Update from Visiting Artists, 2015-16
Alumni of SAI’s Visiting Artist Program say the experience at Harvard was incredibly enriching for their work.
Category : India
Call for Applications: Program for Visiting Artists from South Asia (Deadline: Aug. 15)
The Program welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in interdisciplinary discourse with students and faculty on global issues relevant to South Asia.
Faculty voices: Studying biology abroad
“The students’ experience changed their view of India and the developing world,” writes Ryan Draft, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, who brings Harvard students to India for a biological sciences summer abroad internship.
2016 Student Summer Grants
With support from SAI, Harvard students are in South Asia for research, internships, and language study in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka this summer.
Year in Review 2015-16
This has been a year of firsts for the Harvard South Asia Institute. Take a look back at the year with our Year in Review. Click here to view the publication.
Contribute to SAI’s Summer Blog!
SAI welcomes submissions for its summer blog from Harvard students, faculty, alumni, and affiliates on an array of topics pertaining to South Asia.
Webinar: Intellectual Property in Creative Industries
By Kundan Madireddy, Project Manager, and Dr. Shashank Shah, Project Director On May 4th, the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) and Tata Trusts hosted the sixth webinar in its multi-part series on issues connected with Livelihood Creation in India. This...
GoMango wins Seed for Change Competition
The student venture, which provides low-cost refrigerated transport to food producers in India, have won the grand prize of $40,000.
Webinar: Social Enterprises In India: Some Guiding Principles For Scale And Impact
Using examples like Khan Academy, BRAC, and Aspiring Minds, Tarun Khanna, SAI, HBS, shared lessons on how social enterprises can scale up and achieve impact in a webinar on April 29, as part of SAI’s Livelihood Creation Project with Tata Trusts.
Seed for Change Q+A: Torr Energy
“We are all passionate about providing an energy solution for those who need it the most,” says Kasey Wang, Harvard Law School student, about Torr Energy, one of the student group finalists in SAI’s Seed For Change Competition.
TedX: Lessons from Kumbh Mela – Worlds Largest Gathering of Humanity
“This 1,400 year-old event can teach us something about contemporary challenges,” said Tarun Khanna, SAI, HBS, in a TEDx talk he gave in Mumbai.
April 29: Webinar on Social Enterprises in India: Some Guiding Principles for Scale and Impact
Friday, April 29, 2016, 7:30pm to 8:30pm IST (10:00am to 11:00am ET) Webinar: Social Enterprises in India: Some Guiding Principles for Scale and Impact Livelihood Creation Webinar Tarun Khanna, Director, Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor,...