Mission
The M.S. Chadha Center for Global India (CGI) seeks to address key interactions between India and the world that have potential to transform human and planetary wellbeing, and our imaginaries of the human experience. CGI is novel in its focus: on the linkages between India and the world, rather than solely focused within India.
Topics
Examples of global India topics include: the impact of Indian urbanization on the world and vice versa; new visions of literature, art and music at the intersection between India and the world; technology leap-frogging in India and the world; the global impact of India’s diaspora; and studies of India’s democracy in a global perspective.
The Simpson International Building is home to Princeton University’s international initiatives, including the new M.S. Chadha Center for Global India.
Photo by Steven Freeman
Activities
CGI advances disciplinary, interdisciplinary and comparative scholarship, innovative education programing and public engagement on the concept of global India. The center actively seeks to connect research and scholarship with policy and action in ways that are culturally- and historically-aware and appropriate to its mission.
People
CGI is led by a cohort of globally-competent, India-aware scholars and professionals at Princeton University and around the world, and works in collaboration with like-minded partners in India.
Current research
Current research projects focus include sustainable infrastructure and cities; rapid clean energy transitions, and air pollution; water, climate and health; urban food systems in the U.S. and India; emerging performing arts at the intersection of India and the world, all of which are explored using an interdisciplinary approach.
Artist’s rendering of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Illustration by Shutterstock
Princeton Startup Immersion Program in Bengaluru, India
The Chadha Center for Global India (CGI) at Princeton university, is excited to launch the Princeton Startup Immersion Program (PSIP) in Bengaluru, India, in the summer of 2023, in collaboration with Princeton’s Keller Center.
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