AIIS offers intensive, immersion-based training in modern and classical South Asian languages at multiple sites in India. Languages which may include: Bangla (Bengali), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mughal Persian, Pali/Prakrit, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kashmiri, Oriya, Sindhi, and Tibetan.
Three types of programs are offered:
- Summer Programs: 8 weeks, from June to August
- Academic Year Programs: 9 months, from September to May
- One Semester Programs
Funding
AIIS can provide a very limited amount of tuition scholarships to help defray costs for students attending our language programs. You must indicate that you would like to be considered for AIIS funding in the online application.
Students with funding greater than $1000 from their university or other funding bodies will not be considered for AIIS funding.
Fellowship Website:
https://www.indiastudies.org/language-programs/