American Institute of Indian Studies

American Institute of Indian Studies
AbbreviationAIIS
Formation1961
TypeNGO
HeadquartersUniversity of Chicago
President
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Websitewww.indiastudies.org

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), founded in 1961, is a consortium of 90 universities and colleges in the United States that promotes the advancement of knowledge about India in the U.S. It carries out this purpose by: awarding fellowships to scholars and artists to carry out their research and artistic projects in India; by operating intensive programs in a variety of Indian languages in India; by sponsoring conferences, workshops and outreach activities; by supporting U.S. study abroad and service learning programs in India; by assisting and facilitating the research of all U.S. scholars in India; and by operating two research archives, the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology and the Center for Art and Archaeology.[1] The AIIS is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.[2]

AIIS campus in Gurugram, Haryana, India
AIIS campus in Gurugram, Haryana, India
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