Rutgers University won the 2010 American College Cricket North East Championship led by captain Nisarg Choksi, and have shown an ability to play as a tight unit.

Their Club President Hardik Jogani is a 2011 Club President of the Year, played a major role in TV Asia becoming the Exclusive Media Partner of American College Cricket, and ensures the team is well organized, and practices.

Two recent players on the team will not be touring with the squad : Mital Patel is currently in India in camp with the Mumbai Indians, trying to make the team; and Muhammed Ghous is with the USA team in Dubai for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers.

However the Choksi feels the team is ready to challenge successfully for the national Championship, and the Chanderpaul Trophy.

Rutgers’ Daily Targum sent off the Club with a feature READ HERE :
http://www.dailytargum.com/news/university/club-sport-reaches-championship-tournament/article_11048128-68dc-11e1-875d-001a4bcf6878.html

Scarlet Knights ROSTER:

Nisarg Chokshi
Udit Patel
Parth Shah
Jay Patel
Shrey Shah
Bhargav Patel
Achal Shah
Mohammad Chaudhry
Taha Khan
Haider Ali
Kalim Ahmed
Manpreet Singh
Hardik Jogani

Hardik Jogani, Kalim Admed & Sapan Shradha of Rutgers Cricket Club were among the student-athletes.

The 2010 Rutgers team, North East Champs, with Shanae

Though largely unknown now, in 1844 one of the most signicficant events in world history happened in New York City. For the first time two countries did battle, not on a battle field, but on a playing field. The event was the first ever international sports event – a cricket game between the USA and Canada. 

The match took place at what is now 34th St and 2nd Ave, in Manhattan – now the site of the NYU Medial Center. 

On Saturday October 29, at 7 pm on TV Asia, another historic first happens for American and world cricket, Rutgers University plays NYU Polytechnic in the first ever American College Cricket televised game ! So spread the word in your colleges, on Facebook, among your family, friends and contacts ! 

Organize viewing parties, like for the World Cup – this is your cricket ! 

Here is the TV promo currently running

RUTGERS, TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE LAUNCH

INDIA CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Rutgers University Press Release

            NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – If strength truly lies in numbers, then India, with a population that includes more than 550 million citizens under 25, has the potential to develop one of the world’s great workforces.

            At present, however, only a small percentage of those young people are gaining access to higher-level skills. A new joint initiative of Rutgers and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, the India Center for Sustainable Growth and Talent, will seek to correct that shortcoming.

            “Talent has been the key to India’s emergence as a rapidly developing economic power since it liberalized its economy in 1991,” said David Finegold, Rutgers’ senior vice president for Lifelong Learning and Strategic Growth. “The country’s large supply of well-educated, English-speaking graduates has helped attract investment from corporations around the world in its IT and business services.

            “But for India is to capture the benefits of its ‘demographic dividend,’ the largest single workforce for the global economy of the 21st century, India must urgently reform all stages of its education and training system.”

            The new joint center will provide expert support for India’s National Skill Development Strategy and the cooperative 21st Century Knowledge Initiative launched earlier this year by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Its three core parts are:

• Applied research through the India Talent Observatory, including the influential annual survey of Indian graduates studying abroad that was jointly developed by Finegold (then dean of Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations) and Professor B. Venkatesh Kumar of TISS in Mumbai.
• Cooperative education and training programs, including student exchange, development of dual-degree programs and short courses for continuing and executive education
• Capacity building to enhance the governance and capabilities of India’s education and training institutions through research fellowships for new and prospective Indian faculty, administrators and higher education policymakers.           

            The annual survey of Indian graduate students studying abroad was the institutions’ first joint project. The research covered nearly 1,000 Indians who are either pursuing or have completed graduate study in the United States and found that only 8 percent strongly prefer to remain in this country.

 At the time, Finegold called the findings “surprising and encouraging” for Indian universities. “We expected that more students would lean heavily toward remaining in the U.S., but our results suggest many young academics would be interested in pursuing a faculty career in India if policymakers can address some of the key issues facing the Indian higher education system.”

            Finegold added that India needs to recruit at least 1 million new faculty members for its colleges and universities if it is to meet the government’s goal of making higher education available to 20 percent of young people by 2020. The partners’ second version of the survey – to study Indians being educated in the United Kingdom and Australia and to also compare them with Chinese who have come to study in the U.S. – will be carried out in November.

            Both Rutgers and the Tata Institute have contributed funding toward the initiative and will seek additional monies through the Obama-Singh Knowledge Initiative. Private sources of funding also are being sought, Finegold said.

In another momentous event, Rutgers University plays vs NYU-Polytechnic in the first ever televised American College Cricket match this Saturday at 7 pm on TV Asia -available on major cable systems in the USA & Canada & Dish Network. 

For Universities/Colleges :

TV Asia’s distribution partners International Media Distributors has a program for distribution in Colleges – tell the University Relations Dept in your colleges. Educational Partners: http://www.imediadistribution.com/resources

In an effort to enhance educational programs for students, International Media Distribution is proud to connect schools across the United States with the best networks from around the world. The networks aid students in learning a language, understanding cultures or entertaining students far from home.

TV Asia already is carried by the following Universities :

Rutgers Universty
Auburn University
Kansas State University
Stanford University
Union College (Schenectady)
University of Wisconsin Madison
Western Michigan University

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TV Asia will be showing the 2 Semis and the Finals of the American College Cricket Northeast Championship beginning Saturday,Oct 29. The schedule:

7 pm Sat Oct 29 -Rutgers University vs NYU-Polytechnic

7pm Sat Nov 5 – NJ Istitute of Technology vs Ryerson University

7pm Sat Nov 12- FINALS

 ALL PHOTOS by SALMAN SYED.

American College Cricket players,College media & clubs  may use. Others with authorisation & attribution.

 MORE PHOTOS WILL BE ADDED

On 5 fields in Queens and Brooklyn NYC on a beautiful day for cricket, after pool play two highly favored teams, University of Pennsylvania and York College did not make it to the final four. 

University of Pennsylvania  defeated Boston University.