| Embassy of India, Washington, D.C. | |
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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′40.7″N77°2′49.2″W / 38.911306°N 77.047000°W /38.911306; -77.047000 |
| Ambassador | Vinay Mohan Kwatra |
| Website | Official website |
TheEmbassy of India in Washington, D.C. is thediplomatic mission of theRepublic of India to theUnited States. It is headed by theIndian Ambassador to the United States,Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
India also has consulates-general inAtlanta,Chicago,Houston,New York City,San Francisco andSeattle which are all associated with the Indian Embassy.[1]
Thechancery is hosted in two interconnected structures. The older one was built in 1885, and had four floors added to it in 1907. Physician T. Morris Murray had the other one finished in 1901, using granite and limestone in a French style. It was owned by numerous elites over the years and was named Depew House after one of its last owners, May Palmer Depew, the widow ofChauncey Depew. After she died in 1940, it was leased out to other tenants until the Indian government bought it in 1946 and connected the two buildings.[2]
The Embassy created the India Student Hub in 2019 to encourage Indian students' well-being and development.[3]
During the 2019–2020 academic year, the Embassy of India Student Hub ran a Campus Lead Program with over 60 campus ambassadors at 40+ U.S. higher education institutions.[4] The Campus Lead Program is designed to help the Embassy and Consulates stay in touch with Indian students and each other, and to help share opportunities for interested students and faculty to engage with India.[5] The Campus Leads can create projects and initiatives to build leadership skills among students, through events likehackathons, festivals, and challenges. In February 2020, the Embassy Student Hub hosted the first Women's Film Festival, paying homage to women's voice, strength and resilience.[6]
Through the Student Hub, The Embassy of India also aims to support its non-immigrant Indian student population in the United States onF andM visas.[7]
During theCOVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the Student Hub advised and assisted200,000 Indian international students, releasing over ten student advisories and updates in the first three months of the pandemic.[8] A Non-Emergency Peer Support Line was set up in March 2020 to help students connect with and seek advice from their peers, in addition to existing Embassy of India 24x7 phone lines.[9] In April 2020, theAmbassador of India to the United States used the Embassy's Student Hub to communicate directly with students through a viral Instagram live session at the start of the pandemic.[10] The Embassy of India Student Hub hosted a virtual graduation celebration in May 2020 to encourage students who had their Commencement ceremonies cancelled or deferred due to the public health emergency.[11]
In July 2020, the Embassy connected with United States officials at the heels of aStudent and Exchange Visitor Program rule change for the Fall 2020 semester that would require F-1 students to depart the country if their programs were fully online.[12]
Several notable figures likeSunita Williams,[13]Aparna Kumar andEla Gandhi[14] have interacted with Indian students through the Embassy Student Hub.
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