SCHEDULE

07:00hrs. – 09:00hrs.  Breakfast at 24×7

09:15hrs.                     Assemble for Inaugural Session

09:30hrs. – 10:30hrs.

Inaugural Session

@Crystal Ballroom

Welcome and Conference Overview:	Adam Grotsky Executive Director United States-India Educational Foundation
Remarks:	Gloria Berbena USIEF Board Member U.S. Embassy, New Delhi
	Stephen Mani Director (Americas), MEA Government of India
	Karina Keating SCA Branch Chief, ECA U.S. Department of State
Announcements:	Priyanjana Ghosh Senior Program Officer, USIEF
	Group Photo

10:30hrs. – 11:00hrs.

Tea

11:00hrs. – 12:30hrs.

Session I A – Public Health

@ Quorum A

Moderator: Ryan Pereira (USIEF)
Isha Padhye India	The ASHA for a Better Future: Community Health Workers Role in the Menstrual Health Education of Teenage Girls
Sandhya Kumar India	Health Care Access Among Migrant Women in Mumbai
Sezin Sakmar India	Exploring An Empowerment-Based Healthcare Model for Family Planning Delivery
Niyati Shah India	Climate Change, Outmigration, and Health: The Case of Bengaluru’s Migrant Women

11:00hrs. – 12:30hrs.

Session I B – Ecology, Environment and Agriculture

@ Quorum B

Moderator: Pavana Prabhakar (India)
Elizabeth Taber Nepal	Waste Management Policy in Small-scale Nepali Cities
Mika Ulmet Nepal	The Future of Finger Millets in Nepal: Perspectives on its Production, Consumption, and Culinary Uses in the Household
Sandip Mazumder India	The Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
Eric Davidson India	Green Ammonia in India: An Opportunity to Advance Sustainability?

11:00hrs. – 12:30hrs.

Session I C – Theology and Religion

@ Forum

Moderator: MJ Dickson (India)
David Monteserin Narayana India	When God Became Space: Searching for Śiva’s Empty Form in Medieval South India
Erin Burke India	Contemporary Tibetan Fiction, Religion, and Resistance
Lynna Dhanani India	The Multilingual World of Praise
Veena Howard India	Embodying the Jain Ideals of Heroism and Freedom: A Study of Mridula Sarabhai’s Social and Political Leadership

12:30hrs. – 13:30hrs.

Lunch

@ Crystal Ballroom

13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs.

Session II A – Public Health

@ Quorum A

Moderator: Shira Singer (India)
Hannah Davies India	Health Technology Meets Intervention – An Objective Lens to Assess ASD Service Efficacy
Michelle Pu India	Impact of Stigma on Caretaker Disclosure of Autism Diagnosis to Schools
Chandni Shah India	Exploring Barriers to Early Diagnoses and Interventions for Autism in South India

13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs.

Session II B – Philosophy & Education

@ Quorum B

Moderator: Jyotika Ramaprasad (India)
Carlin Romano India	America the Philosophical in the Age of Trump
Robert Pennock India	Scientific Virtues and Scientific Temper
Parakh Hoon India	Adapting Vocational Education for a Diverse World: Insights from the U.S., Swiss Dual, and Indian Models

13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs.

Session II C – Ecology and Environment

@ Forum

Moderator: Christine Farias (India)
Jasmeet Judge India	Harnessing satellite data for water management in agriculture
Robert Stitt Sri Lanka	Harvesting the Sun: Exploring Solar Irrigation in Jaffna
Joseph Edmundson India	Markets, Water Use, and Development: Challenges in Maharashtra’s Horticulture Sector

14:45hrs. – 15:15hrs.

Tea

15:15hrs. – 16:30hrs.

Session III A – Legal Studies

@ Quorum A

Moderator: Mary (Dyan) McGuire (India)
Samantha Chacko India	Equality in Access: Reviewing India’s Legal Aid Framework
Stuti Shah India	Captive Motherhood: A Comparative Study of Child-Rearing in Indian and U.S. Prisons
Ria Agarwal India	Seeking New Shores: Climate Migration and Urban Integration in Kolkata

15:15hrs. – 16:30hrs.

