The Regional English Language Office (RELO) of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, in partnership with Miranda House College, will host a conference for over 300 trainee teachers in Delhi on February 18-19. Twenty-three U.S. Department of State-funded English Language Fellows from South and Central Asia as well as a few selected local trainers will ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 14 February, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Education
New Delhi, February 2, 2020 – The U.S.-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) today marked the 70th Anniversary of the prestigious Fulbright program in India. U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce addressed attendees at a gala event in New ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 3 February, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Marie Royce will travel to India from January 28-February 3 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in India. In New Delhi, Assistant Secretary Royce will visit an Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation project and the American Center in New Delhi. She will ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 28 January, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education
The
United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), announces the opening of its annual competition for
Fulbright-Nehru and other Fulbright fellowships . Such exchanges have helped bring the people of India and the United States closer together through opportunities that enrich fellows’ academic, research, teaching and professional capacity. Alumni of exchange and scholarship programs administered by USIEF have demonstrated strong leadership in several fields, including agriculture, ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 15 January, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Education
New Delhi, November 18, 2019 – The number of Indians studying in the United States increased by almost three percent over the last year to 202,014, according to the 2019 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the total number of Indians pursuing their higher education in ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 18 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Education
Chennai, Nov 15: The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) will conduct two events next week to observe the “International Education Week” (IEW) in recognition of the benefits of international education and exchanges worldwide. IEW, which this year takes place November 18 – 23, is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 15 November, 2019 | Topics: Chennai, Events, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Education, EducationUSA, Higher Education, IEW2019, International Education Week, International Education Week 2019, Study in the U.S., Study in the USA
Chennai, Sept 19: One hundred students graduated the U.S. Consulate General’s English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) at the Islamiah School run by the Vaniyambadi Muslim Educational Society (VMES), Vaniyambadi, on Thursday, September 19, 2019. U.S. Cultural Affairs Officer Moulik Berkana was the Chief Guest at the Graduation Ceremony and presented the certificates to the successful ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 25 September, 2019 | Topics: Chennai, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Access program, Bilateral relationship, Education, English Access Microscholarship Program, English language, Higher Education, USIndia, Vaniyambadi Muslim Educational Society
Today marks the U.S. Mission in India’s fifth annual Student Visa Day, an event that celebrates higher education ties between India and the United States. The Mission dedicates this day to helping qualified Indian students prepare for their studies in the United States and connects them with
EducationUSA – a network of U.S.-sponsored advising centers dedicated ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Education, Study in the U.S., Visa
The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi today announced
Partnership 2020 , an initiative to build research partnerships between Indian and U.S. institutions in key 21st century fields. Under this initiative, the U.S. Department of State has granted $1.15 million to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, which will award sub-grants, on a competitive basis, to U.S. universities ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 8 March, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education
The number of Indians studying in the United States increased by 5.4 percent over the last year to 196,271, according to the 2018 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the total number of Indians pursuing their higher education in the United States has grown. Speaking ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 13 November, 2018 | Topics: Education, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education
New Delhi – Today marks U.S. Mission India’s fourth annual Student Visa Day, an event that celebrates higher education ties between India and the United States. The Mission dedicates this day to helping qualified Indian students prepare for their studies in the United States and connects them with EducationUSA for pre-departure information. The U.S. Embassy ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 6 June, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Education, Study in the U.S.
In a sign of the continued vitality of U.S.-India people-to-people ties, 98 Fulbright scholars are gathering at the Lalit Hotel in New Delhi for a three-day pre-departure orientation designed to introduce them to the academic, social, and cultural environment of the United States, and stimulate thought about their role as cultural ambassadors. A total of ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 24 May, 2018 | Topics: Education, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Fulbright
The special Student Visa Day is on June 6th. It’s an interview day set aside exclusively for students applying for student visas. After your interview on #StudentVisaDay at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate, make sure to speak to an EducationUSA advisor about U.S. education and pre-departure information. Visit our website
www.ustraveldocs.com/ to know more about student ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 23 May, 2018 | Topics: Education, Exclude, Study in the U.S., Visas | Tags: Education, Study in the U.S.
Ambassador Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, visited the U.S.-India Education Foundation (USIEF) this weekend to underline the importance the U.S. government places on promoting educational exchanges between the world’s two largest democracies. The meeting came at the start of Ambassador Galt’s week-long ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 14 May, 2018 | Topics: Art & Culture, Education, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education
Today, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, and Consulates General in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai, opened their doors to more than 4,000 Indian students applying for visas to pursue higher education in the United States. Chargé d’Affaires MaryKay Carlson (
remarks here ) in New Delhi and Consuls General throughout India congratulated applicants as they joined ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 8 June, 2017 | Topics: Events, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Education, Higher Education, Study in the U.S.
