UNITED STATES-INDIA

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UNITED STATES-INDIA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Promoting Mutual Understanding
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Fulbright Agreement Signing Ceremony in New Delhi
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and U.S.
Ambassador to India Loy Henderson sign the
Fulbright Agreement for India on February 2,
1950.
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Fulbright House, New Delhi
Fulbright House, New Delhi was dedicated in 1961
on land purchased by USIEF with funds from the
U.S. government
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Foreign Secretary M.J. Desai and U.S. Ambassador
to India John Kenneth Galbraith sign an amended
version of Fulbright Agreement in New Delhi on
June 19, 1963
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Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and U.S.
Ambassador to India David C. Mulford sign the
latest version of Fulbright Agreement in New
Delhi on July 4, 2008 declaring both India and
U.S. as equal partners
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President Obama and Prime Minister Singh during
the Arrival Ceremony on November 24, 2009 in
Washington, DC
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USIEF STRUCTURE

• Activities guided by the binational Board of
  Directors
• Program management and staff overseen by the
  Executive Director, Adam J. Grotsky, and Deputy
  Director, Dr. Diya Dutt
• Central office in New Delhi with regional offices
  in Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai

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USIEFs MANDATE

• Administration of Fulbright and other fellowships
  for Indian and American students, lecturers,
  researchers and professionals.
• Promotion of dialogue among Fulbrighters and
  their communities as an outgrowth of educational
  exchange.
• Educational Advising Services for Indian students
  interested in pursuing higher education in the
  U.S., and U.S. students in India.
• Serve as a clearinghouse for linkages between
  higher education institutions in the U.S. and
  India through its office of U.S. India Higher
  Education Cooperation (USIHEC)

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FULBRIGHT IN INDIA

• Since 1950, USIEF has awarded around 8,200
  Fulbright Fellowships to Indians and Americans
  and 8700 other awards
• For 2012-13, USIEF has awarded 177 Fellowships to
  Indian citizens, including 152 Fulbright-Nehru
  Fellowships
• For 2012-13, USIEF has awarded 211 Fellowships to
  U.S. citizens, including 175 Fulbright-Nehru
  Fellowships

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FULBRIGHT-NEHRU PROGRAM
Grant Category 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
American Fulbright-Nehru Grants 46 90 131 151 175
Indian Fulbright-Nehru Grants 41 71 119 138 152
Total 87 161 250 289 327
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CURRENT FULBRIGHT-NEHRU FELLOWSHIP PRIORITIES

• Agricultural Sciences
• Economics
• Education
• Energy, Sustainable Development and Climate
  Change
• Environment
• International Relations
• Management and Leadership Development
• Media and Communications with focus on Public
  Service Broadcasting
• Public Administration
• Public Health
• Science and Technology
• Study of India with focus on contemporary issues
• Study of the United States

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FELLOWSHIPS FOR U.S. CITIZENS

• Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Fellowship
• Fulbright Nehru English Teaching
  Assistantships
• Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellowship
• Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship
• Fulbright-Nehru Teaching/Research Fellowship
• Fulbright Nehru Environmental Leadership
  Program
• Fulbright Nehru Distinguished Chair
• Fulbright Nehru Higher Education
  Administrators Program

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Number of Grants for U.S. citizens in the year
2012-13
Name Number of Grant
FN Student Researchers 66
FN English Teaching Assistants 17
FN Distinguished Chair 2
FN Visiting Lecturers 17
FN Teaching and Research 28
FN Senior Researchers 30
FN Environmental Leadership 5
FN Intl Education Administrators 10
Distinguished Awards in Teaching 2
Senior Specialists 20
Regional Researchers 1
Summer Teachers 10
Teacher Exchange 3
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FELLOWSHIPS FOR INDIAN CITIZENS

• Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellowships
• Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowships
• Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional
  Research Fellowships
• Fulbright-Nehru Masters Fellowship for
  Leadership Development
• Fulbright-Nehru Environmental Leadership Program
• Fulbright Nehru Postdoctoral Research
  Fellowships
• Fulbright Nehru CII Management Fellowships
• Fulbright Nehru Higher Education Administrators
  Program