Session III B – Politics and International Relations

@ Quorum B

Moderator: Sumanta Basu (USIEF)
Andrew Gordan India	Indian Notions of “Rising Power”
Taylor Nydam Kazakhstan	Studies of Russian Migrant Integration in Kazakhstan Amidst the Russo-Ukraine War
Aleksandr Kuzmenchuk India	Archaeological Diplomacy: An Exploration of Narratives Behind India’s Heritage Conservation Abroad

15:15hrs. – 16:30hrs.

Session III C – Public Health

@ Forum

Moderator: Mohammad Ghaziuddin (Uzbekistan)
Anita Taft Sri Lanka	Lessons from Maternal Health and Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Tajikistan and Sri Lanka
Ashira Weinreich Nepal	Medicinal Plant Use and Health Sovereignty in the Himalayan Mountains of Manaslu Conservation Area, Nepal
Uriel Halbreich India	Comprehensive Well-being

16:30hrs. – 18:45hrs.

Downtime

18:45hrs.

Reassemble for Keynote Address

@ Crystal Ballroom

19:00hrs. – 20:00hrs.

Keynote Address by Ms. Shrayana Bhattacharya, Senior Economist with the World Bank’s Social Protection team in South Asia on “The Economics of Fun: Exploring fandom as a method to trace women’s freedom in contemporary India”

20:00hrs. – 22:00hrs.

Dinner

@ Party Lawns

07:00hrs. – 09:15hrs. Breakfast at 24×7

09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs.

Session IV A – Public Health

@ Quorum A

Moderator: Jasmeet Judge (India)
Samhita Vasu India	Point-of-Care Testing for Early Screening and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Shaun Ranade Nepal	Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in the setting of GDM: A Pilot Trial
Mayukha Dyta India	Differences in Managing and Treating Pluralistic Patient Populations
Ava Francis-Hall Nepal	Politics of Care: Life for Returnee Migrants with Chronic Kidney Disease

09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs.

Session IV B – Sociology

@ Quorum B

Moderator: Liesl Schwabe (India)
Sumin Yoon India	The Politics of Health: Queer Activism’s Impact on HIV Health in Hyderabad
Kaya Mallick India	Women on the Margins: An Ethnography of Hindu Women’s Ascetic Practices
Lalitha Shanmugasundaram India	Environmental Justice Implications of Climate Change in Rural Coimbatore
Ashwini Tambe India	Appropriate Responses to Sexual Violence in the Digital Age: Indian Perspectives

09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs.

Session IV C – Anthropology

@ Forum

Moderator: Veena Howard (India)
Christopher Gadomski India	Tibetan Resilience in Exile: Oral Histories of Displacement and Cultural Preservation
Michael (Donagh) Coleman India	Tukdam: Between Worlds
Madeleine August Sri Lanka	On Generosity and Refuge: Sri Lankan Ambalamas

11:00hrs. – 11:30hrs.

Tea

11:30hrs. – 12:30hrs.

Plenary Session – V “Gandhi’s March to the Sea: A Local Event, a Global History” by Prof. Vinay Lal

@ Crystal Ballroom

12:30hrs. – 13:30hrs.

Lunch

@ Crystal Ballroom

13:30hrs. – 15:00hrs.

Session VI A – Anthropology

@ Quorum A

Moderator: Maya Sundararajan (USIEF)
Siya Sharma India	Sociocultural Analysis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Contemporary North India
Aditya Yelamali India	Understanding Mental Healthcare-Seeking Barriers for Adolescents in Urban and Rural Mysore
Avital Datskovsky India	Madhopur Has a Forest: Human, Animal, and Forest in Ranthambore National Park
Ricca Slone India	Sustainable Technologies and Diffusion of Innovation

13:30hrs. – 15:00hrs.

Session VI B – Public Health

@ Quorum B

Moderator: Megha Sunger (USIEF)
Harini Kannan India	Feasibility of a Mobile App for Assessing Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children with Disabilities
Yash Deo India	Assessing the Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Delhi, India
Kruthika Doreswamy India	Assessing the Barriers and Facilitators for Rehabilitation and Post-Stroke Recovery Among Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers
Ashwin Reddy Nepal	Health Impacts of Working in Brick Kilns in Bhaktapur, Nepal

13:30hrs. – 15:00hrs.

Session VI C – Roundtable for Teaching Scholars: Learning from Each Other

@ Forum

Moderator: Patrick McNamara (US-SLFC)

15:00hrs. – 15:30hrs.

Tea

15:30hrs. – 16:45hrs.

