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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

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Keith Kozloff It is no exaggeration for me to say that my participation in the 1971 ACM India program had a profound effect on both my career and personal life. During my stay in Pune, I studied everyday life in a nearby village to better understand how the intersection of ecology, economics, and culture played out in how village families managed a key resource, namely their cows. As a result of this experience, I became interested in working in interdisciplinary settings and in international development. Now, 40 years later, I am still working internationally at the intersection of environment and economics at the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Moreover, my ACM experience instilled in me a lifelong attraction to Indian culture, especially its food and music.

—Keith Kozloff, India, 1971

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