The Center for India Studies was the prinicipal advisor for the hour long documentary,
"The Asian Indians in America" produced by Roman Brygeder for WLIW TV on Long Island
and broadcast in all the major markets nationwide in 2004.
In addition to teaching and research, a major thrust of the Center is Outreach. The
Center conducts educational programs on India at the invitation of educational, cultural,
and civic institutions, a selection of which is given below. The host institutions
include colleges and universities, schools and school districts, museums and public
libraries, ethnic cultural organizations, multi-faith centers, business and civic
groups. The Center also has an “In-Reach” program, which assists campus in their India-related
initiatives. We also teach non-credit courses open to the public on campus.
The Center provides an extensive range of services tailored to specific needs of institutions
all over the New York metropolitan area and the United States. These services include,
for example, language proficiency testing and placement for South Asian immigrant
children in the region’s school districts; referrals to South Asian language interpreters
for county and state government agencies, such as law courts, school boards, and social
service agencies; referral of India experts for the media; briefing sessions for state
and federal policy makers on India-related legislation and for candidates to state
and national office; and assisting individuals with their informational needs about
India.
On-Campus
In order to create a better awareness of the historical and contemporary significance
of India in world affairs, the Center works closely with many academic and student
services units on campus to promote India-related initiatives. This cooperation ranges
from co-sponsorship (including financial assistance) assistance in planning and program
design, identifying resource persons, and providing publicity.
Past Campus units the Center has co-sponsored programs, activities, and events
Center for Excellence & Innovation in Education Charles B. Wang Center Club India (Undergraduate Student Organization) Club OM Dean of Students Affairs Department of Africana Studies Department of Anthropology Department of Asian & Asian American Studies Department of Comparative Studies Department of English Department of Economics Department of Linguistics Department of Music Department of Theater Arts Department of Women’s Studies Graduate School Humanities Institute Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life
Indian Catholic Students Organization Indian Graduate Students’ Organization Interfaith Center Office of International Academic Programs Office of the Provost Office of the President South Asian Students Association (SASA) Staller Center for Performing Arts Technology Incubator University Art Gallery University Counseling Center Project SAATHI: A web-based service to assist incoming students from India
Featured Past Event
2012: An Interactive Conversation on Kannada Culture
Past Years: Appreciating Indian Classical Music Wellness: Best of East & West Discovering India: a Children’s Odyssey Beginning Sanskrit
OFF-CAMPUS
Seminars at Universities & Colleges in the U.S. and in India
American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi City University of New York Graduate Center Columbia University Center for Bioethics Columbia University Teachers College Florida International University, Miami Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Hofstra University, Long Island Hunter College, New York Kingsboro Community College, Brooklyn Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Molloy College, Rockville Center Nassau Community College New Horizin Educational Institution, Bangalore New York University, New York Queens College, New York Rutgers University, New Jersey Suffolk Community College Surana College, Bangalore Tuoro Law College, Huntington University of Georgia at Athens University of Houston, Houston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Pennsylvania Yale University
Assistance to National and International Institutions
American Institute of Indian Studies, Chicago and Delhi American Library Association Annual Convention, New Orleans American Museum of Natural History, New York ENCARTA Dictionary and CD ROM (Bloomsbury, London and Microsoft) New Horizon Educational Institution, Bangalore Queens Historical Society, Queens Shastri Institute of Indo-Canadian Studies, Vancouver, B.C. South Asia Forum of Southern California, Los Angeles World Millennium Kannada Conference, Houston
“An Afternoon of Indian Culture” Malloy College, Rockville Center, October 15, 2004
Talks on India’s contribution to World Culture by KKS, Classical and folk dance performances
by Stony Brook students, Mehendi paintings, calligraphy and scripts of regional languages
and Indian cuisine. Over 100 persons, including faculty, students, and general public
attended.
Regional, Community and Civic Institutions
Arya Samaj, Queens Asian American Higher Education Council (CUNY), New York Association of Indians in America Auburn Theological Seminary, Manhattan Bhoomika (Kannada Literary and Theatre group), Maryland Brookhaven National Laboratory India Association Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn City Hall, New York Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Inc. Indian American Intellectual Forum India Association of Long Island India Society at Stony Brook Interfaith Center, New York, Manhattan and Chappaqua Kannada Koota, New York, Inc. Long Island Museum of Art, Stony Brook NET-IP (Network of Indian Professionals New Community Cinema, Huntington Port Jefferson Documentary Series, 2010 Newsday Community Forum RBC Radio Talk Series (10 weeks) Rotary Club of Babylon: ""Why Americans need to know about India" a talk by Prof.
