Delta Sigma Iota Fraternity, Inc.

Our organization is driven by a single mission: “Building leaders, one Brother at a time.” We believe in developing students into professional, academic, and educated men who will give back to their communities while joining a unique Brotherhood of like-minded individuals. Mohandas K. Gandhi believed in truth, education, unity, and brotherhood. He had a vision of all South Asians united in the pursuit of freedom. Based on this vision, individuals united to free themselves from the tyranny of British rule on August 15th, 1947. On this day, one goal was accomplished and fifty-three years later, a new vision was created. Delta Sigma Iota was founded on August 15th of 2000 at the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University. Five men with five unique strengths, connected through their heritage, gathered to form a binding oath. Over a period of time, the bonds grew stronger. Like five fingers in a hand, each are distinct; when put together to form a fist, the fingers create a very powerful force. Not only did these men formalize their brotherhood, they created a fraternity inspired in the beliefs of Gandhi as well as their own individual goals.