Yale Univ woos Indian brains A high-level delegation visits India with sizeable scholarships and stipends for Indian students for the academic year 2004-2005. Thursday, December 23, 2004
BANGALORE: Dr. Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University, America's leading research institution, will be leading a team of high level Yale faculty and administrators to India during the first week of January 2005. The Yale delegation is scheduled to meet senior central and state government leaders and captains of the industry in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. With the South Asian region gaining prominence in global, economic and political affairs, India plays an important role in Yale's internationalisation effort to become a leading global university. In its commitment to attract promising Indian students, Yale plans to announce sizeable scholarships and stipends for Indian students for the academic year 2004-2005 through its unique admission process. According to Dr Levin, "It is our aspiration to still be one of the world's best universities fifty years from now, and the same will be achieved by excelling not only in the humanities, the fine arts, the social sciences and the law; but being among the very best in science and technology. Yale has committed to invest $1 billion in science and technology fields in this decade and we strongly believe that students from India can help us achieve our goal." Yale has an impressive roster of distinguished alumni in India who have been successful across the spectrum of government, business, science and academia. Some of the notable names are Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Finance Secretary, Government of India; Indra Nooyi, President, Pepsi Co.; Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International; and Ramesh Ramanathan, Director, Janaagraha. Four of the last six American Presidents have been Yale graduates. India ranks fourth in number of international students currently pursuing studies at Yale after China, Canada and Korea. "We share historical ties with India as Yale got its name from Elihu Yale, the 17th century Governor of Madras. We were also the first institution in the western hemisphere in the early 1840s to offer a course on Sanskrit to our students," said Dr Levin. "We look forward to our visit to India with a view to further cement this association by leveraging our strengths in science, engineering and medicine through collaborations with leading Indian educational institutions for the benefit of the Indian students," he added. During the four-city visit, Dr Levin will be delivering keynote addresses at various forums and alumni events including a panel discussion on 'Beyond 2020: India in the Global Economy' where he will be sharing the platform with Dr. Rakesh Mohan and Dr. T.N. Srinivasan, Chair of South Asian Studies Council at Yale. The 12-member Yale delegation visiting India has senior academicians from different faculties including Linda Koch Lorimer, Vice President and Secretary, Yale University; Dr. T.N. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics and the Chair of the South Asian Studies Council; Dr. Michael Merson, Professor of Public Health and Dean of the School of Epidemiology & Public Health; and Dr. Shyam Sunder, Professor of Accounting, Economics and Finance. CIOL Bureau *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Forum IT PPI-India: http://www.ppiindia.shyper.com/itforum/ 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
