Research

With more than 50 professors with expertise on India, Georgetown is at the forefront of national scholarship on India. The India Initiative advanced interdisciplinary research on India and its role in world affairs through seminars, conferences, and a collaborative research seed grants program.

Georgetown Researchers Support COVID-19 Response in Delhi

India-Related Research Across Georgetown

Faculty Spotlights

Soldier lowers the Indian flag at the Attari-Wagah border in Kashmir

Georgetown Professor Irfan Nooruddin Writes about Populism and Democracy

In the Hindu, India Initiative Director Irfan Nooruddin argues that democracy’s constitutional guardians, the people, are losing to populist leaders and technocrats.

Inside Kashmir's Crisis—And What Happens Next

India Initiative Director Irfan Nooruddin talks to Foreign Policy about what happens next in Kashmir.

Scholars work in Khorana Program laboratory.

Faculty Spotlight: Khorana Program for Scholars

During the summer of 2017, Dr. Makarand (Mak) Paranjape, an associate professor of physics and a member of the India Initiative faculty committee, participated in the Khorana Program for Scholars, which fosters scientific exchange between India and the United States.

Faculty Spotlight: Sona Vasudevan

I spent the early years of my life in south India and completed part of my education in Chennai. I had the opportunity to work with several leading scientists who were also great educators, and they deeply influenced my views on teaching and research.

Faculty Spotlight: Sunil Madan

Georgetown's Steers Center for Global Real Estate was awarded a collaborative research seed grant by the India Initiative to conduct a study to quantify the impact and benefits of the Indian government's real estate investment trust legislation on economic and social development in India.