SCHEDULE
Venue: Hotel The Lalit, Jaipur
February 25, 2024 (Sunday): Arrivals
19:00hrs. – 21:30hrs. Dinner @Crystal Ballroom
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: | David Moyer USIEF Board Member U.S. Embassy, New Delhi |
| Savithri Lakshmanan USIEF Board Member Government of India | |
| Anne O’Regan Program Officer U.S. Department of State | |
| Announcements: | Priyanjana Ghosh Senior Program Officer, USIEF |
| Group Photo |
| 10:30hrs. – 11:00hrs. | Tea |
| 11:00hrs. – 12:45hrs. | Session I A – Environmental Studies and Sciences | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Ryan Pereira (USIEF) | |
| Anya Wahal India | An Upstream Battle: The Inclusion of Indian Mothers in Water Policy and Practice |
| Caroline Troy India | The Effect of Urbanization on Bat Populations in Southern India |
| Anuka Upadhye India | Goa Fisherwomen’s Community Wellbeing and Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Rebecca King Kazakhstan | Water Management in Central Asia |
| Trevor Price India | Effects of Climate Change on Himalayan Biodiversity |
| 11:00hrs. – 12:45hrs. | Session I B – Public Health and Geography | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Indranil Biswas (India) | |
| Ribhav Gupta India | Tuberculosis Diagnostic Strategies Using Novel MDR Platforms: A Cost-effectiveness Modeling Study |
| Sriram Palepu India | Health and Aesthetics Needs Assessment of Hyderabad Trans Community |
| Tsering Lhamo India | Examining the Caterpillar Fungus Trade in the Eastern Indian Himalayas |
| Sasvi Kulasinghe Sri Lanka | Prevalence and Associated Factors for Non-adherence to Prescribed Oral Antidiabetic Medications Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending Outpatient Clinics in the Public and Private Sector Hospitals in Southern Sri Lanka |
| Shaniya Markalanda Sri Lanka | Enhancing Dengue Control and Knowledge |
| 11:00hrs. – 12:30hrs. | Session I C – Gender Studies | @Forum |
| Moderator: Nitya (Deepa) Das Acevedo (India) | |
| Jennifer John Britto India | Sociocultural Implications on Menstruation: Narratives of Female Adolescents in Tamil Nadu |
| Alexandra Blitzer India | The PoSH Act: Examining the Implementation and Enforcement of Workplace Sexual Harassment Law in India |
| Rhea Chandran India | The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (1956) and its Effects on Commercial Sex Workers |
| Anagha Kikkeri India | Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Study of Young Women and their Future in Indian Politics |
| 12:30hrs. – 13:30hrs. | Lunch | @Crystal Ballroom |
| 13:30hrs. – 15:00hrs. | Session II A – Biological Sciences | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Meenakshi Chandra Sekar (India) | |
| Anish Bagga India | Tuning B Cell Selection Stringency in Germinal Centers to Produce Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies |
| Sanjana Kumar Sri Lanka | Comparison of Factors Associated with the Development of Non-sight Threatening and Sight Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy in Urban Sri Lanka |
| Margaret Chi Nepal | Genetic Surveillance of Dengue Virus in the Kavre District of Nepal Using Viral Whole Genome Sequencing |
| Vasanthy Narayanaswami India | Potential to Understand Alzheimer’s Disease Etiology Using Guinea Pig Cholesterol Transport Protein |
| 13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs. | Session II B –Literature and Religious Studies | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Donald Davis, Jr. | |
| Lauren Bausch India | Making Sense of the Brāhmaṇa Texts |
| Gil Ben-Herut India | A History of Speaking: Artifact and Authority in Kannada Devotional Songs |
| Catherine Nelli India | Caitanyadāsa’s Commentary on the Gītagovinda: Colonial Reception and Misrepresentation |
| 13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs. | Session II C – Psychology and Behavioral Sciences | @Forum |
| Moderator: Jeffrey Withey (India) | |
| Sahita Manda India | Adolescence and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessing Needs of a Growing Population |
| Neelima Chauhan India | Raga Therapy for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) |
| Lainie Beauchemin India | An Analysis of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Inform Evidence-Based Community Interventions for Substance Abuse Disorders |
| 14:45hrs. – 15:15hrs. | Tea |
| 15:15hrs. – 17:00hrs. | Session III A – Public Health and Urban Planning | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Nikhila Raol (India) | |
| Rachel Jones India | Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Aiding Cancer Treatment |
| Abhiyudh Rajput India | Mobility and Agency in Delhi: A Brief Ethnography and Epidemiology of the Pedestrian Experience in a City Built for Cars |
| Clara Navarro India | Integrated Medicine in India |
| Vineeth Vaidyula India | Vitiligo Quality of Life, Psychosocial Burden, Coping, and Disease Severity across the Social Class Spectrum in South India |
| Akshali Gandhi India | Safe Streets for Children in Indian Cities |
| 15:15hrs. – 16:30hrs. | Session III B–Literature and Linguistics | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Mary Rader (India) | |
| Melissa Schindler Sri Lanka | Toward a Global History of English Studies |
| Shalini Puri India | Comparative Postcolonial Studies: India and the Caribbean |
| Mary Girard India | Tribal Folklore of Chotanagpur |
| 15:15hrs. – 16:45hrs. | Session III C–Agriculture and Development Studies | @Forum |
| Moderator: Nick Langton (USEF Nepal) | |
| Lilith Saylor India | Revolution Revised: The Digital Future of the Rural South |
| Dylan Rodgers Nepal | Feasibility of Small-Scale Recirculating Aquaculture Systems in Nepal |
| Lyla Amini Tajikistan | Climate Resilient Agriculture in Tajikistan: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions |
| Dharmendra Saraswat India | Course Design and Classroom Delivery of Spatial Data Science: Shared Perspectives Between USA and India |
| 17:00hrs. – 18:45hrs. | Downtime | |
| 18:45hrs. | Reassemble for Keynote Address | @ Party Lawns |
19:00hrs. – 20:00hrs.
