Hi! My name is Simran and I am a second year medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. Prior to medical school, I got my BS in public health at UT and also started working on my MPH. As a cancer survivor of 15 years, I hope to one day become a pediatric oncologist! In my free time I love to discover new bars & restaurants, explore DC, travel, spend time with family and friends, exercise, and read! While at UT, I took Hindi with Gautami Ji and absolutely loved her class. I had always wanted to learn how to read/write in Hindi and not only did I have the privilege of doing that, but I also got to witness Gautami Ji’s love for her students, educating, and inclusivity. Working on this project gets us one step closer to removing stigmas and addressing crucial topics in our society, all while gaining a deeper understanding of Hindi as a language and of Indian culture.

Hi, my name is Alisha! I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May of 2021 with a Public Health major and an Educational Psychology minor. I am currently working towards earning a Master of Public Health degree from the UT Health Science Center at Houston. I took Hindi with Gautami Ji during the 2018-2019 school year, and I am so excited to help make her class curriculum more inclusive. In my free time, I love to Bollywood dance, do yoga, and read.

Hi, my name is Maya and I'm a Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where I studied chemistry and received a certificate in public policy. I took Hindi with Gautamiji during the 2017-18 school year and I'm excited to help make Hindi classrooms and curriculum more inclusive. In my day to day life I primarily work on youth and student voting rights as well as environmental policy and hope to leave the world a little better than I found it. In my free time I enjoy cooking, running, swimming, spending time outdoors, traveling the world, and planning my future tiny/mobile sustainable home.

Hi, my name is Gautami. Over these past 30 years I have enjoyed establishing new Hindi programs at Yale and Rice Universities, and joining existing programs, first at Duke University and now at UT Austin. The best part about teaching for me has always been engaging with students. Through my classed I hope to encourage the development of imagination and the expansion of mind to such extents that ideas are born instead of being merely absorbed, and students eventually shift from the receiving end to the producing end where they become creators of knowledge -- the makers of history, science, literature, art, philosophy and the like. This to me is both, the privilege and duty of an educator. Towards this end, I strive to provide my students with an atmosphere, both within and without the classroom, where they can freely engage in such a pursuit of knowledge and where they learn to think for themselves free from shackles of conformity, tradition and fear. This inclusive Hindi project is one such attempt.

Hello 👋! I graduated from The University of Texas with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. I currently live and work in New York City as a software engineer. In my free time, I help out with the non-profit CovEd to connect students with mentors as remote learning becomes more prevalent. Apart from that, I spend a lot of time playing piano and reading science fiction. I took Hindi with Gautami-ji during the heat of the pandemic between 2020-2021. During her class, I learned how to communicate about the various inclusive topics that this project provides. This website is built and maintained by me.