Are you interested in the intersection of mental health and culture, global health, and community engagement? Do you want to gain field research skills and learn about indigenous communities in South India’s beautiful and fragile Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve?

The Nilgiris Field Learning Center (NFLC) is a unique partnership between the Indian NGO, Keystone Foundation, and Cornell University. It aligns Cornell faculty and students with practitioners and community members in the Nilgiris, the “blue hills” of southern India.

This two-semester course includes a January intersession study trip to India.

Spend a semester in Sri Lanka, learning local languages, living with host families, and conducting an independent study project on one of its deeply-rooted traditions or contemporary post-war challenges.

Work with the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) on some of its community development efforts for the benefit of indigenous and rural people in southern India.

Enhance your cross-cultural competence and gain broad knowledge about health in the Indian context by participating in service projects with the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM).

Through an agreement with the Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), you have an opportunity to live, study and work in Mysore, India, for a semester.