Spotlight on Saad Azmat: Babar Ali Fellow
Saad Azmat spoke to LMSAI about the inspiration for his research and his hopes for how his work might impact Pakistan.
Category : Announcements
Francis Wade Speaks to LMSAI about his Upcoming Panel
Francis Wade spoke to LMSAI about his motivation for organizing a panel discussion and the reception of his recently published book “Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence And the Making Of A Muslim ‘Other.’”
New podcast: India’s Finance Minister delivers Mahindra Lecture
Arun Jaitley, India’s Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, spoke about tax reform at the 2017/18 Mahindra Lecture.
Seed for Change Letter of Intent Extended Deadline: December 15th
The Seed for Change Program is an annual competition run by LMSAI. Prizes will be awarded to interdisciplinary student projects that positively impact societal, economic, and environmental issues in India and Pakistan.
Mittal family donates $25m to SAI
Lakshmi Mittal and his family have announced a $25 million gift to establish an endowed fund for this institute. In recognition of their generosity, the center will be renamed the Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard University.
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.
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.