Summer School - Education, Diplomacy & Leadership, 23 June - 2 August 2019, New Delhi, India

Publish Date: Jan 21, 2019

Deadline: Apr 30, 2019

Event Dates: from Jun 23, 2019 12:00 to Aug 02, 2019 12:00

Overview

The International Summer School (ISS) is an intensive, six-week academic program that brings together students from across the world over the course of a summer in New Delhi, India. The program is convened annually under the banner of the Government’s acclaimed Incredible India campaign and with regular support from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

The ISS aims at promoting international goodwill and cross-cultural dialogue amongst promising young individuals, developing their potential as future leaders in government, business and civil society. With India as a study model, it offers undergraduate course modules & experiences which introduce the students to a range of issues & debates that are shaping contemporary developing societies.

Program Structure

The 2019 session will be held from Sunday 23 June to Friday 2 August 2019. The six-week program is divided into two components:

  • A four-week academic session that is conducted at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library inside the historic Teen Murti House, the official residence of India's first Prime Minister; and
  • An optional, two-week volunteer and service learning experience that is primarily held outside Delhi/NCR in conjunction with organizations such as WWF-India.

The academic syllabus at the ISS provides an Indian perspective of the following:

  • Democracy, Governance & International Relations;
  • Growth, Development & Sustainability;
  • Society, Culture & Heritage;
  • Innovation, Technology & the Future of Work; and
  • Service Learning.

The aforementioned course modules are supplemented by Seminars on topics that are relevant to the nation and its people as well as Workshops that seek to develop each student’s leadership potential. Students are given the opportunity to interact with eminent speakers who are experts in their respective fields. Moreover, visits to sites of historical & cultural significance are planned over the course of the six weeks, including excursions to Agra and Jaipur, as are introductory lessons on the Hindi language and yoga classes in partnership with the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga.

Global Representation

Since 2013, the program has had representation from 50 countries. In addition to India, these include Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA), Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.

Institutional Collaborations

Students from past ISS sessions have attended some of the most renowned universities, globally. In fact, the ISS has formal partnerships & associations in place with institutions such as the University of California, the National University of Singapore, the University of Oxford, The University of Tokyo, Singapore Management University, the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, the Royal University of Bhutan and the University of Adelaide. 

The partnership with the University of California (UC) is a particularly important one for the ISS. Since 2014, the ISS and the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) have had an agreement whereby students from across all ten campuses of the UC system are able to participate in the program while automatically receiving academic credits amounting to 12 quarter/ 8 semester UC units upon successful completion. This is a model partnership which has since been replicated with some of the other aforementioned institutions as well. 

Strategic Partnerships

Over the years, apart from the Ministry of External Affairs, entities such as the ASEAN Secretariat, the High Commission of India in Bangladesh and the India Bhutan Foundation have provided their backing to the ISS by way of financial and/ or other support. Such support has taken the form of ten annual India-ASEAN Goodwill Scholarships for students representing various ASEAN Member States nationals as part of the Government of India’s ‘Act East Policy’, Indian Student Visa fee waivers, expedition of the visa application process and airfare for nationals from specific countries. 

A recent partnership that was established between the ISS and the Embassy of Mexico has also seen considerable success. As part of its official mandate, the Mexican mission in New Delhi conducted a comprehensive outreach among several higher educational institutions across Mexico in order to ensure that high performing students are able to partake in a unique study abroad experience in India. For the 2018 session, this resulted in over 400 applications from Mexican students and, eventually, the admission of six of them into the program. Formal relationships are now being developed with other diplomatic missions in New Delhi so that the diversity of the ISS student body can continually be enriched.

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