Session VII A – Sociology

@ Quorum A

Moderator: Robert Pennock (India)
Neha Basu India	In Pursuit of Interstitial Spatial Justice: Street Vending in Kolkata
Anousha Peters India	Feminization and Empowerment: Women in Home-Based (Gig) Work
Shaili Gandhi India	Community Organizing for Health: A Case Study of Self-Employed Women’s Association

15:30hrs. – 16:45hrs.

Session VII B – Ecology and Environment

@ Quorum B

Moderator: Monica Zhang (Kyrgyzstan)
Pascal Lafontant Sri Lanka	In Search of the Gant Danio
Sateesh Venkatesh Sri Lanka	Finding a Pathway to Coexistence – Human-Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka
Olivia Mitchell Sri Lanka	Analysis of Population Distribution and Potential Habitat Threats of Sri Lankan Langurs

15:30hrs. – 16:45hrs.

Session VII C – Language and Literature

@ Forum

Moderator: Holly Wise (India)
Mohnish Judge India	The Tibetan Diaspora and Mass Media
Seton Uhlhorn India	The Radif Rider: Inshā Allah Khan Inshā’s Ghazal-Sets
Liesl Schwabe India	Truth in Motion: Scottsboro on the Calcutta Stage

16:45hrs.– 18:45hrs.

Downtime

18:45hrs.

Reassemble for Carnatic Music Recital

@ Central Courtyard

19:00hrs. – 20:00hrs.

Carnatic Vocal Musical Evening with Fulbright-Nehru Student Researchers, Hamsa Shanmugam and Aditi Anand

20:00hrs. – 22:00hrs.

Dinner

@ Party Lawns

07:00hrs. – 09:15hrs.            Breakfast at 24×7

09:30hrs. – 11:15hrs.

Session VIII A – History and Art History

@Quorum A

Moderator: David Manski
Alexander Williams India	The Business of Law: Lawyers and the Economy in Modern India
Saideepika Rayala India	Dams as Symbols of Development and Freedom in Post-Colonial India
Bermet Nishanova Uzbekistan	Making Threads: Medieval Fibers from Islamic Central Asia, Iran, and India (c. 9th- mid-13th Centuries)
Simon Gerst Kyrgyzstan	No One is Forgotten, Nothing is Forgotten: Kyrgyzstan’s World War II Archives
Ariana Pemberton India	Ivory and Elephants in Late-Medieval Odisha

09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs.

Session VIII B – Science and Technology

@Quorum B

Moderator: Sandip Mazumder (India)
Joseph Engmark India	Survey Statistics Ph.D. Research: Capture-Recapture Methods
Harshini Venkatachalam India	Developing Tools for Computational Thinking
Pavana Prabhakar India	Advancing Polymer Composites for Durability and Damage Tolerance: “Architecting, Manufacturing, and Mechanics”
Abel Abraham India	Temperature Driven Self-Organisation of Active Droplets

11:15hrs. – 11:45hrs.

Tea

11:45hrs. – 13:15hrs.

Session IX A – Public Health

@Quorum A

Moderator: Jean Talbert
Anna Kozan India	Understanding How Language Barriers Affect Health Literacy and Access in Karnataka
Sadie Cowan India	Ni-Kshay Mitra: A Beacon Shining on the End of Tuberculosis
Aditi Anand India	Deployable AI Model for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Contrast-Enhanced Mammography
Isabel Huesa India	Analyzing Impacts of Mental Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations in the HIV Care Continuum

11:45hrs. – 13:15hrs.

Session IX B – Art and Culture

@Quorum B

Moderator: Srinivas Reddy (India)
Natalie Callahan India	Visual Documentation of the Banarasi Weaving Process
MJ Dickson India	Wildflowers and Plants Bring People Together
Anushka Kulkarni India	The Empire Sings Back: Operatic Histories of British-Indian Colonial Encounter
Hamsa Shanmugam India	Adapting Thēvāram Concerts to the Carnatic Kutcheri Format

13:15hrs.

Reassemble for Conference Farewell Address

@Crystal Ballroom

13:30hrs. – 13:45hrs.

Conference Farewell Address

@Crystal Ballroom

13:45hrs. – 14:45hrs.

Lunch will be available for guests staying back at the hotel

@Crystal Ballroom

19:00hrs. – 22:00hrs.

Dinner will be available for guests staying back at the hotel

@Crystal Ballroom