，到与埃默里世界闻名的泰勒古手稿收藏有关的奖学金，再到埃默里同情心中心的独特节目，该中心建立在该大学与达赖喇嘛的长期关系基础上。 埃默里同情中心最近庆祝了25周年，在印度有一个完善的藏学留学项目。 emory在印度的广泛工作导致2019年设立了一个海外分支机构职位，以促进新的合作伙伴关系，并扩大emory参与有意义研究的机会，以应对印度和世界各地的关键挑战。 singla是emory印度研究与教育创新llp驻德里的国家主任，与emory的教师和社区成员密切合作，为印度的活动提供实地支持。 singla说：“emory印度倡议扩大并加速了关键的国内合作的发展，这些合作突显了emory致力于与印度不同利益相关者进行有影响力和可持续的接触。”。 在印度有重要关系的emory教员包括rafi ahmed和venkat narayan等。 埃默里疫苗中心（evc）主任、医学院微生物学和免疫学系教授艾哈迈德于2008年与位于德里的国际基因工程和生物技术中心（icgeb）建立了合作伙伴关系和研究实验室。 evc-icgeb实验室的研究重点是艾滋病、肺结核、丙型肝炎、登革热、基孔肯雅病和疟疾。 纳拉扬创立了emory全球糖尿病研究中心，这是一个连接美国emory研究人员的全球网络。 s。 ，印度及其他国家将参与世界级的糖尿病和其他相关非传染性疾病研究。 医学院还与印度科学院（iisc）密切合作，建立了一所新的研究型医学院和医学博士/博士项目，并进行了相关交流。印度科学院是印度排名最高、最负盛名的高等教育机构之一。 除了健康科学，埃默里文理学院的中东和南亚研究（mesas）系提供专注于南亚研究的mesas专业和辅修课程，印地语和藏语的语言辅修课程以及南亚历史、文化和政治课程。 学生和校友关系除了在印度有着牢固的教职员工和研究关系外，emory还有越来越多的来自印度的国际学生和校友。 该大学目前招收了359名来自印度的国际学生，比过去十年增加了50%。 印度学生协会每年都会举办大型校外活动来庆祝排灯节，吸引了数百名学生参加。 还有多个印度和南亚学生组织专注于文化、音乐和舞蹈。 随着越来越多的emory毕业生移居印度，德里和孟买的校友网络正在发展。 “我们努力与校友建立联系，保持emory精神，并为商业或其他方面建立潜在的联系，”emory印度网络新德里副总裁、校友krishna gupta说。 “在aae工作人员的指导下，我们的目标是进一步发展一个积极主动的印度分会，该分会将很容易地与emory校友建立联系，寻找职业机会，做志愿者，参与指导或只是边喝咖啡边见面。 “教务长ravi v。 贝拉姆孔达和其他人在最近访问印度期间会见了现任和即将上任的埃默里家族。
emory representatives in india included (l-r): katie busch of advancement and alumni engagement (aae); natalie cruz of the office of global strategy and initiatives; provost ravi v. bellamkonda; professor lalita kagliotla; ally howard of the office of the provost; and nikhil singla, emory country director of india. not shown are hanna hope and shelsey monroy of aae.in march, ravi v. bellamkonda, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, traveled to india with an emory university delegation to meet with alumni, incoming students and key constituents, signifying the importance of india to emory.the delegation included members from advancement and alumni engagement (aae) and the office of global strategy and initiatives (gsi), as well as nikhil singla, emory country director of india. they embarked on a week-long trip centered around three events in new delhi, bengaluru and mumbai, expanding on a similar trip in march 2023.“this was an incredible opportunity to connect with emory alumni and families, and to explore ways we could further deepen emory’s already strong presence in india,” bellamkonda says. “the learning opportunities there and the research our scholars do there are critical to the university’s success, so i was honored to travel to india and nurture our partnerships.”meaningful trip highlightswith the rising numbers of indian international students and young alumni at emory, bellamkonda’s 2024 trip to india focused on meeting with prospective students, alumni and emory families. he also explored opportunities to partner with indian universities and educational institutions to recruit students for graduate programs at emory.the delhi event welcomed 50 people, including three emory students participating in a study abroad program consisting of sequential stays in india, argentina and south africa. india is one country where bellamkonda and gsi staff are working to expand study abroad opportunities for emory students.“as a student currently studying health equity in india, the opportunity to meet with traditional healers, study health interventions across three different states and even visit the taj mahal has been incredibly impactful to my academic and personal development,” notes oxford college student asmita lehter, who attended one of the events.“some of the memories ill cherish most include staying up and chatting with my homestay family, and traveling to and from class on auto rickshaws, an experience you truly can’t find anywhere else,” lehter says. “knowing that i have the support and connection to emory even when were studying in an entirely new environment is something for which im truly appreciative."the largest event in mumbai welcomed nearly 75 attendees, including alumni who shared positive stories of their emory experience, new graduate students who were able to network with classmates and staff, and parents of incoming undergraduate students who heard from current parents about the orientation and first-semester experiences.alum aditi chandwani took the opportunity to reconnect and engage with the emory network.