Harvard South Asia historian awarded ‘Genius’ Grant
Congratulations to Sunil Amrith, the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies at Harvard, on the fantastic achievement of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Category : Announcements
Call for applications: A Workshop on Genomic Applications in Healthcare & Translational Research
The aim of this intensive workshop is to introduce highly talented Indian students to the emerging area of genomics.
Partition Stories: Collection and Analysis of Oral Narratives
We aim to collect stories, reflections, memories, or experiences through crowdsourcing as well as through an online survey.
Fall class: Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Social and Economic Problems in the Developing World (SW47)
The primary objective of the course is to engage students with the modern day challenges affecting developing countries, and to examine a range of entrepreneurial attempts to solve these problems.
Partition: The LMSAI Harvard Podcast
Partition is one of the defining events of the modern era and on its 70th anniversary, leading scholars explore and analyze its continuing impact in our special series of podcasts.
“Wastage of food is not less than a social delinquency”
Our India Country Director, Sanjay Kumar, has written a powerful op-ed in The Hindu newspaper about the issue of food wastage in the country.
[VIDEO] SAI Director’s presentation at WEF in China
The South Asia Institute’s Director, Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, spoke in June 2017 about our Partition project at the World Economic Forum in China.
Does the Fight for Working Women’s Rights in India Leave Out Informal Workers?
The Startup Wednesday show on India’s NDTV explores the challenges of home-based working women and startups that are employing and empowering women in India. Watch as experts, entrepreneurs and the working women themselves talk about the issues they face.
2017 SAI Symposium: Life Sciences Panel [VIDEO]
Watch our fascinating life sciences panel at the 2017 Symposium, featuring Parvathi Sreekumar, Muhammad H. Zaman, Conor Walsh and Venki Murthy.
American Council for Southern Asian Art Symposium XVIII
ACSAA symposia occur in alternating years, and serve as opportunities to meet colleagues, reconnect with mentors and graduate school cohorts, and share one’s current research with the field.
Seed for Change competition winners announced
Congratulations to Sakhi, the winners of our 2017 Seed For Change competition. The team won $40,000 to further develop menstrual cups that are high-quality, affordable, and environmentally safe in India.
2017 SAI Symposium: Arts Panel [VIDEO]
Watch our fantastic arts panel at the 2017 Symposium, featuring Shahzia Sikander, Shanay Javeri and Professor Homi Bhabha.