Sridhar
(Photo:
October 17, 2012.L to R: Club President
Kathy Moor, Dr Krishna Gujavarty, and Prof. S.N. Sridhar)
Shanti Fund, Long Island Stony Brook Hadassah Unitarian Church, Stony Brook
Town of Huntington, Cultural Diversity Day
Westchester County India Day Celebration
Town of Hempstead, India Republic Day Celebration
Seminars at Public Libraries
A number of slide and lecture presentations on topics such as, “India’s Contribution
to World Civilization,” “Indian Children in American Schools,” “Teaching India in
Public Schools,” “Sanskrit,” “India’s Pioneering Research on Language and Linguistics,”
“Indian Languages in the U.S.,” “Science in India” and others have been given at numerous
public libraries all over the New York metropolitan area, including, to name a few,
New York City Public Library (Branches in Queens, Brooklyn) Emma Clark Library, Setauket Queensborough Public Library Peninsula Public Library Hewlitt Woodmere Public Library Shoreham/Wading River Library
Seminars and Workshops at Schools, School Districts and Professional Forums Workshops for teachers, teacher trainers, and administrators on the Language and Cultural
Background of South Asian children
Nassau BOCES (about 30 projects) Suffolk BOCES New York City Board of Education New York State TESOL Convention Cedarhurst School District East Northport School District
Farmingville School District Herrick School District Hicksville Public Schools Levitttown School District Long Beach School District Manhasset Junior High School Merrick School District Minneola Middle School Patchogue School District Port Jefferson School District Ridge School District Ross School, East Hampton, NY Riverhead School District Sachem School District Sea Cliff School District Searington School District Shoreham-Wading River School District Three Village School District Valley Stream School District Ward Melville High School West Islip School District Wyandanch School District
Evaluation of Immigrant Language Proficiency and Language Programs of Institutions
The Center faculty assist schools and school districts in evaluating the language
proficiency of incoming immigrant children from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Guyana, Trinidad, Fiji, and other countries, to ensure proper placement in schools.
Cedarhurst School District Brooklyn School District Hewlitt School District Herricks High School, New Hyde Park Levittown School District Long Beach School District Patchogue School District Port Jefferson School District Royal Society of Arts, Cambridge Certificate Course in TEFL, Manhattan Ridge School District Riverhead School District Sea cliff School District Searingtown School District Shoreham-Wading River School District Suffolk County Community College, Selden Supreme Evaluations, Inc., Brooklyn Three Village School District Ward Melville High School West Islip School District WordNet, Boston Wyandanch School District
Language Proficiency Tests for Stony Brook Students
The Center faculty members have also administered Foreign Language Proficiency Tests
in Hindi,Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada to hundreds of Stony Brook students,
graduate and undergraduate.
Workshops for Technology & Business Groups
Symposium on Doing business with India, co-sponsored with Long Island Import Export
Council and the Consulate of India, New York Tech India Expo on Business Liaisons
with India, co-sponsored with Long Island ListNet
South Asian Languages Translation and Interpretation Referral Service to Courts and
Other Civic Bodies
The Center frequently assists from law courts and other civic bodies in finding suitable
translators and interpreters of South Asian Languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali,
Sinhala, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, and other languages.
Natural Disaster Relief Efforts Gujarat Earthquake Victims Relief Asian Tsunami Victims Relief Hurricatae Katarina Victims Relief
Assistance to Media Organizations
The Center has assisted numerous media organizations in their reporting and analysis
of India and Indian Americans, including, among many others, the following.
BBC, London National Geographic New Yorker The Atlantic Monthly Entertainment Weekly Newsday
References to the Center in the Media
New York Times Newsday
The Village Voice PBS Documentary on Asian Indians>
PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly Sahara TV Mumbai Z TV Bombay Vision of Asia TV/ITV Eye on Asia TV
News 12 Long Island CableVision TV, Long Island India Abroad News India-Times India Journal India Post India Tribune ndia West Indian Express Reporter NRI India Outlook India Monitor, New York Hinduism Today RBC Radio Silicon India The Village Times RBC Radio, New York Three Village Herald Happenings, Stony Brook Statesman Taranga (Bangalore) Mayura (Bangalore) Vijaya E-Times
