Director, Urdu: Dr. Gabriela Nik. Ilieva, Clinical Professor, Director, South Asian Language Programs, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University, gni1@nyu.edu

Director, Hindi: Gautami Shah, Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas, Austin, gshah@austin.utexas.edu 

Hindi Lead Instructor, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Program Coordinator: Bhavya Singh, NYU Teacher Training Institute,  bsr307@nyu.edu

Urdu Lead Instructor: Romeena Kureishy, Assistant Instructional Professor of Urdu, University of Chicago, romeenak@uchicago.edu

SLA Lead Instructor: Dr. Rajiv Ranjan,  Assistant Professor in Hindi-Urdu, Department of  Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, Michigan State University, rranjan@msu.edu

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2022

Program Director, Hindi: Gautami Shah, Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas, Austin, gshah@austin.utexas.edu 

Program Director, Urdu: Dr. Gabriela Nik. Ilieva, Clinical Professor, Director, South Asian Language Programs, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University, gni1@nyu.edu

SLA Lead Instructor: Dr. Rajiv Ranjan,  Assistant Professor in Hindi-Urdu, Department of Linguistics, Languages and Cultures, Michigan State University, rranjan@msu.edu

Hindi Lead Instructor: Dr. Shilpa Parnami, Hindi Lecturer, Boston University, shilpaparnami@gmail.com

Urdu Lead Instructor: Romeena Kureishy, Urdu educator, NYU Teacher Training Institute, romeena@hotmail.com

Instructional Technology Specialist, Language Pedagogy Expert and Program Coordinator: Bhavya Singh, NYU Teacher Training Institute,  bsr307@nyu.edu

Program Consultant: Seema Khurana, Senior Lector Emerita, MacMillan Center, South Asian Studies Council, Yale University, seema.khurana@yale.edu

Assessment Expert: Rajni Bhargava, Hindi Lecturer,  Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU, rb154@nyu.edu

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STARTALK TEAM (2008-2021):

Academic Director: Dr. Gabriela Nik. Ilieva, Clinical Professor, Director, South Asian Language Programs, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University, gni1@nyu.edu