LSE has had a long and rewarding relationship with India,attracting its best minds to come here to study, and in turn enrich the institution with their own energy. This mutual exchange has several important markers in LSE’s proud history with India:
• In 1911-12, Sidney & Beatrice Webb travelled through India; Beatrice Webb kept a detailed diary of her travels, oftenreflecting on how much she learnt from her visit;
• Sir Ratan Tata made an endowment for a Professorial Chair to encourage research on India’s economy & labour in 1913;
• Mr Nandlal Maneklal Mazumdar was the first non-European President of the LSE Student’s Union as early as 1912.
Over the last century, LSE has welcomed thousands of students from India, several of whom have since had illustrious careers in different parts of the world, and especially in India. Famous Indian alumni include Dr B R Ambedkar, architect of the Indian constitution; former President Dr K R Narayanan; Chief Minister Jyoti Basu; and former Permanent Representative of India to the UN Krishna Menon, amongst several others.
Some of LSE's best students have come from from India, and every year applications and admissions continue to rise. In 2015-16, we have 336 Indian students – 107 undergraduates and 229 postgraduates.
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Recent visits and events (2015–16):
• Shobhana Bhartia (Chairperson, The Hindustan Times Group)
• Dr S.Y. Quraishi (former Chief Election Commissioner of India)
• Sumathi Ramaswamy (Professor of History, Duke University)
• Amitav Ghosh (award-winning novelist and author)
• Dr Raghuram Rajan (Governor, Reserve Bank of India)