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Number of Grants for Indian citizens in the year
2012-13
Name Number of Grant
FN Masters for Leadership Development 20
FN Doctoral and Professional Research 32
FN Senior Research 26
FN Environmental Leadership 12
FN Visiting Lecturer 18
FN Postdoctoral 18
FN-CII Leadership in Management 14
FN International Education Administrators 12
Hubert H. Humphrey 7
Teacher Exchange 3
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant 8
Distinguished Awards in Teaching 5
Scholar in Residence Program 2
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USIEF ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

• Panel Discussion Ecotourism Certification in
  India
• Symposium on Delhis Natural Heritage
• Workshop on Peace Education and Development
  International Perspectives
• Workshop on Preparing the Early Childhood
  Professional for the 21st Century
• Workshop on Higher Education for a Sustainable
  Future in India Constraints and
  Solutions
• Presentation on Impact of Globalization on
  Social Welfare Expenditures in Developing
  Countries
• American Studies Conference on Democracy under
  the Challenge of War Comparing the US and India
  

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EDUCATIONAL ADVISING SERVICES

• EducationUSA offices at USIEF offer accurate,
  current and comprehensive information to
  prospective students
• Active student database of over 18000 in 2011-12
  as a result of extensive outreach
• Administered the SAT, AP, PSAT and ACT tests
• Facilitated University Fairs across 5 cities
  attracting 5000 students
• Indian Students studying in the US 103,895
• (Source Open Doors IIE 2011)
• American students studying in India 3884
• (Source Open Doors IIE, 2011)

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USIHEC Fostering Indo-US collaborations

• The Office of U.S. - India Higher Education
  Cooperation is a recent addition to USIEF. It has
  been established through an initiative of the
  Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the
  State Department. The USIHEC engages institutions
  of higher education in the US and in India to
  foster and enhance linkages between them. 
• It seeks to deepen institutional ties in numerous
  ways in areas of collaborative research, study
  abroad programs, faculty exchanges and
  conferences of higher education administrators
  from both countries.

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USIHEC Major Activities

• Fulbright Nehru International Education
  Administrators Grants
• Assessment of Study Abroad Capacity in India
• Transforming Boundaries A collaborative
  project involving Montgomery Community College
  and Polytechnics in Chhattisgarh and Haryana
• Database on Indo-US institutional collaborations
• Annual AUSAPI Conference
• Brief US and Indian Institutions of Higher
  Education
• Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative

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U.S. UNIVERSITY VISITS

• San Francisco State University
• Seattle University
• State University of New York, Buffalo
• Cornell University
• Eastern Michigan University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Boston University
• Georgetown University
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC

• Yale University
• University of Baltimore, Law School
• Roger Williams University
• Dallas Baptist University
• Texas Tech University
• North Dakota State University
• University of Colorado, Denver
• Kansas State University
• American University, DC
• Penn State University
• Purdue University
• Brandeis University

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• ROLE OF U.S. FULBRIGHTERS

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• Community Service

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• Community Service

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• Community Service

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PROMOTE THE FULBRIGHT PROGRAM
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Give presentations and attend conferences
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Organize seminars and workshops related to your
field of study
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Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Bernadette Anand with
Indian students
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English Teaching Assistant Mark Appleton with his
students
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Fulbright Researcher Gregory Alles in a local
wedding
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Lindsay Bacurin after playing Holi with her
friends at CEPT in Ahmedabad
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USIEF Mapping the Future

• Further Facilitate Indo-U.S. Educational
  Collaborations
• - Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge
  Initiative
• Build Capacity for U.S. Study Abroad in India
• Improve/Expand Outreach efforts to allow us to
  achieve
• our goals for increased number of grants
• Increase diversity of applicant pool
• Develop activities to encourage scholars to
  engage in
• host community
• Expand Grant Offerings

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Thank you!