Independent study project
Throughout the semester, students devote substantial thought and effort to completing an independent study project. Students have the opportunity to conduct research in their chosen field, both academically and experientially.
Highly qualified Indian advisors -- faculty members from academic institutions in Pune as well as local professionals and artists -- guide students in their research. Students present their projects at the end of the program. Research may be conducted in most fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Independent Study Projects, Fall 2008
- Manuscript preservation at BORI
- Yoga and Philosophy: Learning Yoga in India
- The Mumbai Underworld as Depicted in Bollywood
- Youth in Indian Politics
- The Rainy Season
- Women Writers in Maharashtra
- Diagnostic Methods of Ayurveda
- Generational Gaps in Maharashtrian Middle Class
- Religion and Dance
- Birth Rate and Women Literacy
Independent Study Projects, Fall 2007
- Virtual Spirituality: Digital Devotion in 'Modern' India.
- The Ayurvedic Diet.
- Understanding the Image of the Indian Family.
- The Poem We Wear: An analysis of the Body And the Poetic Process of Mardhekar and Rege.
- Suicide of an Industry: Cotton & Farmer Suicide in Maharashtra.
- Lead India.
- Improving English Teaching With the Video Medium: A Study of Digital Study Hall in Pune.
- Ganpati, Remover of Religious Obstacles: Indian Religious Pluralism in a Festival Context.
- The Social Uses of Astrology in Pune, India.
- Indian Population: Past, Present. Future.
- Practice and Philosophy of Pune's Buddhist Communities: 50 Years After Conversion.
- HIV/AIDS and Organizing among Sexual Minorities in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
- A Contemporary Women's Place: In the Home or at Work?