Ekta Patel, Harvard College ’15, on a SAI grant in Surat, India
SAI offers a variety of learning opportunities in South Asia for Harvard students through its grants program. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply for research grants to support independent research and thesis field work. SAI has partnered with over 50 organizations in South Asia to offer internships to Harvard students.
SAI has awarded 35 grants for summer and research, internship, and language study in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Graduate Language Study
Joshua Ehrlich, History, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Mughal Persian language study, American Institute of Indian Studies, Lucknow
Neelam Khoja, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Punjabi language study, American Institute of Indian Studies, Chandigarh
Jason Smith, Religion, ThD, Harvard Divinity School
Tamil language study, American Institute of Indian Studies, Madurai
Tyler Richard, South Asian Studies, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Tamil language study, Field Study, Tamil Nadu
Graduate Research Grants
Mou Banerjee, History, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Subaltern Bengali Muslims and Christian Conversion Controversies in the 19th Century
Rohit Chandra, Public Policy, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Evolution of India’s Coal Sector
Fletcher Coleman, History of Art and Architecture, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Issues in Indian Ascetics: Early Chinese Buddhist Visual Programming through the Lens of Central Asian and Gandharan Religious Practice
Sutopa Dasgupta, Religion, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Annandmangal: Religion and Court in an Early Modern Epic from Bengal
Hardeep Dhillon, History, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Archival research in Delhi related to Maulana Abul Kalam
Madiha Irfan, MTS, Harvard Divinity School
Divorce Law and Religious Authority in Pakistan
Asad Liaqat, Public Policy, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
What drives elite behavior in Pakistan? Testing Knowledge and Inter-Elite Obligation
Maung Nyeu, PhD, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lost in Translation: Evidence from Oral Narratives in Mother Tongue and Written Narratives in the Language of Instruction
Mircea Raianu, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The TATA Business Empire and the Ethics of Capital in Modern India, ca. 1870-1960
Jigyasa Sharma, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of WHO’s Safe Childbirth Checklist in Reducing Prenatal Mortality in Rural Rajasthan
Niharika Singh, Public Policy, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Understanding Patterns of High Educational Attainment but Low Labor Participation of South Asian Women
Lydia Walker, History, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Self-Determination for Whom? Nationalism, Internationalism and 1960’s Decolonization
Graduate Internship Grants
Madhav Khosla, Political Theory, PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Modern Constitutionalism and the Indian Founding
Muhammad Zia Mehmood, Harvard Kennedy School
Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Extremist Influence: Peer Effects in the Presence of Extremists
Shweta Suresh, Harvard Kennedy School
Evidence for Policy Design – Confederation of Indian Industries Compliance
Angela Thurston, Harvard Divinity School
Empowering Girls and Strengthening Communities in the Slums of Mumbai
Undergraduate Internship Grants
Joanne Koong, Computer Science & Economics, 2017
Jana Care, Software Engineering Internship, India
Eleni Apostolatos, 2018
Harvard-Bangalore Science Initiative, Internship, India
Tamara Fernando, History of Art and Architecture & Economics, 2016
Chunkikuli Ladies College, Internship, Sri Lanka
Kavya Pathak, Neurobiology and Health Policy
Harvard-Bangalore Science Initiative, Internship, India
Leena Raza, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology and Health Policy, 2016
PUKAR, Internship, India
Julia Versel, Neurobiology, 2017
Harvard-Bangalore Science Initiative, Internship, India
Mobile Technology Summer Program
Diane Jung, Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology, 2017
Kais Khimji, Social Studies, 2017
Pradeep Niroula, Computer Science and Physics, 2018
Eshaan Patheria, Social Studies, 2017
