Celebrating the Maxwell-India Tradition
The US/India partnership is important to both countries. Over the past 70 years, The Maxwell School has continued to develop connections with Indian government, academic, and civil society partners to strengthen this partnership.
Video: Aadhaar – Identity to 1.2 Billion People
Mr. Kishan Kumar Sharma, who served as Assistant Director General at the Unique Identification Authority of India in Bangalore, spoke on India’s Aadhaar project to reduce government inefficiencies through the creation of a unique identification number ...
Syracuse University Students travel to Mumbai for Bollywood Practicum
For the fifth time, students from the Newhouse School have the opportunity to study with filmmakers and production companies in Mumbai, India. Summer Program: Bollywood Practicum is an SU Abroad course led by Newhouse adjunct Mark Bennington, a renowned photographer and actor with ties to Bollywood. Twelve students will participate ...
Syracuse University Alum Named CEO of InfoSys
Originally from Gujrat, Visal Sikka graduated SU with a degree in computer science, and led several successful start-ups in Silicon Valley ...
Annual Asian Elephant Extravaganza Comes to Syracuse Zoo
Syracuse University’s South Asia Center at the Maxwell School partnered with the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University to celebrate Asian culture and educate attendees about wildlife conservation with a daylong Asian Elephant Extravaganza. Syracuse’s Dr. Sudha Raj, of the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, directed a ...
Video: Why Growth Matters in India
Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya speak about their book “Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for other Developing Countries.” ...
Video: East Asia Security Challenges
James Steinberg, Dean of the Maxwell School, Syracuse University and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, discusses Asia-Pacific’s security challenges and how the increasing significance and growing military power attract the attention of strategists and policy makers around the world. Dean Steinberg was hosted by the Aspen Institute India to ...
Maxwell Alumni Event Held at the India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Alumni gathered to meet with Dean James Steinberg and Dan Nelson to celebrate the long and historic relationship of the Maxwell School with the Republic of India. On Friday May 3rd, the India Habitat Center in the New Delhi witnessed a coming together of Maxwell’s esteemed alumni in India. The ...
Collaboration Across Boundaries in the Indian Forest Service at ASPA
Maxwell presented a research paper surveying the many lessons learned from the years of collaboration with the IFS at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) annual conference. The 2013 ASPA theme, “Governance & Sustainability: Local Concerns, Global Challenges” was the perfect platform for Dan Nelson (Maxwell School of Syracuse ...
Video: William J. Burns, “US Foreign Policy Priorities”
On April 6, 2012, shortly before leaving on an official visit to India. While in India, Burns continued his engagement with Maxwell, meeting with Dr. Sanjay Chaphande, Vice Chancellor of the University of Pune and a 2010 graduate of Maxwell’s Executive Masters of Public Administration (EMPA) program ...
Video: India’s National Forest Policy and Emerging Issues in the Environmental Sector
Dr. P.J. Dilip Kumar, Director General & Special Secretary Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, discusses strategies to address the conservation of India’s forests. Dr. Kumar's visit to the Maxwell School was linked to an executive education program discussing environmental policy for a delegation of mid-career Indian Forest ...
Video: Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
The India Model: The Beneficial Rise of an Economic Power, Robert O. Blake, Jr. will look at how market dynamics and thriving democratic institutions in India have generated an economic model of a global power that other developing countries can emulate ...
Walmart India’s Raj Jain visits Syracuse
As part of the Whitman School of Management’s Jonathan Holtz Global Speaker Series, Raj Jain, president of Walmart India and managing director and CEO of Bharti Walmart Pvt. Ltd., spoke on “Building Global Organizations.” ...
