Jamshed Bharucha is an Indian-American cognitive neuroscientist who has served in leadership roles in higher education in the United States and in India.
15 Facts About Jamshed Bharucha
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Jamshed Bharucha is president emeritus of Cooper Union, a college located in Manhattan, New York City, having served as the 12th President of Cooper Union during the time of Cooper Union's financial crisis and tuition protests.
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Jamshed Bharucha returned to Dartmouth as a distinguished fellow and research professor, where his research and teaching are focused on the cognitive foundations of education.
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Jamshed Bharucha now teaches at both Dartmouth and online at Sai University.
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Jamshed Bharucha's research is in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, focusing on the cognitive and neural basis of the perception of music.
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Jamshed Bharucha was editor of the interdisciplinary journal Music Perception.
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Jamshed Bharucha's parents were founding members of the Bombay International School, from which Jamshed graduated.
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Jamshed Bharucha studied violin in Mumbai, received an Associate's Diploma in violin performance from Trinity College of Music in 1973, and then continued to study violin at Vassar.
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Jamshed Bharucha was the first Indian American dean of a school at an Ivy League institution.
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Jamshed Bharucha then went to India; after his time at Sai University he returned to Dartmouth, where he teaches part-time and conducts research.
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Jamshed Bharucha launched the Summer Scholars program, which provides opportunities for undergraduate students to work on collaborative research with faculty across the university and its affiliated hospitals.
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Jamshed Bharucha launched the University Seminar, a cross-disciplinary course, open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
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Jamshed Bharucha was appointed as the twelfth president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art effective July 1,2011.
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Jamshed Bharucha served as the inaugural vice chancellor of SRM University, Amaravati, a new university in the newly designed capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
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Jamshed Bharucha established a partnership with Minerva Schools at KGI to adopt their active learning platform.