India China Institute Mission Statement
India and China share many interests and face many similar challenges, and the United States is increasingly engaged with both countries on many levels. The India China Institute (ICI) fosters collaborative research and institutional and personal connections among these three countries. ICI scholars analyze political and social issues and trends in India, China, and the United States with the goal of encouraging leaders, managers, opinion-builders, and academics in all three countries to work constructively together to promote social and economic progress, address mutual problems, and identify areas for future cooperation. Based in New York City at The New School, ICI, in nurturing this three-way conversation, is emerging as the hub of an international network of institutions and activities that is deepening our understanding of global processes. Continue reading...
Fellowship Program
At the heart of ICI is a competitive two-year fellowship program. Leaders and learners come together to generate new ideas, debate policies, and design solutions for key challenges facing India and China through transdisciplinary and transnational conversations. Read more about ICI's Fellowship Program and the new 2010-2012 program focusing on Social Innovations for Sustainable Environments.
NEWS and UPCOMING EVENTS
Prosperity and Inequality: India and China in Global Perspective - March 22, 2010
India China Institute hosts an international conference on Prosperity and Inequality: India and China in Global Perspective at The New School in New York City from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 22. This event concludes the final residency for the second cohort of ICI fellows, a distinguished group of 15 scholars and experts from India, China, and the New School. During the event, they present the results of their work on the theme of Prosperity and Inequality in India and China. Additionally, they begin a conversation about the theme of the third cohort of ICI fellows: Social Innovation for Sustainable Environments. The closing session features Carl Riskin, Prem Shankar Jha, and Azizur Rahman Khan; the moderator is Sanjay Reddy.
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India China Institute Announces 2010 Fellows in Social Innovation for Sustainable Environments
The
India China Institute (ICI) is proud to announce its selection of six
new fellows, two each from China, India, and The New School, to
participate in the 2010-12 fellowship program. This year’s cohort of
fellows, the third for ICI, will focus on the theme of social innovation for sustainable environments. In addition, five New School students have been selected to participate in the annual student fellowship program.
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The Peace Process in Nepal: Is it Failing?
Ian
Martin, former UN envoy to Nepal, discusses the fragile peace process,
which has been hailed as an unusual success story for being achieved by
Nepali actors rather than the international community. But with the
deadline for agreement on a new constitution fast approaching and the
Maoist army still in cantonments, divisions among political parties
threaten its successful completion. Is the process failing? Friday,
November 6, 2009, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J. M.
Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, 7th floor.
Read Ian Martin's remarks.
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Ford Foundation grant supports a unique trilateral course at The New School, Yunnan University, and University of Calcutta
This
past fall, a new course, India China Interactions, was offered
simultaneously at The New School, Yunnan University and the University
of Calcutta coordinated by the India China Institute. The curriculum
was developed by professors from all three schools and built around
a joint blog on which students from the three universities interacted. At The New School, the course was offered through the
graduate program in International Affairs and taught by Professor
L.H.M. Ling. A supplemental summer 2010 field program is offered for six
students from each university, who they will work together conducting extended research on bilateral issues. This three-year initiative
is generously supported by a $525,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.
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Kosi as Metaphor: Learning to Unlearn on Water
ICI Fellow Nimmi Kurian
has written about the recent dam breaches in Nepal, the
resultant flooding of the Kosi River in India, and the subsequent
humanitarian disaster. More than 3 million people have been displaced
in India and Nepal, and a quarter of a million acres of farmland are
ruined. "The intellectual discourse on water too
has been problematic because of its inability to project alternative
scenarios as well as raise critical new questions," Kurian writes.
Read the full article here. Visit Kurian's ICI web page here.
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