Umang - The Indian Graduate Student Association - Washington University in St. Louis

Professor Gopi Chand Narang, Professor Emeritus of University of Delhi, will be holding a lecture on "Linguistic relationship between Hindi and Urdu", organized by the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and
Literatures.

Professor Gopi Chand Narang is an eminent Urdu writer, scholar, critic and linguist. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2004 and Padma Shri in 1991. He was also the President of the Sahitya Akademi between 2003 to 2007 and has published more than 56 books in English, Hindi and Urdu.

To know more about Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, please visit his website at http://www.gopichandnarang.com .

Event Details
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Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: 200F Eliot Hall

You are cordially invited for the talk.

For more questions, contact M.J. Warsi, Lecturer in South Asian Languages and Linguistics at mwarsi@artsci.wustl.edu .

Umang cordially invites you to a Welcome Dinner on Friday, September 12th from 6:30 PM onwards. We are hosting this event to give new students an opportunity to meet and interact with current students at Washington University. We will be serving a buffet dinner and talking very briefly about Umang and the events we have planned for the upcoming year. If you are planning to attend this event, please help us out by filling in
an RSVP by 4th September at this link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YNumNDrCzXdRAxwPwXDifg_3d_3d

This event is free to all Umang members. If you have not signed up for an Umang membership, you can sign up at the event. The cost for the membership is $15/yr for individuals and $25/yr for families. Having the membership will give you free access to Umang events during the year.

EVENT DETAIL SUMMARY
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What: Umang Welcome Dinner
When: Friday, 12 September from 6:30 PM onwards
Where: Danforth University Center (tentative)
RSVP: Not required but appreciated to help us estimate the amount of food
to order
Cost: Free for members, $8/person for non-members.

Umang, the Indian Graduate Students Association, congratulates you on your admit to the Washington University and welcomes you to St Louis. You might have questions regarding items to bring and things to do in India and once you reach here. Please read the New Students page to have your questions cleared.

We, traditionally, arrange airport pickup and provide free temporary accommodation (up to 2 weeks). If you would like to avail this service, contact us at umang@grad.wustl.edu or our orientation secretary, Mitul Desai, directly at mituldesai_82@yahoo.com.

Ensure that you fill up the OISS arrival form at http://oisshome.wustl.edu/students/new/ArrivalForm.asp. For Umang pickups, choose 'Umang' as the answer to the question 'I have asked someone to meet me. If so, what is the name of the person/department/group?'.

To contact other incoming students and get in touch with students from your department, please visit our Forum. We hope you have a safe trip and look forward to meeting you this Fall.

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