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We are pleased to announce the launch of the India RISE website, a growing digital platform designed to support connection, learning, and visibility for women in STEMM. India RISE, which stands for Research & Innovation STEMM Empowerment, reflects a broader vision to strengthen the pipeline of women leaders across science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine in India and beyond.

GKII is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025–26 GKII–KCDH Data Science and AI Breakthrough Research Grants funding cycle. This opportunity supports collaborative, cross-disciplinary research between Johns Hopkins University faculty and partners at the Koita Center for Digital Health (Ashoka University and IIT Bombay), with a focus on advancing data science and artificial intelligence applications in health and public health in India and globally.

Registration is now open for the second annual Hopkins India Conference. Early Bird Tickets close out on Jan. 31, 2026. This year’s theme, Ideas, Innovation and Impact for a Shared Future, focuses on bold thinking and collaborative action across technology, health, education, and the global economy. The program will bring together leading policymakers, scholars, and corporate innovators from the United States and India to examine emerging opportunities, strengthen partnerships, and advance solutions that shape the future.

The Hopkins SNF Agora Institute and Hopkins at Home co-hosted an author talk with Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Hopkins to discuss his latest book. Pandian explained that in order to better understand the last U.S. presidential election results, he made an effort to go out and talk to people with whom he wouldn’t normally interact.

Rama Chellappa, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in electrical and computer engineering and former interim director of the Data Science and AI Institute, is working with Laura McDaniel, a second-year PhD student in electrical engineering to detect factors—such as misaligned hips or hunched shoulders—that could impair balance and put people at risk for a fall.

Indu Bhushan, GKII Ambassador, writes about cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues’ determination and the broader lessons it offers about resilience, public scrutiny, and navigating high-pressure environments. “After crediting her teammates and refusing to bask in personal milestones, she spoke quietly, and in a matter-of-factly manner her struggle with anxiety. No theatrics, no self-pity. Just candor. In India, where strength is often equated with emotional silence, this mattered,” he said.