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This newsletter covers IIHMR Delhi and GKII formalizing partnership to advance India RISE, GKII launching a needs assessment study for NIRAM Palliative Care Centre in Tumkur, and spotlights on alumni and faculty research

GKII is excited to share the launch of a needs assessment study to support the development of services at the NIRAM Palliative Care Centre in Tumkur, Karnataka in collaboration with the Ajit Isaac Foundation. 

This month, we spotlight Dr. Priya Shankar, a pediatrician and Johns Hopkins Adolescent Medicine Fellow whose work focused on adolescent voice, agency, and dignity.

GKII Faculty Steering Committee member Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Ph.D., Francis J. Carey, Jr. Endowed Professor in Business and a professor of Finance with Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, examined the rapid growth of retail options trading in India and the risks that have accompanied it.

We are excited to share a special newsletter sharing highlights from the second annual Hopkins India Conference 2026, hosted by the Gupta-Klinsky India Institute at Johns Hopkins University in partnership with Indiaspora. The event brought together leaders from government, academia, industry, and civil society for two days of conversation and collaboration around the theme “Ideas, Innovation & Impact for a Shared Future.”

Incoming Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health MPH student Amanpreet Singh Wasir is passionate about advancing health literacy in low- and middle-income countries where preventable disease is often fueled by misinformation and inaccessible health communication.