Dear Friends of the India Center at UCF,

Welcome to fall semester 2022! As the new semester is starting, we are excited to continue the work of the India Center to promote the understanding of contemporary India and U.S. – India relations. In particular, we are pleased to create additional opportunities for our students and faculty by signing an MoU with the Vellore Institute of Technology. Recently, we hosted visitors from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences to discuss future opportunities for collaboration. As we acknowledge the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, the India Center is planning a series of public events across a range of topics. We hope to see you on campus for a film screening and discussion with UCF’s film professor Dr. Lisa Mills and for an evening with Kal Penn later this month; you can find information about these and additional events below.

We are grateful for your support, and we hope to see you at our events this fall,

Kerstin Hamann, Ph.D.
Pegasus Professor and Interim Director

Leila Chacko, J.D.
Director of Public Affairs

Upcoming Events

Film Screening and Discussion

UCF Global, Room 101

September 13, 2022, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Join the India Center for a viewing of of award-winning documentary Son of a Sweeper, followed by a discussion with Dr. Vimal Kumar, founder of the Movement for Scavenger Community.

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An Evening with Kal Penn

UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom

September 26, 2022, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Join the India Center at UCF, UCF's Global Perspectives and International Initiatives and UCF's Writing and Rhetoric Department for a book reading and Q and A with actor Kal Penn. Penn will read from his national bestseller You Can’t Be Serious, where he shares memories from his life as the grandson of Gandhian freedom fighters and the son of Indian immigrants.

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Save the Date

Diwali: A Celebration of Lights

October 21, 2022, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Downtown Orlando

More details to come.

2022 International Booker Prize Author Geetanjali Shree and Translator Daisy Rockwell Discussion of Novel Tomb of Sand

December 3, 2022, 10:00 AM EST, 8:30 PM IST
Virtual Event
More details to come.

See What You Missed

Covid-19 Pandemic Situations and Responses in India and the U.S.

The India Center hosted medical professionals from India and the U.S. who discussed their experiences addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, the ratio of physicians to overall population in India is lower than among U.S. healthcare professionals in India.

D.C. to Delhi: Charting the Course of U.S. - India Trade Relations

Atman Trivedi, Senior Vice President at Albright Stonebridge Group and Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council led this discussion on India-U.S. trade, moderated by James Bacchus, Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at UCF.

Writing with Fire Panel Discussion

The India Center at UCF, the Global Peace Film Festival and WUCF presented an Indie Lens pop-up screening of the Academy Award© nominated documentary Writing with Fire, followed by a panel discussion.

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