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According the World Health Organization, climate change presents a fundamental threat to human health. It affects the physical environment as well as all aspects of both natural and human systems—including social and economic conditions and the…

U.S. universities offer an array of opportunities to help students develop crucial career skills for greater chances of employment. (Photograph courtesy University of Southern California) Choosing a career path marks just one milestone on the road to…

A Climate Walk passes through Bongaon, West Bengal, to raise awareness about the importance of protecting vital waterways. (Photograph courtesy Water Chronicles) Scientists around the world agree: plastic pollution is becoming a huge problem for…

Madhura DasGupta Sinha is the founder of Aspire For Her, a Mumbai-based company that helps women access resources needed to thrive in the workforce. (Photograph courtesy Madhura DasGupta Sinha) Madhura DasGupta Sinha spent over two decades working as…

Sian Proctor enjoys a view of the Earth from outer space. (Photograph courtesy Sian Proctor) When Sian Proctor, the only African American woman to ever be a mission pilot, first traveled to outer space on the SpaceX Inspiration4 orbital mission, she…

“Individuals everywhere will have a voice that empowers them to change lives”—this is the mission of Slam Out Loud, a nonprofit organization that uses the arts to help disadvantaged children in India. Slam Out Loud’s co-founder and chief executive…

The Trees Outside Forests in India program works to enhance tree planting in the country’s regular farming system, where farmers nurture saplings alongside other crops. (Photograph courtesy Sakshi Gaur/CIFOR-ICRAF) Trees fill beautiful forests across…

Anandibai Joshee (left) and Gurubai Karmarkar earned medical degrees from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. (Photographs courtesy Wikipedia) Today, an ever-increasing number of Indian women study in the United States to become doctors,…

Renu Khator has served as the chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of its flagship University of Houston campus since January 2008. She is the first Indian American to lead a comprehensive research university in the United…

Redwing Laboratories helped provide the drone technology to transport patient samples from rural areas to testing labs. (Courtesy Piramal Swasthya) India has the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden in the world. Combating TB has been a long-standing…

Are you okay? These three words may seem simple on paper or screen, but when spoken with kindness to people in pain, they can transform worlds and save lives. This was the powerful concept at the center of Ask the Question, an Oregon-based public…

Ingredients imported from the United States inspire Indian chefs to create new variations of traditional dishes. Chef Rakhee Vaswani incorporates American ingredients in traditional Indian foods. Photograph courtesy Rakhee Vaswani Rice, coffee,…

Photograph courtesy Barnard College Scientist, economist, architect, programmer, engineer, artist, anthropologist—with a degree from an American university, Indian students can pursue a huge variety of fascinating careers and professions. But how do…

As events, meetings and learning activities went online in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Vimlendu Jha and Ashim Bery saw a unique opportunity. People throughout India could be engaged virtually and empowered to enhance their communities’…

With the help of a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship, Madhumita Sahoo works to identify solutions and approaches to manage groundwater resources to the advantage of people everywhere. For millions of people in India and beyond, drawing clean water…

Fulbright-Nehru Fellow Meena Pillai explores how the growth of digital communications empowers activists to work for women’s rights. What happens when people fighting for women’s rights unite not just through meetings and marches, but web…

Business collaborations with the United States, which include sharing of best practices and expertise, have helped India transform into a force to be reckoned with in the global economy. Businesses from the United States have been operating within…

Google’s $10 billion Google for India Digitization Fund aims to help accelerate India’s digital economy and empower businesses. Google, the renowned California-based company that revolutionized how the world engages with the Internet, has long…

Indian farmers can navigate weather-related risks by getting early warnings from automated weather stations, set up through a partnership between USAID India and Skymet Weather Services. Farmers and agricultural workers in India face daunting…