“i moved to mumbai about a year ago, and i sorely missed the emory community and was very excited to hear about the event in mumbai,” chandwani says. “it was wonderful to hear from the provost and his wife lalita kaligotla [a professor of the practice and senior director for leadership and engagement at the nell hodgson woodruff school of nursing], who told us about all the strides and progress emory has made. i’m now attending another alumni meet-up next month and am very excited to engage with the alumni community further in mumbai.”in addition to large group engagements, other delegation members pursued opportunities to deepen connections in india. singla and gsi associate director natalie cruz met with the fulbright commission to discuss current collaborations with u.s. university counterparts in india and with prospective undergraduate students at several prominent international schools in bengaluru and mumbai.provost ravi v. bellamkonda speaks to reception attendees in mumbai. emory’s significant engagements in indiaaccording to gsi data, india is the top country for faculty engagement and has vast research capabilities. in the last decade, more than 200 faculty members have significantly engaged in work in india and more than 900 co-authored publications have been produced between emory faculty and indian researchers.during the 2022-23 academic year, more emory research grants were focused on india than any country outside the u.s.emory’s diverse work in and with india ranges from research in vaccines, diabetes and cancer, to scholarship related to emory’s world-renowned collection of telegu manuscripts, to the unique programming of the emory compassion center, which builds on the university’s longstanding relationship with his holiness the dalai lama. the emory compassion center recently celebrated 25 years and has a well-established tibetan studies study abroad program in india.emory’s extensive work in india led to the 2019 creation of an overseas affiliate post to foster new partnerships and expand opportunities for emory to engage in meaningful research to address key challenges in india and around the world.singla is the delhi-based country director of emory india research and education innovation llp, and works closely with emory faculty and community members to provide on-the-ground support with india activities.“the emory-india initiative has expanded and accelerated the development of critical in-country collaborations that highlight emory’s commitment to impactful and sustainable engagement with diverse stakeholders in india,” says singla.emory faculty members who have significant ties in india include rafi ahmed and venkat narayan, among many others.ahmed, director of the emory vaccine center (evc) and professor in the department of microbiology and immunology within the school of medicine, created a partnership and research lab in 2008 with the international center for genetic engineering and biotechnology (icgeb) located in delhi. research at the evc-icgeb lab focuses on hiv/aids, tuberculosis, hepatitis c, dengue virus, chikungunya and malaria.narayan founded the emory global diabetes research center, a global network that connects researchers from emory, the u.s., india and beyond to engage in world-class research on diabetes and other related non-communicable diseases.the school of medicine is also working closely with the indian institute of science (iisc) one of the most highly ranked and prestigious higher education institutions in india as they establish a new research-oriented medical school and md/phd program with related exchanges.beyond the health sciences, the middle eastern and south asian studies (mesas) department in emory college of arts and sciences offers a major and minor in mesas with a concentration in south asian studies, a language minor in hindi and tibetan and courses on south asian history, culture and politics.student and alumni connectionsin addition to strong faculty and research relationships in india, emory has a growing number of international students and alumni from the country.the university currently enrolls 359 international students from india, a 50% increase over the past decade. the indian student association hosts a large off-campus event each year to celebrate diwali, drawing hundreds of student attendees. there are also multiple indian and south asian student organizations focused on culture, music and dancing.alumni networks in delhi and mumbai are growing, as more emory graduates move to india.“we strive to connect the alums, keep that emory spirit alive and establish potential connections for business or otherwise,” says alum krishna gupta, new delhi vice president of the emory india network. “with guidance from aae staff, our goal is to further develop a proactive india chapter that will easily connect and reconnect emory alumni, find career opportunities, volunteer, engage in mentorship or just meet over a coffee.”provost ravi v. bellamkonda and others met with current and incoming emory families during their recent visit to india.
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