Harvard alumni in India will be joining hands with the growing Indian student community to make India the professional, academic and cultural focus at America’s premier Ivy League university, alumni heads said.

There was over 100 people attending the meet, as undergraduates, graduate students and alumni from 12 Harvard schools came together over the weekend for the reunion by the Harvard India Students Group.

Namita Wahi, president of the Harvard India Students Group said, “The Harvard India Students Group is the first ever university-wise students group for the Harvard students in India in the long history of the university. This is also the first time we had a welcome reception in India for newly admitted students to Harvard where the students were introduced to a host of issues.”

Meenakshi Datta Ghosh, president of the Harvard Club of India said, “The Harvard Club of India seeks to promote national and global public policy discourse, including proactive dialogue with the central and state governments. We have never hosted an event of this kind for the Harvard Students and community before. Students from the Law School, the Business School, Kennedy School, the Education School, the School of Public Health, and the Design School attended the reception.”

The event was organised by the Harvard India Students Group, the Harvard Club of India and the South Asia Initiative.