Iota Nu Delta

Iota Nu Delta
ΙΝΔ
Founded	February 7, 1994 (1994-02-07) Binghamton University
Type	Social
Affiliation	NAPA NIC
Status	Active
Emphasis	South Asian
Scope	International
Motto	Is The Fire In You? Imitated Never Duplicated
Colors	Orange and   Green
Symbol	Rose over Sword
Jewel	Diamond
Publication	The ΙΝΔ Insider
Chapters	10 active, 31 installed
Members	1,000 active
Headquarters	New York City, New York United States
Website	www.iotanudelta.com

Iota Nu Delta (ΙΝΔ, also IND) is the first South Asian interest college fraternity. IND was founded in 1994 at the Binghamton University. It is a member of the North American Interfraternity Conference since 2007 and National APIDA Panhellenic Association since 2016.

Founding

On February 7, 1994, eight male students at Binghamton University founded the first South-Asian Interest Greek Organization. Their stated goal in forming the organization was to bridge the gaps between people of different backgrounds, ethnicity, and cultures while promoting South Asian cultural awareness. Iota Nu Delta Fraternity, Inc. is South Asian based, but is not exclusive to men of South-Asian origin.

Founding Fathers

The first eight members, known as the national Founding Fathers, of Iota Nu Delta Fraternity, Inc. are:

• Sachin Chopra
• Varun Gujral
• Ankur Desai
• Renjy Vattasseril
• Stanley Jacob
• Shaiju Eapen
• Samir Chopra
• Johri Mathew

Philanthropy

Iota Nu Delta has established mental health awareness and advocacy as its primary philanthropic focus and works in partnership with Active Minds.

Additionally, Iota Nu Delta supports bone marrow advocacy through the National Marrow Donor Program & SAMAR (South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters). Iota Nu Delta is also involved with several other national non-profit organizations including the United Service Organizations, Association for India's Development, and SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together).

Chapters

Following is a list of chapters and colonies of Iota Nu Delta. Active chapters are indicated in bold, inactive groups are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1994	Binghamton University	Binghamton, New York	Inactive
Beta		New York University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Gamma	1997	Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta		State University of New York at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
Epsilon	1999	State University of New York at Stony Brook	Stony Brook, New York	Active
Zeta		University of Debrecen	Debrecen, Hungary	Inactive
Eta	2003	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Inactive
Theta	2006	George Washington University and Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Iota	2006	St. John's University	New York City, New York	Active
Kappa		Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Lambda	2008	Long Island University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Mu	2009	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active
Nu	2009	University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Xi		New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury Campus	Old Westbury, New York	Active
Omicron		New York City	New York City, New York	Inactive
Pi	2011	Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Rho	2011	City College of New York	New York City, New York	Active
Sigma	April 23, 2017	George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Active
Colony		University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Colony		East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Active
Colony		Adelphi University	Garden City, New York	Active
Colony		University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville, Maryland	Inactive
Staten Island Colony		College of Staten Island	Staten Island, New York	Inactive
Newark Colony		New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University–Newark)	Newark, New Jersey	Inactive

See also

• List of social fraternities
• List of Asian American fraternities and sororities
• Cultural interest fraternities and sororities

External links

• Official website