Message from President Dr. Jill Blondin

Hi I am Dr. Jill Blondin ,Assoicate Provost Global Education Services Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond Campus USA. I am glad to have accepted the post of President ( US Chapter) Advisory Board of KIAS .Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee Affliate Faculty of English VCU , as Founder President met me in the USA and intimated me about the formation of the KIAS. I was so happy to know that KIAS has a grand mission of promoting Indian American Studies and Research . As KIAS is a non-political non-profit and non-sectarian all inclusive forum for intellectual and cultural engagement and aims at being recognized as a premier organization for activities that will promote Indo- US literature , I am proud to be associated with it . This newly formed society is preparing to create a benchmark in excellence by synergizing India-US literary communicative and cultural initiatives in the days ahead seeking sincere support and patronization from the academic luminaries of academic institutions from all over India , Europe ,Canada and America , nay the whole world. As Founder President Dr. Ratan informed me KIAS has already opened the Regional Centers in the University of Rome and University of Craiova. I as President thank Dr. Elisabetta Marino of the University of Rome and Dr. Daniela Rogobete of the University of Craiova in Europe and Dr. Pravin Joshi of Prerna College in Nagpur, Dr. Neeru Tandon of VSSD College Kanpur and Dr. R. Lakshmipathy of SLCS Madurai for signing MOU with KIAS. Academicians from Other universities in India including Dr. Komal Audichya of Manipal University Rajasthan , Dr Ruchida Barman of JERC Jaipur Dr. Jai Singh of EFFLU , Dr. Purnima Singh of VKMC Varaanasi, Dr. Gunjan Agarwal of Shobhit University UP Dr. Abhisarika Prajapati of Reva University of Bangalore .Dr. Ayyappa Raja of Annamaali University of Tamilnadu and many others.

I am glad to know that KIAS Kanpur is going to publish a Scopus / Peer Reviewed Journal Illuminati to be included in the UGC Care List in the coming days. In the coming days KIAS will organize many international conferences, seminars, workshop and other events for promoting Indian American research in literature language media and culture studies. We will welcome the exchange program with different universities of the US and the faculty of VCU will be approached for visiting India to encourage the Indian academia to know more about American culture . In future Indian scholars will be helped by KIAS to visit the US to focus the best of Indian culture and literature . Already Kanpur VSSD organized one such Conference on Translation and Multi Culturalism and Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee as Founder President stressed on the importance of sharing American and Indian Research in Literature Language and Culture Studies. I wish KIAS all success for many such programs in the days to come