South Asia Program
War with Iran Delivers Another Shock to the Global Economy
Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University professor of trade policy, comments on the resilience of the world economy amid shocks like the Iran conflict.
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Remembering Daniel Gold
Former SAP Director passed away on February 16
It with great sadness that we share that Daniel Gold, Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies at Cornell and former SAP Director (1991-1994 & 2008-2013) died Feb. 16 in Ithaca at age 78.
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‘Murky Waters’ for Global Businesses After Trump’s Tariff Loss
Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University professor of trade policy and economics, comments on the global economy's resilience to tariff uncertainty and rising trade barriers.
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Can the Bot Really ‘Speak Your Language’? It’s Time India Demanded Multilingual AI Accountability
Aditya Vashistha, SAP
Indian users are a rapidly growing consumer base for chatbots. Their experience should be equal, regardless of the language they speak.
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Parijat Jha
Graduate Student
Parijat Jha is a doctoral candidate in sociocultural anthropology, with graduate minors in Science and Technology Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. He is a cultural and environmental anthropologist whose research examines agrarian and ecological transformation in the Western Himalayas. His dissertation focuses on apple cultivation and climate change within a rapidly shifting landscape of industrial monoculture, analyzing how environmental stress, market pressures, and technological interventions reshape agricultural livelihoods.
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Travel Grants Send Grad Students Abroad
Eighty-three graduate students traveled internationally for fieldwork last summer with Einaudi Center support.
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Summer Program in India Info Session
February 24, 2026
6:00 pm
Are you curious about how mental health, culture, and global health connect to real-world policy challenges? Do you want to learn through hands-on field research and community engagement in one of the most beautiful and biodiverse regions of South India? The Cornell-Keystone NFLP Summer Program in India offers an interdisciplinary experience in global health and policy, where students explore how culture, environment, and community shape wellbeing in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve.
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
South Asia Program
Information Session: Fulbright U.S. Student Program
May 18, 2026
5:00 pm
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year. Recent graduates are welcome to apply through Cornell.
The Fulbright program at Cornell is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International studies. Applicants are supported through all stages of the application and are encouraged to start early by contacting fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
Register for the virtual session.
Can’t attend? Contact fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Information Session: Fulbright U.S. Student Program
April 13, 2026
4:45 pm
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year. Recent graduates are welcome to apply through Cornell.
The Fulbright program at Cornell is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International studies. Applicants are supported through all stages of the application and are encouraged to start early by contacting fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
Register for the virtual session.
Can’t attend? Contact fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Information Session: Fulbright U.S. Student Program
March 18, 2026
4:45 pm
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year. Recent graduates are welcome to apply through Cornell.
The Fulbright program at Cornell is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International studies. Applicants are supported through all stages of the application and are encouraged to start early by contacting fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
Register for the virtual session.
Can’t attend? Contact fulbright@einaudi.cornell.edu.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program