INDIAN EXPRESS, December 17, 2024
“Engineering is not losing popularity – it’s evolving." Dr. Sri Sarma, Vice Dean of Whiting School of Engineering, was recently featured in an industry on why Indian students in the U.S. are increasingly choosing math and computer science over traditional engineering.
PUNE MIRROR, November 25, 2024
Johns Hopkins, renowned for its global health research and expertise, is joining with partners in Indian to launch the TB-Free Schools Initiative, intended to address the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in India. The Johns Hopkins Gupta-Klinsky India Institute (GKII) has committed $3 million USD towards this three-year initiative.
ECONOMIC TIMES, November 22, 2024
Johns Hopkins University and the Ajit Isaac Foundation partnered to establish palliative care centers in underserved areas of India. The collaboration will focus on training caregivers, developing curriculum, and offering mentorship to improve end-of-life care for terminally ill patients.
Economic Times Government, November 23, 2024
Ed Schlesinger, Dean and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, explores the transformative potential of Indo-U.S. partnerships in academia during the age of emerging technologies.
Economic Times Health, November 22, 2024
Nutrition is a cornerstone of global health, particularly in developing countries grappling with undernutrition and high child mortality. Judd Walson, Chair at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, elucidates on how tackling undernutrition requires addressing infections, poverty, and hygiene alongside diet. He highlights the promise of probiotics and breastfeeding in fostering a healthy microbiome and improving outcomes.
INDIAN EXPRESS, November 20, 2024
Johns Hopkins researchers are collaborating with Indian colleagues to launch the TB-Free Schools Initiative. The initiative is based on the success of a cost-effective project in Himachal Pradesh that demonstrated an 87 per cent reduction in TB cases in residential schools.
Press Information Bureau Delhi, November 17, 2024
Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan met with Ronald J. Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and senior delegates from JHU with a mandate to initiate new partnerships between the JHU community and Indian partners in research, education, policy and practice. Secretary, Higher Education, Shri K. Sanjay Murthy; senior officials of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Affairs attended the meeting.
FORBES INDIA, November 20, 2024
Dr. Amita Gupta, GKII Co-founder and JHU Professor, is working with the Indian government to launch a TB screening program in schools. Born in the US, Gupta has been associated with the university for about two decades, where she specializes in research on infectious diseases.
RESEARCH MATTERS, November 14, 2024
Anita Shet, BSPH Professor and Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation recently wrote this op-ed explaining that it’s important for us to reframe approaches research with marginalized and vulnerable populations, seeing them as partners, rather than just subjects.
INDIAN EXPRESS, November 14, 2024
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have achieved a milestone in surgical robotics after they trained a robot to perform complex medical procedures. The robot was solely trained by watching videos of human doctors at work and carried out some surgical procedures with precision similar to human doctors.
International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, October 31, 2024
GKII faculty co-chair Sara Bennett, PhD, assumed the role of vice chair of the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in September. In her new role, she will lead the implementation of the Department’s new strategic plan. Shannon Doocy, PhD ’04, will replace Bennett as director of the Health Systems Program.
THE HUB, October 29, 2024
Ray Jayawardhana reflects on his first year as Johns Hopkins University's provost, the momentum and innovation being generated, and what lies ahead for him and the university.
INDIAN EXPRESS, October 24, 2024
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have invented a new blood test that can show off biomarkers indicating a heart attack much earlier. It is both cheap and accurate. This test can be done on a portable device outside a clinical setting. Published in Advanced Science, researchers note that the system can be used by first responders for whom early detection is critical.
INDIA TODAY, October 24, 2024
A Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows that kidney transplants between HIV-positive donors and recipients are safe and effective, offering new hope to those suffering from end-stage kidney disease.
THE HUB, October 11, 2024
Johns Hopkins University is ranked No. 16 in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025. The rankings compare 2,092 institutions from 115 countries and territories, evaluating them based on 18 key performance indicators designed to assess teaching, research quality, and research influence, among other factors.
THE HUB, September 24, 2024
Johns Hopkins University rose to No. 6 among national universities—its highest-ever position in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation's best colleges for undergraduates.
