United States, India expand collaboration in education with launch of Women in STEMM Fellowship
Nov 18, 2024, at 10:09 pm
The United States and India are expanding ongoing collaboration in the field of education with the launch of the new 'Women in STEMM Fellowship' (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine).
Eighth Annual Student Visa Day: US mission interviews over 3900 Indian applicants
Jun 14, 2024, at 09:10 pm
The United States remains the number one higher education destination for Indian students, with studies showing that 69 per cent of Indian students prefer U.S. education to any other destination, a top official said on Thursday.
Feb 03, 2024, at 01:03 am
The closing session of the U.S. pavilion at the International Kolkata Book Fair 2024 was marked with the event titled ‘U.S.-India Arts to Fight Climate Change’.
US remains a top choice for Indian students pursuing higher education abroad: Open Doors Report
Nov 14, 2023, at 02:16 pm
The number of international students from India to the United States increased by 35 percent and resulted in an all-time high of 268,923 students in the academic year 2022-23, as per data released by Open Doors Report (ODR).
LGBTQ numbers swell up in the US as Generation Z openly embrace sexuality
Mar 02, 2021, at 07:46 pm
Washington DC: With the younger generation embracing their sexuality openly, a record number of adults in the United States of America now identify themselves as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning).
Book Review: A journey of personal discovery through the land of Uncle Sam
Aug 01, 2020, at 06:21 pm
Tomes have been written about The United States of America – a country which instantly grabs the attention due to multiple reasons like academics, fashion, style, food, language – but here is a chance to have a fresh look at the land of Uncle Sam through author Bhagaban Chandra Patra's book, ‘My Discovery of America’.
We are all in this together: How a pandemic transforms student lives in USA and India
May 07, 2020, at 11:34 am
Every spring, students from the University of Missouri in USA join with peers in India to work on story projects together, exploring subjects that link the world’s two largest democracies. They reach across oceans and time zones to share and learn and gain a new appreciation of all that unites people. IBNS with University of Missouri brings you the voices of today's youth in Covid-19 times
Cancer Research: Fighting the fault in their stars
May 28, 2018, at 12:21 am
An American Indian doctor in a Missouri lab is using modern techniques to turn herbs used in ancient Indian cures into potentially life-saving medicine for breast and prostate cancer. Madeline Jones and Cameron LaFontaine in USA and Ranojoy Saha and Sudipto Maity in India report
Infosys Foundation USA celebrates Computer Science Education Week
Dec 07, 2016, at 01:08 am
Palo Alto, Dec 6 (IBNS): Infosys Foundation USA on Tuesday announced numerous grants to extend its on-going efforts to reduce the digital divide in America by helping underrepresented populations gain greater access to computer science education.
American educators visit Kolkata
Aug 05, 2016, at 09:41 pm
Kolkata,Aug 5 (IBNS): A group of 16 American secondary school educators visited Kolkata under the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program-2016 from Aug 1-4.
Manipal University opens its admission for its twinning Program at ICAS
Jun 07, 2016, at 03:14 am
Mumbai, June 6 (IBNS): Manipal University has opened admissions to its 23rd batch of International Engineering Twinning program offered by Manipal University’s ICAS (International Centre for Applied Sciences).