The Academic Phase

The purpose of the first week of any Fulbright teacher exchange is to provide the knowledge base for the trip. While we did have some free time, lectures and on-site visits to museums, schools and historic monuments filled most of our days. The very competent staff at the Fulbright House which organizes all of this is led by Dr. P.J. Lavakare, the Executive Director of the United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI)


Each morning our group convened for lectures on diverse subjects such as history, geography, the educational system and the arts. Lecturers were all luminaries in their field and several, like Dr. Shobita Punja and Dr. Primlata Puri were excedingly relaxed and approachable. In the afternoons, we visited Hindu temples, mosques, and the National Museums. We were acompanied to each site by an expert such as Dr. Punja.

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

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