Mumbai
St. Xavier’s College
Location: Mumbai, India
Founded: 1869
Years of Partnership: five
Mumbai presents travelers with an assaulting, yet tantalizing, feast for the senses. From the impressive colonial architecture of the Gateway of India to the collage of saris serenading along the famed Chowpatti Beach, Mumbai whisks Harvard delegates on an odyssey of emotions, inspiration, and—perhaps most memorably of all—spicy South Indian food. St. Xavier’s College, a stop on President Obama’s recent “democracy tour” of Asia, has been widely acclaimed for its strong academic foundation in the liberal arts (it has been ranked the best institution of higher education for the arts in India) and for its green and tranquil campus. Harvard delegates return to gray and sterile Cambridge with an indelible feeling of attachment to India and its people.