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Show AMERICAN INSTITUTE OP INDIAN STUDIES President's Report 1951-1952 The American Institute of Indian Studies was Incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 4, 1951, and the first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on October 7, 1961, at the Palmer House, Chicago, The purpose of this Report is to narrate the events in the Institute's progress from then to October 1, 1952, 3.^eP.s.. ...?jlQPgLI'Q-.^.0.r.y.A0 0^era"frlon i.n_ l,nAigi At the time of the meeting of the Board in October, 1951 it was the Board's hope that the Institute would be able to start its operations in India by the beginning of the academic year 1962- 1953. To make this possible certain important steps would be necessary: (1) procurement of the Government of India's authorization for the Institute to establish itself in India and proceed with its proposed program; (2) negotiation of a contract with the U. 3, Department of State for support of the Institute's operations in India on rupees available to the U. 3. Government under the terms of U, 3. Public Law 83-430 with its various amendments; (3) procurement of dollar funds to meet the Institute's dollar expenses; (4) provision of physical facilities in India for conducting the activities outlined in the Pr0pc>sal, and organization of a staff in India to conduct the Institute's affairs; (5) appointment of Fellows for 1952-1963. The Executive Committee of the Board was charged with effecting these steps and has succeeded in doing so in ways which will now be briefly related, 1. The authorization of the Government of India was not expected to be difficult in the light of the favorable responses to the Proposal which Henry Hart, Richard L. Park, and ./, Norman Brown had obtained in New Delhi in January and February, 1961, from various Government of India officers and from various highly placed Indian educators in a number of places in India. To make a formal request of the Government of India ,.\ Norman Brown, as President of the Institute, went to India at the end of 1961, There, acting through and with the aid of the United States Embassy in New Delhi, he approached the Ministry of External Affairs early in January. On February 13, 1962, he received oral assurance from both the Government of India and the U. 3. Embassy that authorization had been granted, and later he received written word, dated March 3, 1962, from Dr. P. N. ICirpal, Secretary of Education, to that effect. The Institute is to operate in India as a foreign corporation, empowered to own property and conduct the activities mentioned in the Proposal, Its operations are to be under the supervision |