Dynamic change in an ancient culture
From the high-tech industries of Bangalore — India’s answer to Silicon Valley — to thousands of rural villages seemingly untouched by time, India embraces both the dynamic forces of globalization and the deep-rooted traditions of an ancient culture.
The dichotomy is woven into everyday life in India — cows interrupt the streams of cars and trucks on the roads, and farmers work with hand tools in fields under the flight paths of jumbo jets.
On the interdisciplinary ACM India Studies Program in Pune, students have the rare opportunity to experience India’s dynamism and diversity firsthand through courses, independent study, and daily life in an Indian home and community.
Pune, a city of over three million in the state of Maharashtra, offers students excellent resources for experience, exploration, and study.
- A gathering place for artists and intellectuals as well as an industrial center, Pune’s residents include leaders in the fields of art, music, dance, yoga, theatre, film, religion, politics, environmental science, and social reform.
- In pursuing their independent research, students can use the city’s museums, educational institutions, government offices, political organizations, business and labor groups, and cultural and social welfare agencies.
- Local historical sites and archives chronicle Pune’s role as a center of Hindu resistance to British rule and as the summer headquarters for the colonial government of Bombay.
- Maharashtra is among the more prosperous and stable areas of India, embracing nearly all of the nation’s religious, social, and ethnic variety.
- Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), India’s chief commercial center, is easily accessible to students by train.
Application deadlines
March 15, 2009
Fall 2009 semester
While preference will be given to students who have met the application deadline, late applications may be accepted on a space-available basis.
If the application deadline has passed and you are still interested in applying for a program, please submit your application immediately and contact the ACM Office.
Program contacts
Heather Everst
Program Associate
205 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 220
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312.263.5000
Fax: 312.263.5879
heverst@acm.edu
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