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Message from India Gateway Leadership
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Dear alumni, partners and friends, 
We are delighted to share with you the many achievements of India Gateway partners during April-June 2017 spanning faculty engagement, student mobility, alumni activities and corporate partnership. A few of our accomplishments:
- Waste Management Innovations Conference
- Radiation Oncology Formalizes Partnership with AIIMS
- IIT-Bombay Partnership Expands
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps Award
- Fisher interns support partners across India
Through a range of programs, we witnessed a burgeoning level of engagement with India, deepening our international dimension.
We also want to thank our first India Gateway intern, Anannya Mishra, for his help during a particularly busy time and wish him all the best in the future.
Thanks again to our faculty partners for their tireless efforts to support the India aspect of the international dimension of the university mission, and to our alumni for their unwavering support.
Have a great summer!
Warm regards,
Ratnesh Bhattacharya, Director
Priya Kurle, Assistant Director
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Mumbai Conference Explores Solutions to Manage Waste in India
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More than 400 professionals from the private and public sectors attended the Waste Management Innovation Conference in Mumbai on April 17-18, 2017 to identify innovative solutions to reduce waste in India in order to help the economy achieve sustainable growth.
The U.S. Consulate in Mumbai, sponsor of the conference, established a seed capital fund to invest in promising new initiatives, such as innovative waste reduction or avoidance technologies and practices. Proposals for funding will be solicited based on the results of the conference, and Ohio State will award and monitor the grants over the next year.
Thomas L Vajda, U.S. Consul General in India said that "individual, community, and global responsibility are required to reach the next milestone towards a green and inclusive economy in the United States and ... in India." He also recognized Ohio State's efforts in organizing the conference as well as Priya Kurle, assistant director of the India Gateway, for her planning efforts.
The conference was coordinated with the help of the Ohio State India Gateway in conjunction with the India Institute of Technology Bombay. Visit discovery.osu.edu to learn more about the success of the conference. To view Vajda's complete remarks, visit usembassy.gov.
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New Collaborations Will Unfold Between Ohio State and AIIMS
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|  Ohio State and the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences will be working together in the fields of clinical cancer research, the treatment and prevention of cancer and patient care delivery.
A team from Ohio State's Department of Radiation Oncology and AIIMS recently signed a Memoranda of Understanding to formalize the partnership. Julie Sussi, chief administrative officer of the Department of Radiation Oncology and G. Rath, MD and B.R. Amdekar, MD, all signed the MOU on June 23. Others on hand for the signing ceremony included Kimberly Mahler, Erica Bell, MD, Nilendu Gupta, MD from the Department of Radiation Oncology and Priya Kurle with the Ohio State India Gateway. The group also interviewed six candidates from AIIMS for a postdoctoral fellowship available at Ohio State. Ohio State and AIIMS also plan to collaborate on infrastructure development; training and capacity building; cancer research including basic, translational and survivorship research; epidemiology; prevention, diagnosis, screening, treatment and control of cancer; increased collaboration between appropriate centers of excellence and institutes in both countries as recommended by the participants; and assessment and application of new and cost effective cancer diagnostic technologies for public benefit as well as the translation of technologies for global health.
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Krishna Advances Research and Academic Engagement with IIT-Bombay Partnership in India
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Sanjay Krishna, professor of electrical and computer engineering and the new George R. Smith chair in the College of Engineering visited Mumbai June 28 - 30.
One of the main purposes of his visit was to meet IIT-Bombay International Relations Dean Dr. Rajiv Dusane to discuss the joint research and student exchange program. The IIT Bombay students selected for these programs would conduct their research at Ohio State for two years and at their home institution for three years. This collaboration would promote the advancement of academic research and a global partnership between IIT-B and Ohio State.
Krishna also engaged with alumni and potential corporate partners during his visit as well as meeting with staff at the Ohio State India Gateway.
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Abhishek Gupta Expanding Collaborations in India
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Abhishek Gupta visited India on June, 12 and July 12 to discuss potential collaborations with academic institutes and industry partners during a recent visit to Ohio State's India Gateway. A faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State, Gupta is building on his current collaboration with the Ohio State-IIT-Bombay partnership.
While in India, Gupta presented his research at IIT-Bombay and is developing a joint program in the area of machine learning. He has also worked with Tata Consultancy Services in the areas of cyber security and privacy.
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Mahindra Joins GearLab Consortium in College of Engineering
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Mahindra, a Mumbai, India-based company has joined a research consortium within Ohio State's
College of Engineering that focuses on transmission technologies and providing research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. The relationship with Mahindra began in 2013 when senior leadership in the College of Engineering visited the electric car manufacturer's headquarters, followed by subsequent visits by Rajendra Singh, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Singh's relationship with Mahindra prompted the company to join the consortium formed by Ohio State's
Gear and Power Transmission Research Laboratory.
GearLab is a research group dedicated to aiding sponsoring industries and government agencies by: Enhancing gear and power transmission technology through fundamental and applied research and transfer research results; providing graduate and under graduate students with applied educational and research opportunities in gear and power transmission related disciplines; keeping sponsors updated on latest gear and transmission technologies.
