Skip to main content

Request info Apply now

India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

Pune, India

Field trips

The program includes field trips to nearby cultural sites, such as:

  • Ajanta and Ellora rock-cut caves in Aurangabad 
  • Karla 
  • Mahableshwar, a hill station near Pune 
  • Sihagad Fort 
  • Sanskriti  
  • Students also observe and participate in religious festivals, such as the pilgrimage in Prandharpur and festivals at a Hindu temple in Jejuri.   

Travel throughout India

Students travel to other parts of India during holidays and the two-week program break. Favorite destinations include:

  • New Delhi, the capital of India, and Utter Pradesh
  • Agra, known for the Taj Mahal
  • Goa, a former Portuguese colony on the Arabian Sea
  • Rajasthan
  • Kerala

 

India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

Addy Najera My ACM India program experience not only introduced me to a different world, but to a group of friends who were also interested in living beyond their own world. With these lifetime friendships, I made a home in Pune. While exploring the city and getting to know a new family, I created one of my own among the program's other participants.

—Addy Najera, India, Fall 2008

Read more testimonials »

Who we are

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) is a consortium of independent, liberal arts colleges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.