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June 6, 2025
HOPKINS INDIA CONFERENCE TAKEAWAYS
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Hopkins India Conference in Summary
Did you miss the conference? Then check out our hub for everything related to the inaugural Hopkins India Conference 2025, including panel summaries on Geopolitics and India–U.S. Relations; Inclusive Economic Development; Women at the Center; Higher Education; Development and Sustainability; New Challenges in Healthcare; and Tech Innovations.
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Strengthening U.S.-India Ties Amid Rising World Tensions
This article pulls take-aways from the geopolitics and India-US partnership panels, discussing how as conflicts escalate. Learn more about the increasing importance of the growing strategic and technological relationship between the United States and India.
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India’s Response to Terrorism and Strategic Ties with U.S. Take Center Stage at Inaugural Hopkins India Conference
Event partner South Asian Herald provided a recap of several conference panels, highlighting changes in India’s approach to foreign policy. The article discusses how this impacts healthcare and the economy, as well as GKII’s role in this.
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In Conversation with Dr. Amita Gupta
This pre-event interview with American Bazaar, an event partner, highlights the mission of the conference, common themes among the curated panels, the role of India’s global diaspora in global change, and strategic priorities for Hopkins and India in the near future.
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Storytelling with Purpose: Srishti Kapil
With a background that spans journalism, filmmaking, and fiction writing, Srishti brings a storyteller’s heart and a strategist’s mind to her work as a new Communicatons Consultant for GKII. Srishti is a graduate of Delhi University and TISS and is passionate about using clear, creative communication to drive meaningful change. At GKII, she’s leading communications for the India RISE Fellowship and supporting broader communications goals.
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Multiple Disciplines for Improving Healthcare:
Mihir Kumar SOM '28
“I appreciate the School of Medicine’s attention to holistic, comprehensive patient-centric care at Hopkins, and hope to carry this through the rest of my career in serving the patients and communities around me.”
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Frontiers in Infectious Diseases Symposium
When: June 5-6, 2025
Where: 555 Penn Building, Washington, DC
Infectious diseases remain a dynamic field filled with fresh challenges facing outpatient primary care providers and hospital medicine practitioners alike. This program is designed to explore major infectious diseases topics of relevance. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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NIH Funding Policy Deals New Blow to HIV-related Trial Networks
Science, May 30, 2025
Dr. Amita Gupta, GKII faculty co-chair and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins discussed the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) recent funding cuts to HIV clinical trial networks and their negative impact on global HIV research and treatment efforts. “[NIH has] come up with a policy that’s making it really difficult to maintain the integrity of the trial, and we’re trying our very best,” Dr. Gupta said. “But if we can’t keep staff and the lights on, then we’re going to have some real waste and that will just be a total tragedy.”
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NIH Grant Cuts Will Axe Clinical Trials Abroad — and Could Leave Thousands Without Care
Nature, May 30, 2025
Dr. Amita Gupta addressed the NIH's new policy banning 'foreign subawards,' which threatens to halt a $70 million tuberculosis drug trial involving nearly 6,000 participants across 13 countries. “Tuberculosis might seem far away [in the United States], but even a few infections can end up being very costly,” she said.
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From $8 and a Dream to Global Impact: Legendary Indian American CEO Raj Gupta
Diya TV, May 18, 2025
GKII co-founder Raj Gupta was interviewed by Diya TV during the Hopkins India conference, and he reflected on his journey from India to success in the U.S., as well as his global philanthropic efforts. He discussed the importance of stakeholder-driven leadership, mentorship, and value creation, especially as it applies to tuberculosis elimination, women in the field of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) and leveraging AI for improved health outcomes.
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JHU Shakti Wins National Indian Dance Competition
The Hub, May 13, 2025
JHU Shakti, Johns Hopkins's competitive Indian classical dance team, won first place at the Origins National Dance Championship in Chicago on April 12. Their performance told the story of a young girl killed by caste discrimination. They have launched a GoFundMe campaign to support the team’s upcoming travel and competition expenses.
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A Game-Changing Gait Lab in a Shoe
The Hub, May 9, 2025
Designed by recent Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering master's program graduate Anway Pimpalkar and other Hopkins bioengineers, Re-Kinesis was named a finalist in the National Institute on Aging's 2025 Start-Up Challenge, which recognizes researchers who have built innovative technologies with the potential to advance interventions for age-related diseases
"We have been matched with entrepreneurial and clinical mentors by the NIA, who will be helping us progress toward our goals. In the end, it's up to us to leverage these connections and resources to the fullest," Pimpalkar said. "Regardless of whether we win the grand prize, it's going to be a fruitful experience for us and everyone else on the team."
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Morning Magic: That First Cup of Joe Packs Surprising Health Benefits, New Report Finds
Chelsea News, May 9, 2025
“We can now add a possible reduction in acute kidney injury (AKI) risk to the growing list of health benefits for caffeine,” said Chirag Parikh, director of the Division of Nephrology and professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Making and Becoming
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, April 10, 2025
Resham Talwar, a senior from New Delhi, India, majoring in biomedical engineering, reflects on the changes and growth she has gone through and what “home” means after graduation.
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U.S. Tariffs Spark Hopes for Big-Bang Reforms in India
The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2025
Shoumitro Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins, says India could increase global trade if it used the opportunity provided by President Trump’s shakeup to overcome domestic pressure to lower and simplify tariffs.
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JHU Research Support Program
Johns Hopkins University is offering support for research programs through pivot and bridge grants which have experienced federal grant terminations and delays. This funding provides short-term support to faculty members following sponsored funding terminations or significant delays in federal grant awards. These new grants offer targeted support for affected researchers either to pivot to new research directions and/or funding sources or to bridge their research programs pending sponsored funding.
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Supporting our International Community
On April 15, JHU hosted a Town Hall to address growing concerns around executive orders and policy changes that have greatly impacted the international community across the US, including the dozens of JHU students whose visas were revoked by the federal government in recent weeks. Representatives from OIS and Public Safety joined the call and shared pertinent information and sentiments.
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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Funding Call
Deadline: June 16, 2025
The tenth Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases funding is focused on implementation research addressing strategies for strengthening of health systems to improve equity in high quality care and health outcomes and reduce the prevalence and impact of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries and/or in underserved populations experiencing health disparities, such as Indigenous populations, in high-income countries. Applicants are invited to propose appropriately designed and targeted implementation research to support health system transformation and/or strengthening using evidence-based interventions that can be adapted to and implemented in these populations.
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Fulbright-Nehru Program
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2025
The United States government’s flagship program of international educational and cultural exchange, The Nehru-Fulbright Program, is offering two funding opportunities for passionate and accomplished students and scholars in more than 160 countries who want to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to mutual understanding.
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The Luce Scholars Program
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2025
The Luce Scholars Program is a competitive leadership development fellowship that provides emerging leaders with immersive professional experiences in Asia, including India. They aim to strengthen relationships across borders by offering Scholars opportunities to deepen their understanding of Asia's countries, cultures, and people through a year-long immersion. The program provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia for 18 scholars each year.
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