As part of International Education Week (IEW), Yashaswini Dikonda instructed American history class on the unique historic, cultural and linguistic character of India. Dikonda is an exchange student, spending a year with Wiscasset Middle High School. Di kinda lives in Annaram Shareef, state of Telangaha, India. 

Dikonda is fluent in English, Teluga and Hindi languages. One of the unique aspects of the class was Dikonda's instructing Teluga language, one of the classic languages of India where 75% of the population speaks in the Indian state, accounting for 75 million people. The other language instructed was the Hindi language of northern India, derived from Sanskrit and written in the Devanagari script. It is the fourth widest spoken language in the world, with more than 250 million people speaking it as their first language.

The economy of Telangana is mainly driven by agriculture and major software industries like Microsoft India Development Center, Oracle, General Electric, and s2Tech Technologies. Two important rivers of India, the Godavari and Krishna, flow through the state, providing spectacular scenery. 

IEW is a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of State. It's a time to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange, and to promote programs that help U.S. students and teachers develop global skills.