This story was contributed by Ajit Prakash, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Sharon Campbell Lab, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UNC School of Medicine, USA Chapel Hill, NC – Holi is an Indian festival marking the arrival of spring and the victory … Read more
The MIS Undergraduate Student Excellence Award is intended to further research on modern India, broadly conceived, by recognizing the scholarship of undergraduate students. One award of $500 will be given annually for the best unpublished essay or research paper (10-20 … Read more
The Henry L. Stimson Center’s South Asia Program welcomes applications from highly motivated graduating seniors or individuals who have completed their undergraduate or master’s degree in the past year for its 2024-2025 cohort of Junior Fellows. The one-year, full-time fellowship will … Read more
Come join the Modern India Studies Initiative as we host our first graduate student “Lunch and Learn” mixer on March 1, 2024, from 12 noon – 2pm on the 4th floor of FedEx Global Education Center. Lunch will be served. … Read more
Call for ‘Expert Opinion’ Articles for Mad in South Asia Mad in South Asia (MISA), is an ally and affiliate of Mad in America (a global mental health magazine that focuses on people’s own experience with mental health systems and … Read more
Recently, the Morrisville Community Library reached out to the Modern Indian Studies (MIS) Initiative for help in developing their new Hindi Language book collection. With the help of MIS affiliate Afroz Taj, MIS supplied the library with a list of … Read more
Afroz Taj is an associate professor in the department of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Taj’s research and teaching centers around South Asian Media with an emphasis on film … Read more
From the desk of Prof. Meenu Tewari, faculty director of Modern Indian Studies at UNC and Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning Dear colleagues and friends of Modern Indian Studies at UNC, This week we have … Read more
Lakshita Jain is an international student from Delhi, India. She came to study at UNC for her MS in Economics from 2017-2021, and she originally had done her MA in Economics at the Delhi School of Economics. After her time … Read more
On a sweltering summer afternoon almost a decade ago, Meenu Tewari was visiting a weaving company in Surat in western India. Tewari, an urban planner, frequently makes such visits to understand how manufacturing companies operate. On that day, though, her … Read more