October 2003:
DESI organized a talk by Sonal Shah, Director of Operations, Center
for Global Development. The talk was on the concept of eradicating illiteracy
in the rural villages of India, for which one of the fore front organizations
is EKAL VIDYALAYA. She also spoke about Indicorps program which sends
Indian American's on a one year fellowship to work with various social
service organizations in India. The
talk was followed by an interactive session.