AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES

American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is a consortium of universities and colleges in America, engaged in teaching and research about India. Since 1961, the Institute has endeavoured, through its programs of research, documentation, fellowship supports and publications, to achieve an accurate and probing knowledge of India's cultures, history, languages, and present day dynamics. The Institute has sponsored publication of several thousands of books by scholars. In addition to this, some 75 books have been published directly by the Institute. Most of these are volumes that result from the continuing series of scholarly conferences held by the Institute or volumes that include collections of essays by several scholars. Through its own publications and those of its fellows, the Institute seeks to make the results of this research widely available and easily accessible to people with an abiding interest in India.The Institute since its inception has produced books and articles on topics as varied as: