The Indian Diaspora [The Importance of India MOOC 2.1.2]

Course instructor Nick Booker talks about India's influence in the form of Indians who over the centuries have gone outside of the country to influence other cultures and communities. He then talks about the over 15.5 million Indians living outside of the country and the estimated 3 million Indians living in the United States.

Indians going abroad have historically included traveling teachers and gurus; IT professionals and CEOs; migrant workers in service and other idustries in the Gulf Region; students, researchers and more.

Some of the most well known Indian media personalities, politicians and others in America (including national speling bee winners!) are cited as part of the larger converstaion on the growing population and visibility of Indian diaspora in the U.S.

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Professor Brian Joseph of the Ohio State University (www.osu.edu) and Nick Booker of IndoGenius (www.indogenius.org) are the instructors for this highly engaging course meant to inform young Americans about and prepare them for study and internship in India. Learners from around the world and especially India are also taking part and contributing thoughtful perspective in the course discussion forums.

COURSE TESTIMONIALS:

“I have not seen such a comprehensive, clear, and forward-looking account of India in my recent years of research into Indian culture.”

"I loved the energy the instructor embedded in each lecture. He seems to be passionate about his subject and masters the content."

"There is so much I've learned form this course that I never learned from my history courses back in my K-12 years. On top of that, I have come to love India more than I previously did, and I previously lived in India to study Hindi and Hinduism at my university - so that says a lot."

"[I] Learned much about the country that I'd not known before: its past strengths, its tremendous growth possibilities, use of technology to develop in non-traditional ways versus Europe, China and the Americas. Makes me think more about global influences of ALL countries and how diverse the world is in culture, language, social and political policies, diversities within as well as outside of countries and how the world may be in fifty or 100 years from now. Enormously exciting.”

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this video are those of the course instructor(s) and are not meant to represent the views of any company, education institution or platform, or any other governmental or non governmental organisation.