BU students featured in Indian news articles

From Charlie Lordo ‘09…

I have been letting everything from the trip sink in, and our class experienced so many different cultural aspects of India, I don’t even know where to start. When I first heard about the trip in Jim Foley’s class, I did not think it was something that would interest me. After giving it some serious thought, I decided the trip might be a good learning experience. I never imagined it would be so interesting and exciting.

One of the most amazing things that happened during our time in India was our visit to Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), where we interacted with Indian graduate students. While we were on campus, four journalists from the Times of India, The Hindu, the Deccan Chronicle, and the Indian Express listened to every detail of our visit. Little did we know that the story of Bradley University students visiting India was in all four newspapers the following day. The articles described the interaction between the VIT and Bradley students. We were quoted on our observations of Indian culture, technology, business, weather, food, and more.

Our instructor, Raj Iyer, who was born and raised in Mumbai, was a huge reason for the success of our trip. He could answer every question we had about all the different religions, class systems, etc. He speaks at least six languages, and he connected so easily with the Indian people. Between our two instructors, Jim Foley and Raj, we could not have had better teachers to travel with and take in the India from an international business class perspective.

This trip was an all-around amazing experience, and I encourage anyone who is remotely interested in traveling to step out of your comfort zone and experience the cultures of India.