The IU India Gateway supports IU faculty research and student-focused activities in India. We can provide meeting and reception spaces, offices, and classrooms, as well as a range of in-country support services. The IU India Gateway is also a key resource for connecting with IU’s partner institutions in India.
Since opening in 2014, the IU India Gateway has hosted many events, including academic conferences, workshops, public outreach, and overseas study programs.
Purnima Bose
Academic Director
(Bloomington)
Zafeena Suresh
Gateway Director
(New Delhi)
Minu Thomas
Program Manager
(New Delhi)
The IU India Gateway is located at E-12 Defence Colony in central New Delhi. It has 5,000 square feet of office space, including:
The two conference rooms can be opened out into one open space for larger events such as receptions.
The gateway also supports in-country needs, such as connections, guidance, and the use of meeting spaces, offices, and technology.
A variety of funding mechanisms are available to support research activities at the Global Gateways.
Provides matching support of up to $5,000 for activities – such as workshops, symposia, public talks, and artistic performances – that take place at one or more of IU's Global Gateway offices.
Learn more about Global Gateway GrantsCAHI Global Gateway grants are administered jointly by the College Arts and Humanities Institute (CAHI) and IU Global. For College faculty whose primary area of research or creative activity is in the arts and humanities, these grants support activities that take place at one or more of IU’s Global Gateways. Together, CAHI and IU Global will provide joint funding of up to $10,000.
Learn about CAHI Global Gateway grantsEducation Abroad program development grants, up to a maximum of $3,000, support faculty in exploring the academic and logistical local arrangements for prospective faculty-led study abroad programs.
Address inquiries to: IU Education Abroad, edabroad@iu.edu
Learn about Education Abroad program development grantsIU has established both primary, university-level partnerships and unit-to-unit partnerships with leading institutions in India.
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The India Gateway . . . helped us build a research progression in India in technologies for the blind. . . . It was a tremendous help for us.
Mathew Palakal, Senior Executive Associate Dean, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering - Indianapolis
These academic programs, centers, and institutes welcome collaboration on India-focused projects and programs.
The Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program at Indiana University Bloomington promotes original research and innovative teaching on all aspects of the Indian subcontinent.
Although more than 30 full-time faculty members work in a range of disciplines and with diverse regional interests, all share an enthusiasm for the study of South Asia. The program has specialists on Bengal, northern India, Tamil Nadu, the Tibetan plateau, and Maharashtra, to name but a few.
South Asia is home to literally thousands of different languages, including some of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Faculty members of the Dhar India Studies Program regularly provide in-depth instruction to undergraduate and graduate students in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and Sanskrit, with courses offered from beginning through advanced levels.
Students also may pursue Persian or other languages appropriate to their course of study through the Department of Central Eurasian Studies.
Resources in political science, religious studies, language, literature, economics, film, folklore, journalism, history, philosophy, theater, art, criminal justice, Near Eastern languages and cultures, Tibetan studies, and music as well as reference tools are included in the IU Libraries collections.
Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali (Bangla) are regularly taught and supported through library acquisitions.
IU India is incorporated in India as IU Consulting and Research India Private Limited and is a subsidiary of an IU-affiliated entity, Indiana University International Consulting and Research, LLC.