The Hindustan Times, August 26, 2024
Dr DY Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri in collaboration with Boston University and Johns Hopkins University have started a study to identify and analyze long-term pulmonary effects in tuberculosis patients’ post-recovery. Dr. Vidya Mave, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Infectious Diseases in India, alongside Dr Nishi Suryavanshi are part of the study. It will guide advanced diagnostic methodologies as well as treatment that can prevent post-TB lung diseases at an early stage.
Analytics India Magazine, August 23, 2024
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced the use of computer vision technology as a crucial development in the battle against malaria, a disease that kills over 600,000 people annually. Gates introduced VectorCam, an app developed by Dr. Soumya Acharya and his team at Johns Hopkins University, with support from the Gates Foundation and Uganda’s malaria control program. The app allows for the rapid identification of mosquito species, a critical task in controlling the spread of malaria.
THE HINDU, September 06, 2024
A native of Haryana, Dr. Vinay Goyal has assumed office as the State Mission Director of National Health Mission (NHM). He belongs to the 2016 IAS batch and holds an MBBS degree from PGIMS Rohtak, a postgraduate degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and another postgraduate degree in Public Management from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Primary Health Care Matters, September 01, 2024
This publication by the India Primary Health Care Support Initiative discusses how digital health information systems are essential for collecting information on population health. However, in West Garo Hills in the state of Meghalaya, health workers put significant time and effort into data collection, fragmented data management systems and inefficient processes mean that the data collected is not effectively used to improve service delivery.
The Hindustan Times, August 09, 2024
In a first-of-its-kind study in the country, doctors at BJ Medical College (BJMC), Sassoon General Hospital, and scientists from John Hopkins University have started an ultra-short-term study amongst people living with HIV (PLHIV). Under the study titled “One to Three HP,” PLHIV will be examined and put on ultra-short-duration tuberculosis preventive therapy recommended by the World Health Organization.
Johns Hopkins Medicine, August 14, 2024
In a preliminary study with a small number of humans, rabbits and mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center have developed four new regimens that have the potential to treat and save the lives of people with multidrug-resistant TB meningitis.
BW Healthcare World, August 13, 2024
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership: India-Yash project, in collaboration with Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins Affiliate, has launched the Udaan Collaborative. The initiative aims to improve access to quality Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services and information for youth across India and includes more than 900 obstetrician-gynecologists, 600 general physicians, and 7,200 pharmacists, focusing on both urban and rural regions of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh.
THE HINDU, August 06, 2024
An India-led global team of research scientists has won the Health Information Technology in Action award from the Johns Hopkins Center for Digital Health and AI for their paper describing the effectiveness of a gamified virtual reality mobile app administered to students to reduce risk of infectious diseases.
ZERO TB IN KIDS, August 05, 2024
Zero TB in Kids, a global health initiative spearheaded by Dr. Kunchok Dorjee, has launched a new website! This initiative works to combat tuberculosis in monasteries, boarding schools, and refugee settlements across South Asia.
TIMES OF INDIA, July 14, 2024
The Tamil Nadu state health department will study the prevention and management of diabetes in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, health minister Ma. Subramanian announced. The minister, who recently returned from the US, said the university has been actively involved in research on diabetes prevention and treatment. "We have signed an MoU with the university for a research collaboration," he stated.
Global Health Now, July 10, 2024
India’s $50 billion pharmaceutical industry supplies drugs across the globe, but flimsy regulation in the domestic market allows countless easily confused drug names with no system for tracking the problem, says Dinesh Thakur, a public health activist and co-author of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India. Thakur, who has spent the past decade advocating for tighter drug safety regulations, spoke with GHN about dangerously similar drug names in India and how they symbolize wider problems in the country’s regulatory system.
THE HUB, July 08, 2024
Thanks to new $1 billion financial aid gift, most medical students will now attend Johns Hopkins tuition-free, and many will receive additional support to cover living expenses. Financial aid for nursing, public health, and other graduate programs will ensure access for top talent from middle-class and low-income backgrounds.
US Embassy & Consulates in India, May 24, 2024
In this news announcement, the US Embassy in India shares that GKII has been selected as an anchor partner with the U.S. Department of State to support an umbrella initiative empowering women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Department of International Health Legacy Series, May 16, 2024
As part of a new Department of International Health series about public health legacies, Sara Woodward and Brandon Howard from the Johns Hopkins Department of International Health sat down with Dr. Santosham to discuss his impactful career accomplishments and what he sees as priorities in international public health.