Op-ed by Chargé d’Affaires MaryKay Loss Carlson I want to congratulate all the Indian students who have received offers of admission from one of the over 4,500 accredited institutions of higher learning in the United States. Graduates of US universities have gone on to become leaders and innovators in many fields around the world, and ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 26 April, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Education, Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Education
On Tuesday March 28 from 4:30 – 8pm, Nexus @ The American Center will host a seminar on key challenges startups face in the renewable energy sector and how can these be overcome. Nexus is the newly established start-up hub at the American Center in New Delhi. Leading subject matter experts, funders and entrepreneurs will ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 27 March, 2017 | Topics: Events, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Energy, Entrepreneurship
Chargé d’affaires (CDA) MaryKay Carlson started her day watching the
#superbowl with members of the Kolkata Vipers football team at the American Center. CDA Carlson later visited the Access program at the
Samaritan Help Mission in Howrah and encouraged students to study hard and follow their dreams. She took a boat ride to
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math later in the afternoon with Consul ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 7 February, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Kolkata | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Culture, Education
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017 Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: Fulbright House Lawns, 12 Hailey Road, New Delhi 110 001 This Saturday, alumni from U.S. higher education institutions will participate in EducationUSA’s annual alumni fair in New Delhi. At the fair students interested in U.S. higher education can interact with current students and ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 12 January, 2017 | Topics: Events, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Higher Education
(As Prepared for Delivery) Good Afternoon. It is my pleasure to be here today to launch the 2016 Open Doors report in India. One of our Mission’s highest priorities is to promote increased educational ties between the United States and India. That includes promoting studies in the United States, facilitating partnerships between U.S. and Indian ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 16 November, 2016 | Topics: Education, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, Speeches, Study in the U.S., U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education, Higher Education
The U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) and ELS Educational Services, Inc. (ELS), of Princeton, NJ will organize U.S. Education Fairs for twenty U.S. institutions of higher education in four cities in Nepal and India between November 14 and 19, 2016. The U.S. Education Fairs will take place during International Education Week during which the U.S. government ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 15 November, 2016 | Topics: Education, Press Releases, Study in the U.S., U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education, Higher Education
International student enrollment in the U.S. tops one million for the first time Students from India increased by 25% to 165,918 – Record Number of Students, Record Increase An increasing number of students are crossing the globe to gain practical, international experience that they can apply in their careers and life in a global society. ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 15 November, 2016 | Topics: Education, Press Releases, Study in the U.S., U.S. & India | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education, Study in the U.S.
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (As prepared for delivery) A Historic Institution of Learning Good afternoon everyone. Vice Chancellor Talat Ahmad, Dr. Tasneem Meenai, members of the faculty, thank you for your kind words. It’s an immense honor to be here today at one of India’s leading universities with such a distinguished group of ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 1 November, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Culture, Education, Fulbright, Higher Education, North India
Today the U.S. Mission to India launched a new website for the Embassy in New Delhi and the four Consulates General in Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai. The new website address for the entire U.S. Mission is
https://in.usembassy.gov . This website is in English, Hindi and Urdu and is built on WordPress, a popular web and ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 25 October, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & India | Tags: Climate, Culture, Education, Energy, Environment, Higher Education, North India, Technology, Travel to India
India Habitat Center, New Delhi (As prepared for delivery) Good Afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here with you this afternoon. I would like to thank Professor Jayanth Krishna from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law Center and Dr. C. Raj Kumar from O.P. Jindal Global University for the invitation to speak with you today. ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 11 August, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education, GOI, Higher Education
Remarks by Ambassador Richard R. Verma at National Agriculture Science Complex, New Delhi (As Prepared for Delivery) Secretary Pattanayak, fellow Ambassadors, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for joining me here today to celebrate the launch of the Feed the Future India, Triangular Training Program. This exciting new program marks not only a significant ...
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By U.S. Mission India | 25 July, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches | Tags: Agriculture, Bilateral relationship, Economic growth, Education, Food Security
In a continuation of the educational partnership between the United States and India, the U.S. Department of State and the University Grants Commission are pleased to announce the eight institutional partnership projects for the fifth and final round of Indo-U.S. 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards (formerly known as the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative). The ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 20 June, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bilateral relationship, Education, Higher Education
The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, and its Consulates General in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai, opened their doors today to more than 4,000 Indian students who applied for visas to pursue higher education in the United States. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Michael Pelletier and Consuls General throughout India congratulated the day’s visa recipients who are ...
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By U.S. Embassy New Delhi | 9 June, 2016 | Topics: Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Press Releases, Visas | Tags: Education, Higher Education