Keynote Address
by
Ms. Chhavi Rajawat, Humanitarian and Former Head Village Council
(Village Soda, Tonk District, Rajasthan)
on
“How to be a Change Agent in the Context of Rural India and How to Replicate Some of these Best Practices Globally.”
| 20:00hrs. – 22:00hrs. | Dinner | @ Party Lawns |
07:00hrs. – 09:15hrs. Breakfast at 24×7
| 09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs. | Session IV A – English Teaching Assistants: Centering EFL Learners in Indian Colleges | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Maya Sundararajan (USIEF) | |
| Ren Birnholz and Courtney Fulcher India | Employing Interactive Arts in Predominantly Rote Learning Environments |
| Sumaita Hasan and Colleen Choate India | Culturally Sensitive EFL Teaching: Responding to the Needs of a Global Classroom |
| Paul Ward and Amariyah Ayee India | Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges in the ETA Role in India |
| 09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs. | Session IV B – Political Science and Public Administration | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Megha Sunger (USIEF) | |
| Eshan Gupta India | Barriers to Renewable Energy Deployment in Rural North India |
| Nicholas Shafer India | India’s Western Frontier: Understanding Indian – MENA Relations in a Shifting Indian Ocean Strategic Landscape |
| Rafa Sattar India | Empowering Girls in Rural India through Community-based Educational Interventions |
| Nancy Neiman India | Pastoralists, Food Sovereignty, and the Tragedy of the Commons |
| 09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs. | Session IV C – Public Health | @Forum |
| Moderator: Nick Langton (USEF Nepal) | |
| Dinasha Dahanayake Nepal | Defining the Hazards of Fires and Burn Injuries in Slum, Urban, and Rural Communities in Nepal |
| Neha Balapal Nepal | Perceptions of Integration of Ayurveda for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Qualitative Study |
| Lindy Reynolds Nepal | Geospatial Analysis of Prehospital Care Trends in Central Nepal |
| Nikhila Raol India | Ankyloglossia and Breastfeeding Maintenance in a Low-Income Population in Hyderabad |
| 11:00hrs. – 11:30hrs. | Tea | |
| 11:30hrs. – 12:30hrs. | Plenary Session – V Finding, Creating, and Curating Archives by Ms. Mary Rader | @Crystal Ballroom |
| 12:30hrs. – 13:30hrs. | Lunch | @Crystal Ballroom |
| 13:30hrs. – 15:00hrs. | Session VI A – Public Health | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Ryan Pereira (USIEF) | |
| Nailya Delellis Kazakhstan | Health Services Research in Kazakhstan: Opportunities and Issues |
| Meenakshi Chandra Sekar India | Empowering Pharmacist in Community Setting in India |
| Indranil Biswas India | Mining Red Soil to Discover Novel Antibiotics to Combat Superbugs |
| Jeffrey Withey India | Using Zebrafish as An Environmental Host and Disease Model for Aquatic Bacterial Pathogens |
| 13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs. | Session VI B – Music and Art | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Arpita Joardar (India) | |
| Vincent Kelley India | Music in Transition: The Histories and Afterlives of the Jazz Yatra |
| Aruna Kharod India | Improvised Virtuosity in the Senia Gharana Sitar Tradition |
| Colette Copeland India | Sounding Out to the Universe—Amplifying Female and Queer Voices |
| 13:30hrs. – 14:45hrs. | Session VI C – Sociology and Social Work | @Forum |
| Moderator: Audra Anjum (India) | |
| Kasey Jacob India | Investing in India’s Youth: The Effect of Peer-Mentorship Programs on Preadolescent Girls in South India |
| Jessica Gladden India | Yoga for Mental Health: Differences between India and the United States |
| Caroline Bennet India | Social Entrepreneurship: Measuring the Impact of Community-Owned Businesses in India |
| 14:45hrs. – 15:15hrs. | Tea |
| 15:15hrs. – 16:45hrs. | Session VII A – Political Science, Public Administration and Law | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Patrick McNamara (US-SLFC) | |
