As a US-based non-profit organization Foundation of Indian and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) objective is to engage the South Asian diaspora in the United States to further strengthen collaboration in education, science and technology, geopolitical and economic policy, terrorism mitigation, and people-to-people engagement.
FIIDs celebrates the deep and vibrant ties between the people of both nations USA and India to reaffirm and encourage others to embrace their shared values of freedom, democracy, pluralism, and equal opportunities for all citizens.
FIIDS is committed to pursuing efforts towards sustainable development and global peace, security, and cohesive existence.
Vision
FIIDS recognizes the foundational need to address vulnerabilities and threats faced by both the US and India. FIIDS reiterates that this should be prioritized and increased, including through dialogues, joint meetings, training, education, and sharing of best practices.
Our focus will be policy studies, analysis, thought discourse, and advocacy on a wide variety of issues pertaining to India and the Indian diaspora and how it impacts the US-India partnership.
Mission
Focus on helping formulate the correct narrative around the growing influence of the US-India partnership in the 21st century.
The goal is to ensure that as Indian Americans we can impactfully capture the proper fact-based issues that will contribute to a new phase in an aspirational way and a strengthened US-India partnership.
FIIDS Headquarter:
- Washington DC
FIIDS Outreach and Engagement Centers:
- Silicon Valley, San Jose, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Phoenix, Arizon
- Sacramento, California
- Denver, Colorado
- New Jersey