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Ohio State Awarded $50,000 NSF I-CORPS Grant
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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program has awarded a $50,000 grant to C.K. Shum, professor and distinguished university scholar, Ratnesh Bhattacharya, director of the Ohio State India Gateway, and Tang-Yi Yang, in the School of Earth Sciences, to develop a prototype to monitor floods, droughts and freshwater resources at basin scales globally. They will use geodetic satellite-based gravity observational system and the associated cloud-based computing tools to conduct their research.
Ohio State's I-Corps team is composed of Shum, Yang and Bhattacharya. The NSF I-Corps program is an immersive learning experience which will prepare the I-Corps team to go beyond the bounds of traditional instruction to engage with industry, customers and competitors and translate Ohio State faculty research innovations into products and processes that benefit society.
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Sen Prepares for Global Health Summit in Kolkata
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Chandan Sen, MD, associate dean in the College of Medicine at Ohio State, is already preparing for the Global Health Summit to be held in Kolkata, India, December 28 - 30. During his June visit to India, he and Priya Kurle, assistant director of the Ohio State India Gateway, met with delegates from the Indian Pharmaceutical Association as well as representatives from various companies to get their input on the Summit and encourage their future engagement.
The Global Health Summit is being held to engage with healthcare professionals and government officials of West Bengal in collaboration with Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare and several leading professional associations, to enhance skills, and exchange knowledge and best practices. The goal is to address major diseases, and make quality healthcare affordable and accessible to all people.
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India Gateway Initiatives Featured on Waste-to-Energy Webinar
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Ratnesh Bhattacharya spoke as an invited panelist at the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai "DirectLine for American Business" webinar on "Waste-to-Energy: Opportunities for U.S. Businesses in India." The DirectLine webinar was hosted by the US-Consul General, Thomas Vajda, in Mumbai and 40 American companies registered for the event. Director at the India Gateway, Bhattacharya spoke about the role of universities in facilitating technology partnerships with local partners to develop research-driven commercial opportunities for market entry with local corporate partners.
Bhattacharya drew on the India Gateway's substantial experience collaborating with faculty for U.S.-India partnerships and its recent Waste Management Innovations Conference in April 2017. The conference explored ways to build on conventional and new waste management concepts and initiated collaborative networks among the 400 professionals from private and public sectors. Developed in partnership with the Sustainable and Resilient Economy Discovery Theme Initiative and administered by Priya Kurle, assistant director India Gateway, the conference addressed faculty engagement and corporate partnerships.
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Ohio State Faculty Discuss Partnership with PSG Institutions
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Vishnu Sundaresan, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering hosted two professors in early May from PSG Institutions of Coimbatore, India interested in learning more about Ohio State's James Cancer Hospital, biomedical engineering, chemistry and biochemistry and the Center for Automotive Research.
Conversations with faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and PSG Professors Radhakrishnan and Nandagopal focused on the possibility of joint initiatives related to a master's program in chemistry and biochemistry. The overall goal was to develop programs where students from India would complete two semesters of masters-level courses at PSG before arriving at Ohio State for additional coursework and thesis research. During the second semester in India, the expectation is that they would have already identified a research mentor at Ohio State and would have started reading research publications and attending group meetings via Skype or using other technology. The overall length of the program would be 24 to 27 months, but could be longer depending on research goals.
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Fisher Students Gain Experience During Summer Internships
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Five students with the Fisher College of Business interned in Jaisalmer, India to provide support to the Jaisalmer Fort and help determine the most economically sustainable way to harvest, store, transport, and purify water in this desert regions. While in Jaisalmer, Fisher students (Joe Wimer, Hanna Atiyeh, Roni Groebner, Adela Pang, and Elizabeth Navarre) took various tours, collected data, and conducted meetings/interviews in order to learn about the fort itself, how it functioned, and what the most pressing issues facing the fort were at that time. The sewage system that is currently in place appears to be the biggest problem. The team from Ohio State has worked together with Prince Chaitanya Raj Singh, the local municipal board, ASI (Archeological Survey of India), and outside sources in order to develop the best plan of action to address this problem. Studies have demonstrated that it would be beneficial to partner with engineering students to evaluate the project.
Six other Fisher students (John Allen, Phil Koch, Isabella Colasante, Shawn Semmler, Jacob Underwood and Dorianeh Stanford) traveled to Mumbai this summer to participate in a five-week internship with corporate partners. Through the efforts of the India Gateway, Fisher Office of Global Business and Ohio State alumni Vikas Goel, executive director and head of global markets, South Asia, at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, and Laxmikant Tanna, partner at Tanna Realty, these students gained real world business experience in India from May 12-June 17.
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Ohio State Shares Campus Update with Alumni in India
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Ohio State alumni gathered for a dinner reception at the Oberoi Hotel at Nariman Point, Mumbai on Friday, June 16. Geoffrey Chatas, chief financial officer, and Christopher Culley, senior vice president, at Ohio State attended the reception and updated the alumni on recent developments at the university. Chatas and Culley discussed the energy partnership with ENGIE and the new facilities which have been developed on campus.
Also in attendance were five students from the Fisher College of Business who have been interning in Mumbai with Tanna Real Estate and The National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
The reception was organized by the India Gateway.
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