Faculty member serves as Fulbright Specialist

V. K. Kool, professor of psychology, served as a Fulbright Specialist during the spring semester in India. The Fulbright Specialist Program (FSP) promotes linkages between U.S. academics and professionals and their counterparts at host institutions overseas. The program is designed to award grants to qualified U.S. faculty and professionals, in select disciplines, to engage in short-term collaborative 2 to 6 week projects at host institutions in over 100 countries worldwide. Kool was hosted by Mysore University, Mysore.

“My experience as a Fulbright specialist in India was very interesting, especially owing to the fact that I was focusing on the psychology of nonviolence in the homeland of Mahatma Gandhi,” Kool said. “While in academic disciplines such as history, political science and others, I have observed a phenomenal growth in issues concerning nonviolence, the field of psychology in India needs a great deal of attention on such issues of peace and nonviolence.”

Kool (seated in center)  delivered lectures and spoke at a number of business, professional and academic forums at several colleges and universities, including: Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar; KLE University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum; Rani Channama University, Belagavi; Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam; Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati; North Eastern Regional Institute of Management, Guwahati; Harish Chandra Post Graduate College, Varanasi; and Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya College, Varanasi. He is currently serving a five-year term on a roster of Fulbright Specialists.