Learn and Serve in India

Experience the ever-changing and ever-growing kaleidoscope that is India. The ancient civilization throbs with energy and life.

Learn about the country first-hand through this sixteen-day intersession program. Dr. Ashok Malhotra will guide you through a multi-disciplinary perspective, featuring excursions to places of historical, religious, and artistic significance.

Participants may register for college credit or join the group on a non-credit basis.
 

Visit Old and New Delhi:
The ancient Indian city and the present-day capital featuring impressive monuments of Mogul and British architecture.

Agra:
The home of the Taj Mahal.

Jaipur:
The "pink city" of India, home to Rajasthani palaces and architectural wonders.

Dundlod:
The northern desert village, location of the Indo-International School established by the SUNY Oneonta Semester in India program.
Serve

In the village of Dundlod, you will have opportunities to take part in several service- learning projects, such as tutoring children in the English language and helping with the construction and expansion of the Indo-International School.

Through Learn and Serve in India, you can continue the tradition of service established by the SUNY Oneonta Semester in India program in 1996. Participants founded the Indo-International School, which provides educational opportunities for underprivileged children.


Program Director
Professor Ashok Malhotra, a native of India, has taught philosophy at SUNY Oneonta for over 30 years. A recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dr. Malhotra has led the College's programs in India 13 times previously. For the past two years, Ms. Linda Drake of the College's Center for Social Responsibility and Community has served as co-director of the program.

Through the Ninash Foundation, founded in memory of his wife "to promote literacy among children and adults throughout the world," Dr. Malhotra will be raising funds to expand the Indo-International School into a high school complete with computers and vocational centers.