November 27, 2012 – Nadeem Hussain, Founder, President and CEO, Tameer Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Pakistan discussed the financial revolution which the Tameer Bank is bringing to Pakistan by financially empowering people at the grassroots level, including innovative work such as branchless banking and solar energy.
Professor Asim Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School was the discussant, and Nasim Zehra, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center moderated the seminar. The event was co-sponsored by the Modern Asia Seminar Series, Harvard University Asia Center; co-sponsored with the South Asia Initiative at Harvard University, the Harvard Kennedy School Pakistan Caucus, and the Harvard Pakistan Student Group. After the event, a group of students from schools across the university, organized by the HPSG continued the discussion with Nadeem Hussain over dinner.