The Hindu, May 15, 2024
Joshua White, Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins and a Director for U.S.-ASEAN and U.S.-Pacific Institutes for Rising Leaders spoke with The Hindu about the Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act.
CGDHI, May 21, 2024
Dr. Smisha Agarwal recently traveled to Brasilia, Brazil as a member of the official US delegation to present research findings to the G20’s Health Working Group. She presented at a panel discussion called “Operationalizing the Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)”, to disucss the importance of strategic investments in health care, digital ecosystem readiness, and insights that can strengthen primary healthcare systems.
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter, April 18, 2024
Sudha Yadav, a Johns Hopkins graduate student from North India in the Department of Chemistry shares her story about her life as a grad student, a reflection on who she is as a person, and finding her own community.
WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, May 20, 2024
The Whiting School of Engineering has released information on how Johns Hopkins is investing in the new Data Science and AI Institute! It will include a state-of-the-art facility on the Homewood campus and an expansion of the computing resource capacity, as well as 80 new tenure-track faculty positions and 30 new endowed chairs.
BBC, May 08, 2024
Devesh Kapur, Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies spoke with the BBC about the "virus of cash transfers with numerous schemes across states and political parties... Every party in India knows that welfare matters for votes," he said.
CNBC, April 18, 2024
Pravin Krishna, Chung Ju Yung distinguished professor of international economics and business spoke with CNBC and discussed why Apple’s expansion into India has been beneficial for Prime Minister Modi.
ET Government, April 04, 2024
GKII Advisory Board member Raj Gupta discusses the unique role that India will have in changing the world market.
WASHINGTON POST, March 03, 2024
Indians have come to make up the third-largest group of undocumented immigrants in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center's 2021 estimates, which put the number of such Indians at 725,000. India is the only country in the top five outside Latin America, and since 2011, the number of undocumented Indians in the United States has grown by 70 percent, the fastest growth of all nationalities. Figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that the number of undocumented Indian immigrants increased the fastest between 2020 and 2023. Devesh Kapur is quoted.
GLOBAL HEALTH NOW, February 28, 2024
Bhopal, the historic city of begums (Muslim empresses or royal consorts) and lakes, is located in the heart of central India. The metropolis, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh, retains its charm from a bygone era. Centuries-old buildings seamlessly blend in with modern high-rises. Despite its historic significance, however, Bhopal is most known for tragic disasters: a poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leak in 1984 and decades later, when another disaster loomed in March 2020, as COVID-19 began surging in India.
EAST ASIA FORUM, February 27, 2024
India is facing a severe water crisis, leading to almost 200,000 deaths annually. It is crucial for the government to reassess power and water subsidies, implement targeted programs addressing groundwater depletion, shift crop patterns towards less water-intensive options and adopt efficient technologies to tackle the crisis. The government must act now to prevent millions from experiencing water stress by 2025.
HOPKINS MEDICINE, March 04, 2024
People with cancer have different amounts of a type of repetitive DNA — called Alu elements — than people without cancer. Now, machine learning can measure that from a blood draw. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used this finding to improve a test that detects cancer early, validating and reproducing the results by starting with a sample size tenfold larger than typical of such types of studies. Chetan Bettegowda is a study co-author.
AP NEWS, March 11, 2024
Historic numbers of students from India are studying at foreign universities as a fast-growing, aspirational generation of young people looks for opportunities they can’t find at home. India estimates 1.5 million students are studying at universities elsewhere — an eightfold increase since 2012 — with no country attracting more than the U.S.
For Pranay Karkale, a JHU student, staying in India never felt like an option. As an undergraduate in India, he became interested in engineering management, which merges engineering and leadership skills. It’s a growing industry in the U.S. and Europe, but Karkale, who is from the western Indian state of Maharashtra, couldn’t find any master’s programs in India.
THE HUB, February 13, 2024
One notable JHU Fulbright recipient is Baldeep Dhaliwal, a BSPH third year PhD candidate in the Department of International Health from Chandigarh, India.
