Iota Nu Delta

Iota Nu Delta 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.

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Founding

On February 7, 1994, eight male students at Binghamton University in Vestal, New York, 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. The first eight members, known as the national Founding Fathers, of Iota Nu Delta Fraternity, Inc. are Sachin Chopra, Samir Chopra, Ankur Desai, Shaiju Eapen, Varun Gujral, Stanley Jacob, Johri Mathew, and Renjy Vattasseril.
Iota Nu Delta Fraternity, Inc. is South Asian-based, but is not exclusive to men of South-Asian origin.

Symbols

The fraternity's mottos are "Is The Fire In You?" and "Imitated Never Duplicated". Its colors are orange and green. Its symbol is a rose over a sword. Its jewel is the diamond. Its publication is The ΙΝΔ Insider.

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. 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). Much of the fundraising for their causes being done through fraternity-specific banquets at the local level or collaborative social events like "The Official Four Way: World Tour" with other fraternal Greek-lettered organizations like Alpha Phi Alpha, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, and Pi Delta Psi.

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
Alpha	1994	Binghamton University	Binghamton, New York	Inactive
Beta	199x	New York University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Gamma	1997	Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta	199x	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	xxxx	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	200x	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	2002	New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury Campus	Old Westbury, New York	Active
Omicron	200x	City University of New York	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	2017	George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Active
Tau	2010	East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Active
University of Pittsburgh Colony	2009–xxxx, 2019	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Adelphi University Colony	xxxx	Adelphi University	Garden City, New York	Active
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Colony	xxxx	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Catonsville, Maryland	Inactive
Staten Island Colony	xxxx	College of Staten Island	Staten Island, New York	Inactive
Newark Colony	xxxx	New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University–Newark)	Newark, New Jersey	Inactive
Virginia Tech Colony	2024	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, Virginia	Inactive