Jawaharlal Nehru University | Fulbright Scholar Program

Non-U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Country

India

City

New Delhi

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Nicholas Demerath III	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Delhi University , Jawaharlal Nehru University	Sociology	India	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ruth Schmidt	University of California, Berkeley	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Linguistics	India	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gary Jacobsohn	Williams College	University of Delhi , Jawaharlal Nehru University	Political Science	India	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Judith Plotz	George Washington University	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Literature	India	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lance Taylor	The New School	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Economics	India	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lavanya Vemsani	Shawnee State University	Jawaharlal Nehru University	History	India	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Betul Basaran	St. Mary's College of Maryland	University of London , Jawaharlal Nehru University	History	United Kingdom, India	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Devendra Sharma	California State University-Fresno	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Communications	India	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Boaz Atzili	American University	Jawaharlal Nehru University , Jawaharlal Nehru University	Political Science	India	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Pamela Lothspeich	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Area Studies	India	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Portz	Northeastern University	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Political Science	India		Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Smita Guha	Saint John's University, New York	Jawaharlal Nehru University , Jawaharlal Nehru University , Jawaharlal Nehru University	Education	India,India,India	2025-2026	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Dipankar Gupta	Jawaharlal Nehru University	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Sociology	India	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Minati Panda	Jawaharlal Nehru University	University of California, San Diego	Education	India	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gourinath Samudrala	Jawaharlal Nehru University	National Institutes of Health	Biomedical Engineering	India	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Malvika Sharma	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Wesleyan University	Sociology	India	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program