Hindu Student Council Summer Camp Rice, UH Collaborating with India

saylorsBurg, pa: For over three decades, HSC camp has provided a perfect blend of fun, learning and life long friendships where students and youth get an opportunity to spend the whole weekend in a beautiful and relaxing environment. They also become part of a community that supports each other while sharing their own experiences about their culture and heritage.

We hope you can join us at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam on June 2-4, 2023! Please register using the link below. The camp is recommended for students and youth between the ages of 15 and 35. Registration fees include room and boarding, along with all the activities. Space is limited, so register soon!

HSC camp is for students with any level of interest in Hindu Culture or education in Hindu Culture – in fact, the more varied of a group we have, the better our discussions are! If Hinduism is any part of your spiritual life at all, HSC Camp is the place to do it. It is an opportunity for you to socialize, learn, and synthesize with Hindu youth from all over the US.

If anyone has questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to members of the HSC Leadership team at info@hindustudentscouncil.org! Whether you have been to camp before or are a first-timer, we are looking forward to welcoming you to our inclusive community :) houston: Rice University and the University of Houston are among a growing list of U.S. higher education institutions forging stronger partnerships with India as that country continues to chart relentless economic growth, signaling that it has seemingly replaced China as America’s preferred academic and research partner.

The collaborations will allow both India and the U.S. to gain academic and economic ground on superpower China if they combine forces, several college administrators and foreign policy analysts said.

“Right now, both sides are very keen,” said Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Rice University’s vice president for research. “They’re all trying to align together because of common threats ... One thing to shore them up is to have good academic interactions.”

University partnerships with India have built steam over the past few decades and are hitting hit new strides under President Joe Biden, who this year launched an effort to boost industry collaborations under the U.S.-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology. At the same time, the American Association of Universities announced a task force to expand education partnerships with the country.

UH and Rice already have multiple programs, helped by being in a city with a large Indian population: UH offers an India Studies minor, and Rice opened a joint venture in 2020 with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur to research global energy demand. And the school just formalized a fellowship program that supports Kanpur students in coming to Rice to aid in ongoing research, said Rice Global Vice President Caroline Levander.

The University of Houston also signed two agreements with the Indian government this semester. In February, the university established an energy-focused data center in partnership with India’s Directorate General Hydrocarbon, part of the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. And in March, UH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations announced a visiting scholar from India with expertise in Tamil studies would start this fall in the India Studies program.

Officials at UH have long said they see India as an important focus in their global efforts. And Rice administrators are in active discussions about India, including to build off their partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, solidify more research partnerships with Indian universities through The Chatterjee GroupCREST in Kolkata, explore new dual-university degree programs and possibly create a Rice campus abroad.

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