Conference on South Asians in the U.S. – Program

Conference Program Breakfast and Registration 8:30AM – 9:00AM Greetings 9:00AM – 9:15AM Parmatma Saran, Professor, Sociology, Baruch College, CUNY Betty Lee Sung, Chairperson, Asian American / Asian Research Institute, CUNY Russell K. Hotzler, Vice Chancellor for Academic Program Planning, CUNY Session 1 9:15AM – 10:30AM Presider: Thomas Tam, Executive Director, Asian American / Asian Research … Read more

Conference on South Asians in the U.S. – Biographies

Meena Alexander is Distinguished Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Hunter College and the Graduate Centre, City University of New York. Her poems and prose works have been widely anthologised and translated into several languages including Arabic, Malayalam, Hindi, Japanese, Italian, French, German and Swedish. Her works include the memoir Fault Lines (1993), selected … Read more

Conference on South Asians in the U.S. – Topic Abstracts

Sambhavi Lakshminarayanan, Professor, School of Business, Medgar Evers College, CUNY Topic: “Creating a Place for Your Child and Family in the School Community—a Guide for Minority Parents” In his discussion, Professor Joarder will include: Challenges for Immigrant Students for Higher Education From Bangladesh-India-Pakistan, Opportunities for Immigrant Students for Higher Education from Bangladesh-India-Pakistan In USA. Background … Read more

Conference on South Asians in the U.S. – Greetings

Parmatma Saran: I am Parmatma Saran. I have the title of chairperson of this conference, generosity of Dr. Tam. 90% of the work has been done by him and his staff, but he asked me to take care of a few things here. First of all, because of weather, we are a little bit behind. … Read more