Past Events

Female Saints, Bhakti Thought, and the Idea of India

3:00–8:00 pm
UChicago Center in Delhi

Contemporary discussions on morality, ethics, and the role of the individual in society have led to a renewed interest in the literature and life stories of saints of the so-called “bhakti movement” that spread across the Indian subcontinent in the late medieval and early modern period (and that continues to shape devotional culture in South Asia today). Of particular interest are the poetry and life stories of female saints like Antal, Annamaya, Sahajobai, and Mirabai: how can (or should) we “read” their poetry and lives as documents of resistance, strategies of subversion, or attempts to establish alternative moral and ethical structures and authority? What does it mean to listen to the words of these and other saints within the context of their own times, and what does it mean to listen to (and repeat) them in our own? 

“Nudging” in Program Design & Policymaking

Time TBA
UChicago Center in Delhi

This workshop organised by International Innovation Corps (IIC) will be held in collaboration with NITI Aayog and will deliberate on the idea of leveraging behavioural insights to inform the policymaking discourse in India. The discussion will focus on how behavioural science and ‘nudge’ practices can be applied to ongoing gender programming and policymaking. Economists, researchers, practitioners and policymakers will discuss what concepts have worked in India and could work for gender while also identifying specific nudges that could be piloted with ongoing gender initiatives at NITI Aayog. 

International Innovation Corps (IIC) Information Session

4:30–6:30 pm
UChicago Center in Delhi

Join us for an information session to know more about the International Innovation Corps (IIC), a program based at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, its application process and get an opportunity to meet with the current and past fellows.  

International Innovation Corps (IIC) strives to create and implement scalable, sustainable and impactful solutions that make India’s most pressing development challenges soluble. And in the process, cultivate the future leaders of development. This is achieved through a unique approach that bridges the gap between the government, NGOs and bright young professionals. The applications for the 2020-21 IIC Cohort are now open. 

PhoenixPhest 2019

Time TBA
Mumbai (Venue: To be confirmed)

Come out and meet some of your UChicago neighbors. Join local alumni for a lively happy hour and share stories about your time at UChicago.

PhoenixPhest 2019

6:45–9:00 pm
Agni Restaurant, Park Hotel, New Delhi

Come out and meet some of your UChicago neighbors. Join local alumni for a lively happy hour and share stories about your time at UChicago.

Book Launch: How to Save a Constitutional Democracy

4:30–6:30 pm
UChicago Center in Delhi

This event will feature Hon'ble Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Professor Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago.

Improving the world for everyone: Why the world needs a new ethical toolkit

5:00–6:30 pm
UChicago Center in Delhi

Through this session, the participants will have the opportunity to learn and explore about ethical reasoning, systems thinking and deep listening and will talk about how to use local system solution to global systematic problems. The participants will also have the opportunity to meet and interact with the Anubhav cohort from all the four batches.

Progressing with Partnerships: Shared Decision-Making Among Vulnerable Groups

Through September 17, 2019
UChicago Center in Delhi

Medical Council of India’s Attitude, Ethics and Communication (AETCOM) Competencies for the Indian Medical Graduate in the new curriculum mentions Shared-Decision Making (SDM) as a core competency (competency 3, 12 and modules 1.3, 2.2, 2.5). It is also explicitly stated as a demonstratable behaviour among one of the five roles (Communicator) of an Indian Medical Graduate.

Despite the advancements made in the new curriculum, SDM among vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ populations, those with chronic pain and in palliative care, those at the end of life, and racial/ethnic minorities are not explicitly stated. Understanding how gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, chronic pain, end of life care and race can simultaneously influence shared decision making is an important step in addressing health disparities among such vulnerable  populations.

The 2nd Annual Global Health Executive Training

Through September 11, 2019
​Center for Care and Discovery at UChicago Medicine, Chicago

UChicago Medicine's Global Health Executive Training program is an annual signature program designed to share our expertise in hospital management and operations with healthcare executives from around the world. This year’s training program spotlights best practices of hospital management at the University of Chicago’s world-class academic medical center. During this five day training, our experienced executives will lead engaging lectures and small group discussions. Outside the classroom, trainees will have the opportunity to participate in interactive sessions such as Gemba learning and behind the scenes tours. In the evening, attendees will join peers and UChicago Medicine leadership in a variety of networking events

Information Session: Graduate Studies in Humanities

11:00 am–12:30 pm
United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), New Delhi

Join Professor Whitney Cox, Associate Professor and Chair of the South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, for an informational session about the wide range of graduate programs in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago.