India Initiative to bolster S. Asian Studies
Since the launch of the Yale India Initiative two weeks ago, the South Asian Studies program has been drawing up a wish list of additional programs and hirings in anticipation of a large-scale expansion.
Program administrators said they hope the initiative will help them build up a strong core group of faculty — particularly in anthropology, political science and history — as well as expand resources for studying South Asian languages, although professors and students differ slightly on where the expansion should focus. Still, the field of South Asian studies had been growing...