"For me, the most rewarding experience was spending so much time with the ASHAs—visiting their homes for birthdays and holidays, laughing and enjoying their hospitality and company. This really gave me the chance to integrate and fully participate in their society. I also really enjoyed getting to make stronger connections with researchers in India—I am so grateful that I was able to work closely with Dr. Anuradha and Dr. Madhu. They were amazing mentors to me, and it is incredibly special to continue those relationships."
THE HUB, February 29, 2024
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), who have strong track records in bipartisan technology legislation, discussed AI policy during a wide-ranging conversation at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.
Two leading AI experts from Johns Hopkins University—Rama Chellappa and K.T. Ramesh, interim co-directors of the university's new Data Science and AI Institute and professors in the Whiting School of Engineering—shared their thoughts, advocating for legislative oversight that strikes the right balance by protecting citizens and our democracy without stymying AI growth and innovation.
ACCELERATE, February 06, 2024
The PEPFAR and USAID-supported project ACCELERATE, implemented through the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was recently featured in the Best of 2023 from the USAID India/Health Office. Read more about how the project is revamping the mapping of HIV-affected vulnerable populations, supporting mental health for youth in Manipur, and an update on India's first peer-led e-pharmacy led by people living with HIV.
BIOMEDICAL ODYSSEY, January 24, 2024
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is a holiday often associated with Hinduism and the Indian subcontinent. However, it is celebrated by South Asian communities of diverse religious and nonreligious backgrounds around the world, and it marks triumphs such as good over evil, light over dark and knowledge over ignorance. The holiday, based on the lunar calendar, is observed each year around October and November. Because the lunar calendar shifts each year, Diwali’s date also changes — in 2023, it fell on Nov. 12. It happened to be my first year celebrating Diwali in Baltimore.
EXPRESS HEALTHCARE, February 14, 2024
The collaboration between MyHealthcare and Ashoka University has marked a significant milestone in health data research by securing Johns Hopkins GKII Breakthrough Grant for Health Data Research. The Ashoka-MyHealthcare partnership is focused on leveraging technology, clinical expertise, and big data, to accelerate health informatics and data-driven evidence generation, and in turn, deliver better patient care outcomes.
NUNCHI, February 09, 2024
Dr. Kunchok Dorjee (he/him) is a physician and epidemiologist specializing in tuberculosis (TB). He serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine and International Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Dorjee sat down with RC Sadoff to discuss his personal and professional experiences with infectious diseases and refugee populations.
FINANCIAL TIMES, February 06, 2024
Devesh Kapur, Professor of South Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says: “I firmly believe that the mirror image is how weakly Indian higher education has [performed]. India has gifted the US, in particular, immense talent. It’s worth reflecting what they could have done if they had stayed, and what India has lost.”
THE DAILY RECORD, January 09, 2024
The new Data Science and Translation Institute, announced several months ago and planned for the western edge of the Homewood Campus, is expected to be “the leading academic hub for data science and artificial intelligence – a resource that will bring world-class experts to the Baltimore region and drive game-changing innovations,” said Rama Chellappa, interim co-director of the planned institute and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins.
Association of American Universities, January 29, 2024
In the development of this report, AAU’s Task Force on Expanding U.S.-India University Partnerships has examined ways to facilitate new connections for joint research partnerships, dual faculty appointments, and increased student mobility between both countries and at all levels. To address and overcome the challenges to developing new collaborations between U.S. and Indian institutions, new models of engagement are needed. These models must seek to expand meaningful, high-impact, and co-designed partnerships between U.S. and Indian research universities.
HOPKINS MEDICINE, January 01, 2024
Kunal Parikh, Ph.D. is no stranger to the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine community. He first came to Johns Hopkins University in 2012 to start his Ph.D. degree. He gained valuable research experience while working at the Center for Nanomedicine at Wilmer and has collaborated with Wilmer faculty on several initiatives, earning two Catalyst Prizes from the U.S. National Academy of Medicine this year in tandem with Wilmer ophthalmologists.
INDIAN EXPRESS, December 21, 2023
The study ‘One to Three’ will compare the treatment completion of daily dose of Rifapentine and Isoniazid for a month (1HP) to the weekly dose of Rifapentine and Isoniazid for three months (3HP) in persons living with HIV in Pune.
“Evidence from this study will give insights into the adoption of ultra-short 1HP regimens in Indian settings,” said Dr. Vidya Mave, director and leader of BJGMC JHU Clinical Research Site.