Aim and Scope: Global India Frontiers is the first pan-USA conference that brings together academics across multiple disciplines to discuss key themes relating to Global India – economy, sustainability, arts, innovation, inclusion and partnerships. The goal is to feature breakthrough advances, share diverse viewpoints and stimulate collaborations with potential to transform the world. The format of the conference is a series of plenary sessions around key themes, interspersed with breakout/networking sessions that facilitate collaboration and discussion. White papers are anticipated on each of the themes. A brief description of the thematic areas is provided on the next page.
Background: The Directors of Princeton University’s M.S. Chadha Center for Global India and Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute met in the Fall of 2023 to discuss jointly hosting an academic conference focused on India. The meeting was stimulated by Indiaspora which has long sought to organize an annual meeting of academics of Indian origin in the US to highlight their work and create Indo-US networking opportunities. The Lakshmi Mittal Institute had also been planning to convene a meeting of different US academic centers focused on South Asia. Meanwhile, Princeton’s Chadha Center for Global India was keen to host a conference on themes related to “Global India” – the focus of the Center. Thus, a Steering Committee was convened to launch this first pan-USA Global India Frontiers conference.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Anu Ramaswami, Director, M.S. Chadha Center for Global India, Princeton University
Tarun Khanna, Director, Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
M. R. Rangaswami, Founder & Chairman of the Board, Indiaspora
