{"id":23711,"date":"2018-10-04T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T18:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=23711"},"modified":"2018-10-04T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:31:13","slug":"consul-general-of-india-visits-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/consul-general-of-india-visits-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"Consul General of India Visits UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23725\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23725\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23725\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911183-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911183-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911183-299x199.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911183.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni at the UCF Global event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni, the new consul general of India based in the Atlanta Consulate, visited the University of Central Florida on September 11 for an introduction to campus leadership and faculty members.<\/p>\n<p>Kulkarni also met with several Indian students studying and conducting research at UCF who shared their experiences with student life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to meet the consul general and to explore opportunities for UCF students and faculty to strengthen partnerships in India,\u201d said Dean Michael Johnson, interim director of UCF\u2019s India Center.<\/p>\n<p>Kulkarni is the first female diplomat posted to Atlanta, which was established in 2012, and oversees a population of nearly 300,000 Indian citizens in six U.S. states. As a career diplomat with bachelor\u2019s degrees in both medicine and surgery from the Government Medical College in Nagpur, India, she joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1995. Kulkarni has also served in roles such as Consul General in CGI Cape Town, South Africa; Deputy Head of Mission in Muscat, Oman; First Secretary in High Commission of India, London, UK; Under Secretary overseeing Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Holy See, Malta, Portugal, Ireland and Spain; and First Secretary in the High Commission of India, Port Louis and Mauritius.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23726\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23726\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23726\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911182-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911182-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911182-299x203.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/UCF_India_Consul_General_911182.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni (far middle) at the UCF Global event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is a great honor for UCF to be selected as one of the first places for the consul general to visit,\u201d said Dr. Kerstin Hamann, Pegasus Professor and chair of the UCF Political Science Department. \u201cWe hope that UCF, and in particular the India Center, will be able to cement the partnership with the consul general and to identify opportunities that are beneficial to the Indian community as well as UCF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kulkarni was accompanied by Mr. Prasad Vanpal, commercial officer and consulate general of India, Atlanta, and Mr. Kannan Srinivasan chief financial officer of Global kTech and former president of the Asian American Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Kulkarni is planning on returning to UCF for a longer visit in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni, the new consul general of India based in the Atlanta Consulate, visited the University of Central Florida on September 11 for an introduction to campus leadership and faculty members. 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