USF鈥檚 Global Networks bring together alumni, students, faculty, and partners to build worldwide communities of support for international programs, research, and business connections. Belonging to a Global Network is an exciting way to expand personal and professional connections in a particular part of the world, to collaborate with USF, and to engage with others who are interested in connecting.
USF Network India鈥檚 membership is the largest network at USF and has a LinkedIn group with nearly 500 members! The goal for USF Network India is to build an interconnected community of support for USF students, alumni, and partners with connections to India throughout the world.
USF Network India鈥檚 membership is the largest network at USF and has a LinkedIn group with nearly 500 members!
In fall 2023, USF World Vice President Dr. Kiki Caruson travelled to India to strengthen USF鈥檚 ties with the country. In addition to an action-packed agenda focused on partnerships, she and USF Provost Prasant Mohapatra hosted a delightful dinner for alumni in Hyderabad, the city from which most of USF's Indian students hail.
Expanding upon that visit USF World鈥檚 India country advisor, Aruna Dasgupta and Vanessa Martinez, USF鈥檚 assistant director of international community relations, organized one-on-one meetings with seven alumni over seven days in India鈥檚 capital city, New Delhi.
Ms. Dasgupta, who previously worked at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, recently participated in a workshop hosted by the U.S.-India Alliance for Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment to discuss strategies to address women鈥檚 and girl鈥檚 participation in STEM fields. The discussion primarily focused on exploring pathways for U.S. and Indian universities to create more opportunities in this area. The U.S.-India Alliance for Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment is a public-private partnership between the U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and George Washington University.
This past May, USF World facilitated interactions between USF alumni living in India and newly admitted students who are set to begin their academic journeys in the fall. Two USF professors from the Muma College of Business, Professor Kaushik Dutta and Professor Han Reichgelt did a tour of India visiting alumni and new admits in New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. USF alumni assisting in the orientations for new students included Nidhi Parashar (MS-BAIS, 2019), Aditya Raj Mankani (BBA-Finance and Information Systems, 2003), and Ojas Rawal (Biomedical Sciences, 2008).