India

The University of Oxford has longstanding connections with India, dating to 1579, when Father Thomas Stephens, from New College, was the first recorded Englishman to visit India. Ties have strengthened through time, with the creation of the Boden Chair in Sanskrit in 1832 and the arrival of Oxford’s first Indian students in 1871. The Indian branch of Oxford University Press, established in 1912, has a proud tradition of publishing its own distinguished scholarly list.

Today, Oxford University is a thriving location for the study of India. We have started a new postgraduate degree in Modern South Asian Studies, including language studies, and the new MSc in Contemporary India welcomed its first intake of students in 2008. Building on its annual Oxford-India Business Forum, the Saïd Business School is establishing the University of Oxford India Business Centre, co-located in India and in Oxford. Elsewhere, Oxford scientists are connecting with their Indian counterparts through unique networks in physics and cancer research.

Vice-Chancellor’s trip to India in March 2012

Oxford Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton and other University academics and administrators will make a trip to Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi in March 2012. Professor Hamilton has set forth his commitment to deepening links with India as a core element of the University’s international strategy. Following up on Oxford-India Day in June 2011, the trip will include a celebration of Oxford University Press’s 100th anniversary in India, a Diamond Jubilee address at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur, and meetings with research partners, alumni, and government and business leaders.

Oxford-India Day, 17th June 2011

The inaugural Oxford–India Day took place on 17 June 2011. The event aimed to celebrate the longstanding and varied links between the University and India, and to reinvigorate and strengthen those links. 

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