Our Initiatives

This initiative builds on the success of India-JHU team led by Dr Kunchok Dorjee, who led an intervention project which included TB education, screening, treatment and preventive therapy in mobile service delivery models using cutting edge technology including artificial x-ray enabled image reading, molecular diagnostics and short course preventive treatment tools for the Tibetan population in Himachal Pradesh. This project demonstrated a reduction in TB cases in schools and monasteries in Dharamshala by 87% and showed it was cost effective.

The TB Free Schools Initiative will undertake scaling up of this model across 4 sites in three states (Pune, Satara- Maharashtra, Gorakhpur- Uttar Pradesh, and Chennai-Tamil Nadu) in collaboration with the National TB Elimination Program as well as the Education Department. The initiative will also be supported by several non-profit organizations as well as CSR initiatives.

Breakthrough Research Grants Program

Established in 2020, the Gupta-Klinsky India Institute at Johns Hopkins University, accomplishes its mission through the 5Cs – Convening, Coordinating, Communicating, Creating Community and Catalysing efforts to create tangible impact in society. The flagship Breakthrough Grants Program is a catalytic funding awarded through a competitive process to junior faculty at JHU to collaborate on research with Indian partners. In its four funding cycles so far, the program has funded initiatives on digital health, climate change and non-communicable diseases and supported partners such as IIT-Bombay, Ashoka University, Department of Biotechnology Government of India and D.Y. Patil Medical University in closely working with JHU faculty members on groundbreaking research. Cumulatively this amounts to over 300,000 USD in co-funding opportunities.

Women in STEMM Fellowship

The Women in STEMM Fellowship is a signature initiative of the U.S.-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment and the Gupta-Klinsky India Institute at Johns Hopkins University supporting early-career women researchers across India.  The focus of our signature initiative longitudinal health research fellowship program aimed at developing technical research skills, providing mentorship, cultivating leadership, and offering opportunities for experiential learning and networking to empower early-career Indian women researchers from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented communities to excel in STEMM research careers.

Sunil Kumar and Sumati Murli Research Award

The GKII Sunil Kumar and Sumati Murli Research Award, supported by the Sunil Kumar and Sumati Murli Student Training and Mentorship Endowed Fund, is a merit-based award offered annually by the Gupta-Klinsky India Institute. Two (2) $8,000 grants are awarded annually to JHU PhD students from any JHU school or division. Funding supports India-related research projects and travel expenses to India.