Vivekananda Chair in Indian Studies to be set up at Chicago Univiversity

Government is to set up Swami Vivekananda Chair in Indian Studies at the University of Chicago, USA. For this the Indian government has entered into an agreement with the University of Chicago for establishing the Chair.

Objective: To create awareness of Indian culture in the USA. The Indian Government will furnish US $15,00,000 to the University of Chicago by July, 2012.