The Harvard South Asia Institute has awarded 15 grants to support student projects over the Winter Session 2016 in January. These include 12 graduate students and 3 undergraduate students who will travel to India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Pakistan for research and internships.
Undergraduate Students
Mei Yin Wu Applied Math, 2017 Harvard College
Wildlife Conservation Trust Internship
Zayan Faiyad, Economics 2018 Harvard College
Field research to identify root causes of achievement gap in state-regulated Madrasas in Bangladesh
Mahnoor Khan, Government 2017 Harvard College
Desensitization to Violence and its Affect on an Individual’s Moral Decision Making in Pakistan
Graduate Students
Kusalagnana Derangala, MDS 2017 HDS
Internship with “Upper Myanmar Manuscript Preservation Project”
Priya Rakkhit Sraman, MDS 2017 HDS
Internship with “Upper Myanmar Manuscript Preservation Project”
Isabella Bennett, MPP 2017 HKS
Making a Peace Deal Work:Options for Integrating Taliban Fighters
Joshua Ehrlich, PhD History 2016
English- and Persian-Language Sources on South Asia in the UK
Joshua Jeong, Doctor of Science Global Health and Population 2019
Understanding the Role of Fathers in Their Young Childrens Care, Health, and Development: A Qualitative Study
Amulya Mandava, PhD Anthropology 2021
Caste, Political Economy, and Marriage in Contemporary Tamil Nadu
Kunal Mangal, PhD Public Policy 2021 HKS
Learning How to Navigate Big City Labor Markets in Small-Town India
Mary Pham, Master of Education 2017 HGSE
Assessing Educational Needs of Internally Displaced Pre-Primary Children in Kachin State, Myanmar
Cresa Pugh PhD Social Policy 2022
Constructions of citizenship and belonging for the stateless Rohingya of Burma
Priyasha Saksena, SJD HLS 2020
Jousting Over Jurisdiction: Sovereignty and International Law in Colonial South Asia, c. 1858-1947
Ashley Thompson, Master in Design 2017 GSD
Gendered Risk Geographies: Land and Conflict in a World of Women Villages
Lydia Walker, PhD History 2018
States-in-Waiting: Nationalism, Internationalism, Decolonization