This summer, we are reflecting on the people and programs that made headlines at Harvard over the past academic year. Our second highlights the work of our fellows and Harvard students. Through their research scholarship, internships, and initiatives, this exceptional group is contemplating challenges and opportunities facing South Asia.
LMSAI Fellows
ANU K. ANTONY
EXPLORES THE MIGRATION OF CATHOLIC NUNS FROM KERALA TO PERU
PRADEEP CHOUDHURY
QUESTIONS HOW EDUCATION IMPACTS DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL MOBILITY
MUHAMMAD IMRAN MEHSUD
STUDIES THE POLITICS OF THE INDUS RIVER
ROBERT RAHMAN RAMAN
RESEARCHES POPULAR POLITICS OF 1940’S BOMBAY
RINAN SHAH
SPEAKS ON WATER ACCESS AND MARGINALIZATION IN SOUTH ASIA
SARAH UMER
CONSIDERS THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND LEGACY OF THE INDUS VALLEY
LMSAI Arts Fellows
GARIMA GUPTA
USES DRAWING, FILM AND WRITING TO EXPLORE THE ECOSPHERE
AMRA KHAN
CONTEMPLATES GENDER AND SEXUALITY THROUGH VISUAL ART
COP SHIVA
CAPTURES THE DIVERSITY OF URBAN AND RURAL INDIA THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
WALEED ZAFAR
EXPLORES SOUTH ASIAN IDENTITY THROUGH VISUAL ART
Student Profiles
HAFSA AHMAD ’24
EXPLAINS HOW FOOD WASTE VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN
HARISH KRISHNAMOORTHY ’25
SHARES A TRAVELOGUE OF A MUMBAI DESIGN STUDIO TRIP
HITESHREE DAS ’25
REFLECTS ON DESIGNING AND CO-CURATING THE HUM SAB EK EXHIBITION
PALAK GUPTA ’24
EXPLORES THE INTERSECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN DESIGN
AISHA KOKAN ’26
RESEARCHES THE COMPLEX LANDSCAPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN INDIA
IMAAN MIRZA ’25
STUDIES THE PAKISTANI LEGAL SYSTEM THROUGH INTERNSHIP
SAL PARSA ’25
CO-ORGANIZES THE AFGHANISTAN CAUCUS AT HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
ISHAN PODDAR + ANANYA CHHAOCHHARIA
CO-ORGANIZE THE 21ST ANNUAL INDIA CONFERENCE
ASMER ASRAR SAFI ’24
IS AWARDED A PRESTIGIOUS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP FOR OXFORD
ALVIRA TYAGI ’25
JOURNEYS TOWARD COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INDIA INTERNSHIP
STUDENT TREK TO PAKISTAN
27 HARVARD STUDENTS EXPLORE PAKISTAN’S CULTURE, HISTORY AND POLITICS DURING SPRING TRIP