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| Abbreviation | AIIS |
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| Formation | 1961 |
| Type | NGO |
| Headquarters | University of Chicago |
President | Sumathi Ramaswamy |
| Website | www |
The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), founded in 1961, is a consortium of 90 universities and colleges in the United States that promotes the advancement of knowledge about India in the U.S. It carries out this purpose by: awarding fellowships to scholars and artists to carry out their research and artistic projects in India; by operating intensive programs in a variety of Indian languages in India; by sponsoring conferences, workshops and outreach activities; by supporting U.S. study abroad and service learning programs in India; by assisting and facilitating the research of all U.S. scholars in India; and by operating two research archives, the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology and the Center for Art and Archaeology.[1] The AIIS is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.[2]
