Category Archives: Bangalore

An academic session on leveraging voluntarism

There are two components to the Indian field experience, an academic component and an experiential learning component which occurs mostly with our partner organizations. We bridge these two components with reflection, writing, and praxis. The academic component covers two themes: … Continue reading

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The 2016 Field Experience is live!

We have arrived! The team of ten students and advisors arrived from different parts of the world last week. We are all settled at our respective organizations. The Global SE field experience will be an intense six+ weeks of learning-and-sharing with Indian … Continue reading

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Reflections on youth and Indian politics

Today I went to see “Buttter and Mashed Banana”, a critically acclaimed satire play about freedom of speech and clashing ideologies in Indian politics. From 1998-2004 India was led by a right-of-center Hindu Nationalist Party called the BJP, which subsequently … Continue reading

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What are we doing in India?

I am often asked, What do you do in India?. Well, our first goal is to learn, or “co-learn” as I like to put it. The way we do it is to constantly ask questions about how we are learning, … Continue reading

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President Cornwell in India celebrates GSE and our recent award

In a recent Facebook post, Cornwell says “Imagine all of the ingenuity, focus, and clarity of mission evident in the technology sector in Bangalore focused on addressing India’s social issues. Result: an incredibly vibrant, sophisticated, and effective approach to social … Continue reading

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