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Regional Director State Department partnership is broader, it’s deeper,
Katherine Ho, Chancellor and Presi- and it’s more significant than it has
dent of University of Houston, Renu ever been before.”
Khator, NASA Astronaut Sunita Shukla, who has been a profes-
Williams, among others. sor at Chapman for 39 years, said
In Orange County, CA, around that Chapman University’s mission is
50 students, faculty and staff came to to “provide personalized education
watch the flag hoisting at Chapman of distinction that leads to inquiring,
University’s International Peace Pla- ethical and productive lives as global
za on Jan 25. “India’s Republic Day citizens. It is important for our stu-
is a day to celebrate India’s adoption dents, who strive to be global citizens,
of its constitution,” said Pradip K to learn about India’s business, eco-
Shukla, a professor of business and nomics, political, and cultural global
economics. “(This) is a historic occa- impacts,” he said.
sion and India is the world’s largest Orange County itself has a thriv-
democracy.” ing Indian community, with Irvine
Chapman University has over 80 having the highest population of
countries represented in its student Asian Indian residents, according to
body, according to spokesperson the latest US Census data from 2020.
Rachel Morrison. 13% of Chapman The cities of Anaheim, Tustin, and
students are from India. Other uni- Juster, and a panel discussion on In- congratulating Chapman University Buena Park each have the next high-
versity-wide efforts to honour the dia and US trade with nonprofit The for these events. “We are witness- est populations of Indians.
holiday included an award ceremony IndUS Entrepreneurs. es of India thriving as a nation, but NDTV 24×7, The Indian Eye
in mid-January, which recognized In- Chapman University received we’re also participants in the amaz- Newsweekly and Radio Zindagi Net-
dian community and business leaders, recognition from former LA Mayor ing growth of the United States and work were the official media partners
a discussion on US-Indian trade with Eric Garcetti, the US Ambassador India partnership,” Garcetti said in – ensuring the conference’s highlights
previous US Ambassador Kenneth to the Republic of India, with a video the video. “Today, our U.S.-India reached a global audience

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