Delta Epsilon Psi

Delta Epsilon Psi (ΔΕΨ) is a South Asian interest social and service fraternity located in the United States. Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on 1998-10-01 at the University of Texas at Austin. The 18 founders formed the fraternity to provide a unified South Asian voice at the school.

The purpose of Delta Epsilon Psi is to develop leadership qualities within its members by instilling within them the three pillars (Brotherhood, Discipline, and Commitment) upon which the fraternity was founded.

Founding fathers
Delta Epsilon Psi's founding fathers are:

• Suju Abraham

• Rahul Brambhatt

• Vipul Engineer

• Irfan Iqbal

• Wesley Mathews

• Rushi Modha

• Samir Parikh

• Mayur Patel

• Rajiv Patel

• Rakesh Patel

• Ronit Patel

• Jason Pillai

• Vinu Raj

• Kashif Shaikh

• Asim Siddiqui

• Tosby Thomas

• Jacob Varghese

• Vijay Viswanathan

Philanthropy
Delta Epsilon Psi's philanthropies are research towards curing juvenile diabetes (type 1 diabetes) through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), and supporting the National Marrow Donor Program.

North American Interfraternity Conference
In 2011-04, Delta Epsilon Psi officially became nationally recognized by the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC).

Chapters and colonies
Delta Epsilon Psi's website lists 31 chapters and colonies.

Chapters
• Founding chapter: University of Texas - Austin

• Alpha chapter: University of Houston

• Beta chapter: University of Texas - Dallas

• Gamma chapter: Texas A&M University

• Epsilon chapter: University of Oklahoma

• Zeta chapter: Baylor University

• Theta chapter: University of South Florida

• Iota chapter: University of Texas at San Antonio

• Kappa chapter: Rutgers University at New Brunswick

• Lambda chapter: University of Central Florida

• Mu chapter: Texas Tech University

• Nu chapter: University of Miami

• Xi chapter: Drexel University

• Rho chapter: University of Florida

• Tau chapter: New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Alpha Alpha chapter: University of Georgia

• Alpha Beta chapter: Wayne State University

• Alpha Gamma chapter: Georgia State University

• Alpha Delta chapter: The College of New Jersey

• Alpha Epsilon chapter: University of Connecticut

• Alpha Theta chapter: New York Institute of Technology

• Alpha Iota chapter: University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Alpha Kappa chapter: University of Illinois at Chicago

Colonies
• Eta Colony: Oklahoma State University

• Pi Colony: University of Texas at Arlington

• Sigma Colony: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

• Upsilon Colony: Rutgers University at Newark

• Psi Colony: Kean University

• Alpha Eta Colony: Binghamton University

• Alpha Lambda Colony: University of North Texas

• Alpha Mu Colony: Mercer University

• Alpha Nu Colony: Georgia Institute of Technology

• Alpha Xi Colony: University of Maryland, College Park

• Alpha Omicron Colony: University of Southern California

For several colonies, no location is given on the fraternity's website. These colonies may not be affiliated with a school, the affiliation may be in process or have been revoked, or the website may not have been updated:


 * Omicron Colony
 * Phi Colony
 * Chi Colony
 * Alpha Zeta Colony