Health in India
Examine and experience public and private healthcare clinics providing preventative and curative care across traditional and modern modalities. Meet with government officials, NGOs, healthcare professionals and public health students to learn about healthcare markets, technologies that are helping India achieve [...]
Digital India
Connect with India’s digital revolution, meeting governmental providers of digital information and services, policymakers, digital literacy educators and end users of technology. Discuss and debate with Indian students about ways digital governance, along with greater digital access and skills education, [...]
Yoga in India
Experience yoga at its origins and identify teachings for continued growth through this series of culturally immersive introductions to yogic and spiritual paths and practices. The program features sessions with esteemed yoga teachers and spiritual leaders along with practice at [...]
Powering India
Learn about India’s bold new initiatives for generating power from renewable sources and the latest innovations for producing energy while meeting with officials, innovators, NGOs, students of engineering and sustainable development and administration of company stakeholders in India’s current energy [...]
Water in India
Follow India’s sacred Kaveri river from its source at Talakaveri as it passes through wildlife sanctuaries, industrial areas, farmlands, cities, sacred sites and dams before emptying into the Bay of Bengal at Poompuhar. Meet river activists, public policy makers, development [...]
Re-Imagining India 2017
Discover contemporary India’s growing political and economic role on the world stage at sites ranging from diplomatic enclaves, yoga studios and 3D printing workshops to agricultural villages, performing arts venues and slum recycling centers. We partner with esteemed authors, analysts, [...]
Media in India
Engage with aspects of journalism and reporting in India such as reporting styles and formats, consumption trends, ethics, issues such as media freedom and paid news, and the role of social networks in breaking stories while meeting reporters, photojournalists, media [...]
Politics in India
Explore the world’s largest democracy’s many interfaces between individuals and the organizations and political parties created to serve them while meeting with party and organizational leaders, political analysts, activist groups, grassroots stakeholders and political science students to learn about political [...]
Built in India
Be inspired by innovations in architecture that create new spaces for living, learning worship and more. See how India’s diverse climates and cultures, along with rich architectural histories inform these new approaches. Visit sites of green architecture development and implementation as well as [...]
Legal India
Learn about aspects of India’s legal professions and system including structure and functioning during pre-colonialism, British Rule and post-independence, issues of representation and access to legal services, India’s constitution, and landmark cases and legislation while meeting with judiciary and legal [...]
Skill India
Explore traditions, technologies, pedagogies and curricula in India’s education and skills training sectors while meeting teachers and educationists, education administrators, students and employers to collaboratively contribute to innovations in instruction that improve access and outcomes for different communities in India [...]
Handmade in India
Engage with aspects of designing, creating, sourcing and promoting items related to artisan craft. Meet artisans, designers, entrepreneurs, business leaders and students to discuss ways the recent revival of consumer interest in handicraft is affecting India’s handicrafts market and consider [...]
Writing India
Engage with sites featured in some of the most acclaimed poetry and prose set in India while meeting with authors, poets, artists, historians and English literature students to learn new ways in which to capture Indian landscapes, time periods and [...]
Expressions of India
Explore India’s performing arts via ancient texts, costumes, performance spaces and traditional performance lineages while meeting with performers, makeup artists and costume designers as well as students enrolled in college and university performing arts courses to discuss faith, meaning making [...]
Civilization in India
Step back in time at India’s significant historic sites and museums while meeting with historians, modern day keepers of vernacular historical legacies, museum curators and history students to examine various convergences and divergences of myth, history and political identity in [...]
IndoGenius Express
The IndoGenius Express is a two-week program in which an entire Indian passenger train will serve not only as a mode of transport, but also as a multi-disciplinary discussion forum, innovation lab and melting pot for people of different cultures, [...]
India's Startup Unicorns
Take the course on India’s Startup Unicorns
Cinema in India
Learn about India’s national and regional film industries and the cultural realities they both reflect and create while meeting with film actors, choreographers, producers, stylists, screenwriters, students, journalists and filmgoers and enthusiasts to learn about narrative themes and styles, market [...]
Wild India
Meet face to face with India’s unique wildlife including their habitats and their human neighbors and advocates. Take part in experiential conservation case studies to consider issues of land allocation, public safety and environmental sustainability.
Startup India
Calling all Entrepreneurs! Explore the achievements and potential of India’s tech startup ecosystem while meeting top advisors, investors, IT professionals, students, and international startups working in India. Discover new ideas, fine tune pitches and identify opportunities for mutual collaboration with [...]
Rural India
Explore India’s villages and rural areas to consider impacts of urbanization and globalization while meeting with village administrators, infrastructure providers and residents to discuss traditional and cutting edge approaches to global challenges such as poverty eradication, universal primary education, and [...]
IndoGenius Summer 2016 Immersions
Belief in India
Engage with the many belief systems of India at domestic and community places and spaces of meditation, devotion and worship while meeting with religious leaders, believers, non-believers, interfaith organizers and students of religious studies and sociology to discuss the importance [...]
Farm India
Follow Indian agricultural products’ journeys from farm to table while meeting with farm owners and laborers, wholesalers, producers and vendors to discuss agricultural livelihoods, organic and urban farming and food safety as well as global challenges such as food security [...]
Urban India
Explore challenges and opportunities inherent in India’s quest to develop urban centers amidst increasing strain on infrastructure and resources. Obtain experiential understanding of unique cases, including plans to develop illegal suburban settlements and creation of a R&D knowledge city in [...]
Make in India
Engage with aspects of policy, skills training, design and engineering while meeting corporate heads, government officials, plant personnel and engineering and design students to consider ways in which India may regain its position as one of the world’s most important [...]
Altruistic India
Take part in India’s social service framework and engage with traditional means of helping others while meeting with altruistic organizations and individuals to discuss how and why people give, debate ways in which globalized consumerism is impacting altruism, and consider [...]
Argumentative India
Engage with philosophies and visions for India and humanity put forward by celebrated Indian thinkers Gandhi, Tagore, Ambedkar, Nehru, Aurobindo and Vivekananda. Historic sites and artifacts, modern centers of study, and interaction with current students and followers of these thinkers [...]
