University of Chicago’s Delhi centre to help in research

NEW DELHI: The University of Chicago, the private university in the Midwest, is all set to open its centre in New Delhi on March 29, in an attempt to further its research agenda and foster collaborations with Indian scholars.

Located in Connaught Place, the 17,000-sq ft UChicago centre in Delhi will be home to research and education for University of Chicago faculty, graduate students and undergraduates working in India and throughout South Asia as well as Indian researchers and students representing a wide array of institutions and scholars from around the world.

The centre will promote scholarship and teaching under three broad divisions; business, economics, law and policy; science, energy, medicine and public health; and culture, society, religion and arts. “We have collaborated with institutions like Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Public Health Foundation of India, and the centre will host University of Chicago faculty members and Indian scholars and is meant to engage and facilitate tie-ups and collaborations at a whole new level,” said Bharath Visweswariah, business and management consultant and executive director of the centre.