The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), founded in 1961, is a consortium of 90 universities and colleges in the United States that promotes the advancement of knowledge about India in the U.S.

AIIS fellows are scholars in a broad range of academic disciplines including Anthropology, Geography, History, Literature, Political Science, Public Health, Regional Planning, Religious Studies and many other fields.

AIIS also operates the fall semester Hindi and Urdu programs for the South Asia Flagship Languages Initiative (SAFLI) for Boren Scholars [1] Archived 2019-07-04 at the Wayback Machine.

AIIS offers an array of services to U.S. study abroad programs, including assistance with obtaining student visas as well as logistical support.

AIIS is also involved in a project to facilitate American students' service learning internships with Indian NGOs.

[2] A collection of photographs from the AIIS forms the main component of the South Asia Art Archive at the University of Pennsylvania, established in 1979.