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Such a wonderful and reenergizing time at the New York University Fulbright Reception today meeting international Fulbright students from around the world and US faculty like me, sharing stories about our experiences and the ongoing impact they’re having on our personal and professional growth. Thank you, NYU Changemaker Center and NYU Office of Global Awards for the experience and the new friendships (and the delicious meal).
Hey you, current or former Fulbrighters who’ve made a film about South or Central Asia in the past 5 years: the Fulbright India Interest Group (FIIG), sponsored by the Fulbright Association, has launched another annual film festival just for you after last year’s tremendous success with our inaugural fest. Your Fulbright research/teaching award doesn’t have to have been in Central or South Asia for you to submit your film.
Registration is FREE. The festival will be online, also FREE, and open to the worldwide general public for max exposure of your work.
Deadline January 30, 2026.
Apply here.
Congratulations to Drexel University‘s latest Fulbright Student Scholars. I’m proud to be among the many dedicated faculty and staff members who worked with Drexel’s Undergraduate Research and Enrichment Program in the Pennoni Honors College during the past year to advise individual applicants, review campus applications, and conduct campus interviews.
An overdue congratulations to my good friend Indira Tiwari on making her first film outside of India. We met by chance in a theatre lobby when she was in Kolkata shooting Suman Mukhopadyay‘s amazing indie film Nazarband and I was completing my Fulbright research in 2019. We quickly became friends.
She was on her way to audition in Mumbai for Serious Men and got the role, a major break for her co-starring alongside Nawaz Sidiqqui, which premiered on Netflix in 2020. I’m looking forward to watching her as the female lead in Cannes Prizewinner Vimukthi Jayasundara’s Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars, as covered in Variety, an international collaboration between India, Sri Lanka and France. Go, Indira!
Attention current or former Fulbrighters who have made a film about South Asia: we’ve launched a film festival just for you. Your Fulbright research/teaching award doesn’t have to have been in South Asia for you to submit your film. See full details on the FIIG Film Festival below. Deadline 1/15/25!
