August 12, 2014
AIIS Announces its 2014-2015 Fellowship Recipients
The American Institute of Indian Studies is pleased to announce that the following scholars and artists have been awarded fellowships to carry out their projects in India in 2014-2015: David…
March 11, 2014
AIIS 2014 Book Prizes Awarded to Lisa Bjorkman and Jessica Falcone
The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences has been awarded to Lisa Bjorkman, for her manuscript, Pipe Politics: Mumbai's Contested Waters. The Edward C. Dimock Prize in…
July 11, 2013
AIIS ANNOUNCES ITS 2013-2014 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
The American Institute of Indian Studies is pleased to announce that the following scholars and artists have been awarded fellowships to carry out their projects in India in 2013-2014: Daud…
June 3, 2013
Indian Ambassador Recognizes American Institute of Indian Studies and Prominent Political Scientists Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph at Washington Reception
On May 23rd, India’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Nirupama Rao, graciously opened her Washington residence to host an event commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the American Institute…
April 9, 2013
AIIS 2013 Book Prize Awarded to Sunila Kale for Electrifying India
AIIS 2013 Book Prize Awarded to Sunila Kale for Electrifying India The American Institute of Indian Studies is pleased to announce that its 2013 Joseph W. Elder Prize in the…
October 8, 2012
Students from Mid-Atlantic Consortium-Center for Academic Excellence in Jaipur Summer 2012
MAC-CAE students enjoy their visit to the Taj Mahal A group of thirteen students from the Mid-Atlantic Consortium-Center for Academic Excellence led by Morgan State University, arrived in India in…
June 13, 2012
AIIS to Hold Three 50th Anniversary Affiliating Institutions Conferences
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the American Institute of Indian Studies will be hosting three two-day conferences that would provide an opportunity for U.S. based scholars to interact with scholars at…
February 16, 2012
AIIS Inaugurates New Building at D-31 Defence Colony
At the end of December 2011, AIIS inaugurated its brand new building on its property at D-31 Defence Colony. The new building is conveniently located right by a new Delhi…
February 10, 2012
AIIS 2012 Junior Fellows Conference
On January 2nd and 3rd, 2012, twelve AIIS Junior Fellows (including a bumper crop of historians and anthropologists and a political scientist; see participant list below) left their research sites,…
January 20, 2012
U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer visits AIIS in August 2010
AIIS staff was delighted and much honored to welcome the U.S. Ambassador to India, Honorable Mr. Timothy J. Roemer, to the AIIS center in Gurgaon on August 20, 2010.