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The Mittal Institute’s 2023 Annual Cambridge Symposium will take place on Friday, May 5, and will convene faculty, staff, and the public for a lively discussion on climate, health and culture’s role in building a more resilient South Asia.
Schedule of Events
Breakfast and Registration
9am
Welcome Remarks
9:30am
Tarun Khanna, Faculty Director, LMSAI; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Hitesh Hathi, Executive Director, LMSAI
Panel 1: Climate Change, Gender, and Labor: A Conversation with Reema Nanavaty
9:40am – 10:50am
Reema Nanavaty, Director, SEWA
Sakhiben Khengarbhai Ahir, Young Grassroot Leader, SEWA
moderated by Maya Jasanoff, X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor and Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University
Panel 2: Pathways toward Universal Health Coverage: Perspectives from the Lancet Citizens’ Commission (LCC) for Reimagining India’s Health System
11:00am – 12:15pm
Sapna Desai, Commissioner, LCC; Associate, Population Council
Atul Gupta, Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Anuska Kalita, Senior Fellow, LCC; Visiting Scientist and Health Systems Specialist, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Tarun Khanna, Co-Chair, LCC; Faculty Director, LMSAI; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
moderated by Vikram Patel, Co-Chair, LCC; Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School
Explore the Lancet Citizen’s Commission’s work and read this reflection
Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm
Panel 3: Advancing Ideas on South Asia: Mittal Institute Students + Scholars
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Ajmalkhan Areethala – Raghunathan Family Fellow, LMSAI (read Ajmal’s profile)
Gauri Nagpal – Seed for Change 2022 India Winner; GSD ’23 (read about Gauri’s work)
Kheya Melo Furtado – Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj Fellow, LMSAI (read Kheya’s profile)
Mariam Zia – Syed Babar Ali Fellow, LMSAI (read Mariam’s profile)
moderated by Hitesh Hathi, Executive Director, LMSAI
Panel 4: Artistic Expression in Afghanistan: Perspectives from Scholars at Risk
3:00pm – 4:15pm
Homeira Qaderi – writer and activist
Omaid Sharifi – artist and advocate
Samiullah Nabipour – former Dean of Fine Arts, Kabul University
moderated by Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
Homeira Qaderi on using her pen to change Afghan women’s lives
Tea Reception
4:30pm