The inaugural UC San Diego U.S.-India Forum brought together distinguished leaders from academia, industry, government, and policy to deepen partnerships between UC San Diego and key stakeholders across India and the United States.

Hosted by UC San Diego in partnership with Indiaspora, the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation, and the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum, the forum explored critical themes spanning AI and technology, economic growth and finance, health and medicine, and defense and geopolitics, underscoring the power of U.S.-India collaboration to advance innovation and shared prosperity.

Indiaspora members were prominently featured throughout the forum, including MR Rangaswami, Asha Jadeja, former Ambassador Richard Verma, and board member Arun Kumar. Indiaspora’s partnership in convenings like this reflects its broader commitment to building bridges in the academic world and creating spaces where universities, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders can engage one another in meaningful ways.

That same spirit has helped catalyze collaboration with Princeton University’s M.S. Chadha Center for Global India and Harvard University’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute on Global India Frontiers, the first pan-U.S. conference designed to bring together academics across disciplines to advance new ideas, foster cross-institutional exchange, and strengthen Indo-U.S. collaboration. Indiaspora has also partnered with Johns Hopkins on The Invisible Indian Report and participated in academic convenings such as the inaugural Hopkins India Conference in 2025. Through efforts like these, Indiaspora continues to strengthen the intellectual and institutional ties that underpin the broader U.S.-India relationship.