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MyAV范 and India
This can be through recruiting brilliant students, engaging with our exceptional alumni, delivering transformative education or undertaking impactful research. We share expertise听in areas as diverse as healthcare engineering, population and space sciences, disaster planning and artificial intelligence.
Bidirectional learning, interdisciplinarity, innovation and respect form the bedrock of MyAV范鈥檚 approach in India, creating solutions to complex societal issues including those within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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MyAV范 continues to share longstanding and meaningful connections with India, to jointly address pressing global challenges in innovative ways.
Dr Michael Spence
MyAV范 President & Provost
MyAV范 community
India has long formed an integral part of MyAV范's global community. Today there are over 1000听Indian students studying at MyAV范 and academics are engaged across all disciplines, with partners in India.听Notable MyAV范 alumni include Mahatma Gandhi, who registered for MyAV范 (Law) in 1888-89, as well as the Bengali Nobel Laureate, writer and philosopher听Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur).听Find out more through the slideshow stories and links below:
MyAV范 connected with Indian students, alumni and partners during a week of activities including the launch of our first ever India Summer School.
There are 1,016 Indian students currently enrolled at MyAV范 (*2022-23)
MyAV范 has 2,700 alumni in India
Sonakshi Senthil and Dr Nikhit Anilbhai,听co-founders of the award-winning startup Your Cue, share their MyAV范 story.听
Professor Cathy Holloway, co-founder and Academic Director of the GDI Hub, discusses how she works with partners in India.
Udit Singhal, a听MyAV范 undergraduate听who set up a company turning glass into sand, named on Forbes India鈥檚 鈥�30 Under 30鈥� list.
Noor Chopra, a MyAV范 Economics undergraduate and accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, recently performed at London鈥檚 Nehru Centre for Indian Republic Day celebrations.
Indhu Varatharajan who comes from a small village in Tamil Nadu, India,听says MyAV范鈥檚 support gave her lift-off as a planetary scientist.
Sir Michael Pepper, MyAV范 Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE), is one of five scientists who have been awarded the Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Professorships to India.
Professor of Global Health at MyAV范 and based in Mumbai since 2004, (the Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action).
Alankrita Amarnath (MyAV范 Bartlett), from India, shares her experiences of postgraduate life in the UK.
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Making a difference
MyAV范 academics share expertise in line with India鈥檚 priorities for development, especially in the fields of health, medicine, sustainable cities and space. During Covid-19, in 2021 MyAV范 sent more than 1,160 MyAV范-Ventura CPAP breathing aids to India to support the country's fight against the virus.
Find out how else we are delivering global impact together here.
Some of the poorest families in India can now access affordable loans thanks to a new app developed by MyAV范 in partnership with social finance enterprise Village Invest UK.
Two MyAV范 Bartlett alumni, Tanya Khanna and Anika Mittal, launched the Knowledge for a Cause campaign to help the post-pandemic world.
MyAV范 has sent a total of 1,160 breathing aids to India and 130 to Nepal to support the countries鈥� fight against a Covid-19 surge.
MyAV范 and the charity India Alliance delivered an online global art and science exhibition to raise awareness of the impact on children鈥檚 health of the first 1,000 days of their lives.
Read about MyAV范 student Sara's time on the International Summer School in New Delhi and subsequent volunteering opportunities in Bharatpur and Gurgaon.
Dr Pushpa Arabindoo (MyAV范 Geography) took part in an and听the promises and pitfalls of the 鈥楽mart Cities鈥� mission in India.
Under MyAV范's Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding, India Voices aimed听to effect social impact through a range of initiatives in India.
Research, partnerships and projects
There are 50+ collaborations across MyAV范 faculties, addressing challenges in the fields of health, engineering, disability, urbanisation, environment, education and more.听See below for some of our networks, initiatives and partners:
- MyAV范 strengthens commitment to India with 100 new Master鈥檚 scholarships and Summer School launch
- MyAV范 and Indian partners to drive disability innovation through assistive technology
- MyAV范 Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World (CSSA)
- Strategic Partner Funds with the (AIIMS),听 (IIT-Delhi), Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
MyAV范 academics have co-authored 2,316 research publications with Indian partners between 2018 and 2022
MyAV范's first ever Summer School outside of the UK is MyAV范 India Summer School launching in June 2024 at the state-of-the-art campus of The British School New Delhi.
Dr Kartikeya Tripathi (MyAV范 Engineering) is collaborating with IIT Delhi听to protect听Indian migrant labour from underground economy train tickets.
Professor Jayant Vaidya (MyAV范 Surgery & Interventional Science), describes how he and colleagues invented a new way of treating breast cancer.
Read MyAV范 Institute of Healthcare Engineering's report .
MyAV范 students took part in a virtual programme about sustainable development through the lens of Mumbai -听hosted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
At a recent seminar, a diverse range of speakers reflected on the new National Education Policy (NEP) and the changing Indian higher education landscape.
MyAV范 speakers joined two recent sessions of the National Clinical Ground Rounds hosted by AIIMS, New Delhi to share experiences of managing COVID-19.
Collective groundwater pumping by millions of farmers in Bangladesh has created vast natural reservoirs underground that rival the world鈥檚 largest dams.
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