Tagged: India Gateway

Even before it was officially chartered by The Ohio State University Alumni Association in May 2022, the Alumni Club of South India (ACSI) started planning activities and the events for the alumni in four major states in the south of India.

Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate dean, graduate programs and executive education, travelled to India in October to expand the scope of partnerships the Fisher College of Business maintains with local businesses. Chandrasekaran traveled to Pune and Nashik to meet with partners at Tata Motors and Mahindra. He met with Mahindra’s manufacturing plant department heads at Nasik.

The Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Health Sciences Center for Global Health are exploring training and collaboration opportunities with the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai, India.

Jay Anand, William H. Davis Chair and Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Strategy at the Fisher College of Business, is the academic director for the India Gateway.

The Ohio State University is ranked 30th among doctoral institutions hosting international students and 40th for the number of students studying abroad, according to a national report released today.

Ohio State enrolled 6,896* international students in 2022, an increase of 4.4 percent from 2021, and 999 students studied abroad in 2021-22 compared to only nine the previous academic year during the height of the pandemic.

Experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) provided real-time PCR training to detect genetic markers associated with Carbapenem Resistance as part of the CDC-funded Global Action in Healthcare Network Antimicrobial Resistance (GAIHN-AR) project.

GOHi team members Zelalem Mekuria and Tadesse Eguale provided virtual and e-learning modules for staff members from the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) on basic laboratory and molecular biology using the CDC e-learning platform.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) International Fellowship Program aims to equip Indian biomedical scientists with advanced training and exposure to cutting-edge knowledge and technology with international experts in their fields. The Ohio State University College of Medicine is one of seven U.S. institutions that will consider fellowship applicants. 

Anu Shultes ’03 MBA balanced the demands of motherhood and her academic studies, all while making the 120-mile commute from Cincinnati to Columbus to complete her degree at Ohio State.  

​​Her first day of orientation at Ohio State ​​​coincided ​​with the 9/11 tragedy, bringing​ her entire class closer, and also ​shaping Shultes' profound connection to ​her adopted​ country. 

Experiencing the richness of Indian culture coupled with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with one of the world’s largest multinational conglomerates, is how six Fisher College of Business MBA students spent their spring break.

Ohio State and IIT Bombay are working on a Cotutelle PhD program with the candidate being enrolled in both IIT Bombay and Ohio State with academic supervisory from both institutions to address global scientific challenges spanning materials, data analytics and quantum information technologies. This partnership amplifies Ohio State and IIT Bombay's potential, enhancing interdisciplinary faculty research in energy storage, additive manufacturing and photovoltaics.