| Richard Bownas Nepal | Grassroots Democracy in Nepal through the Lens of Oral History |
| Nandini Deo India | Corporations and Civil Society in India |
| John Portz India | Teacher Engagement and Internal Accountability |
| Nitya (Deepa) Das Acevedo India | Searching for Constitutional Morality in Contemporary India |
| 15:15hrs. – 16:45hrs. | Session VII B – STEM | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Dharmendra Saraswat (India) | |
| Bopaya Bidanda India | Frugal Engineering |
| Zachary Marhanka India | An Impact Study of Solar Irrigation Pumps in Pandharpur Maharashtra |
| Priyamvada Nambrath India | Cultural Approaches to Mathematics |
| Meenakshi Singh India | Thermoelectric Effects in Superconductor/Ferromagnetic Hybrids |
| 15:15hrs. – 17:00hrs. | Session VII C – Anthropology | @Forum |
| Moderator: Sujana Mayreddy (USIEF) | |
| Tuiumkan Nishanova Kyrgyzstan | Oral History of Rural Kyrgyzstan |
| Yan Matusevich Kyrgyzstan | From Russia to Kyrgyzstan: The New Exiles of a Failed Empire |
| Maria Bossert Nepal | Environmental Change and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Nepal’s Chitwan Tharu Community |
| Manjot Multani India | Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui: Chandigarh Makes Love |
| Evan Tims India | The Rivers of Tomorrow: Exploring India’s Climate Futures Through the Speculative Imaginaries of Water Change |
| 17:00hrs. – 18:45hrs. | Downtime | |
| 18:45hrs. | Reassemble for Music Recital | @ Central Courtyard |
19:00hrs. – 20:00hrs. Mosaic of Sounds
A Musical Evening with Hindustani Classical
Vocalist- Mr. Prateek Narsimha and Fulbright-Nehru Student Researcher, Mr. Vincent Kelley
| 20:00hrs. – 22:00hrs. | Dinner | @ Party Lawns |
07:00hrs. – 09:15hrs. Breakfast at 24×7
| 09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs. | Session VIII A – Anthropology | @Quorum A |
| Moderator: Lauren Bausch (India) | |
| Frances Walker India | Examining the Evolving Landscape of Sustainable Menstruation in India |
| Markal Kelly India | Death Practices in India: We Are All Connected |
| Medha Asthana India | Lucknow’s Queer Daughters and Intergenerational Kin: Everyday Care in Domestic Spaces |
| Lily Bello India | Personal Law & Hijra Kinship |
| 09:30hrs. – 11:15hrs. | Session VIII B – Arts and Art History | @Quorum B |
| Moderator: Amy Allocco (India) | |
| Ava Boussy India | Cultures, Crafts, and Computers: Digital Preservation in Ladakh |
| Esmeralda Goncalves India | Phulkari: The Fabric That Records the Silence |
| Julia Wintner India | Responsible Curating: Contemporary Approaches |
| Sarah Burack Nepal | On Traditional Handicraft: Tension and Possibility Amongst Metalsmiths in Nepal |
| Rachael (Viola) Bordon Nepal | Water Hyacinth and its Material Context |
| 09:30hrs. – 11:00hrs. | Session VIII C – History | @Forum |
| Moderator: Sumanta Basu (USIEF) | |
| Matthew Hulstine Uzbekistan | Struck by the Arrow of Doom: Central Asian Depictions of the 1865 Russian Conquest of Tashkent |
| Devin Creed India | Giving for Eating: Famine Relief & Nutrition Science in Bengal and North India, 1838–1943 |
| Brock DeMark India | Fabricating an Industrial City: Violence and Urban Design in Kanpur, India 1870—1900 |
| Manish Chalana India | Diversifying India’s Multifaceted Historical Record through Historic Preservation |
| 11:00hrs.- 11:30hrs. | Tea |
| Afternoon Free |
| 13:00hrs.- 14:00hrs. | Lunch will be available @24/7 for guests staying back at the hotel |
| 19:00 hrs. | Reassemble for Cultural Performances | @Party Lawns |
| 19:15hrs. – 20:00hrs. | Cultural Performances |
| Aruna Kharod and Vincent Kelley | Sitar recital accompanied by Tabla |
| Eshan Gupta and Abhiyudh Rajput | Vocals with accompanying guitarist |
| Nikhila Raol | Bharatnatyam recital |
| Emcees: Markal Kelly and Anuka Upadhye (India) | |
| 20:00hrs. – 22:00hrs. | Dinner | @Party Lawns |
February 29, 2024 (Thursday)
07:00hrs. – 09:00hrs. Breakfast at 24×7
Departures
