University of Chicago's Center in Delhi marks a decade in India

The University of Chicago Center in Delhi has completed 10 years. Established in 2014 as a hub for teaching, research, and dialogue, the Center has played a pivotal role in fostering intellectual collaboration between UChicago and Indian institutions and serves as a platform for scholarly collaboration across India and South Asia across many diverse topics, from telecommunications systems to poetry.

The University of Chicago's ties with India trace back to the historic 1913 visit of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, marking the beginning of over a century of intellectual collaboration. The 10th-anniversary celebrations that began on February 16 will culminate  in September with a gala celebration.

The Center in Delhi will focus on advancing these:

• The University of Chicago’s new science and technology partnership with IIT Bombay to promote cooperation in fields such as quantum information science, climate and energy, advanced microelectronics, artificial intelligence and data science.


• Collaborations on battery technologies with institutions such as TCG CREST in Kolkata


• Shared expertise, research and concern regarding climate and energy through new initiatives such as the University of Chicago’s new Climate and Energy Institute as well as through existing partnerships such as EPIC-India.


• The International Innovation Corps (IIC), a social impact fellowship based at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy that embeds teams of young professionals into government and non-profit organisations to support their implementation capabilities and outcomes. IIC has worked in sectors such as urban development, education, energy and environment, healthcare, social innovation, and water and sanitation.

"The 10th anniversary of the UChicago Center in Delhi is a testament to the enduring partnership between the University of Chicago and India. Over the past decade, the Center has facilitated groundbreaking research, academic exchanges, and meaningful collaborations,” said Supratik Guha, faculty director, UChicago Center in Delhi and professor in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.