Category : India
Nov 5, 2015 | In Region, India, News
SAI’s Livelihood Creation Project, supported by the Tata Trusts, is now underway in India. The SAI team visited organizations in Bangalore last week that are empowering handicrafts and handloom artisans.
Oct 29, 2015 | Arts Program, Community, Fellows, India, News
Mumbai-based artist Ranjit Kandalgaonkar draws upon contemporary visual arts media, archival documentation and historical artifacts to document urban flows. He will spend next week at Harvard as the inaugural Visiting Artist in SAI’s Arts Program.
Oct 26, 2015 | Bangladesh, Community, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
The South Asia Institute is saddened to hear about the earthquake that struck South Asia earlier today. Our thoughts are with all of the people affected by the disaster.
Oct 22, 2015 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, India, News, Students
The 18-month research project will focus on three key areas including rural livelihood creation; educational, social and economic empowerment of women; and science and technology-based interventions for poverty alleviation.
Oct 14, 2015 | Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Students
Big data has huge potential – it can help track diseases, make government more efficient, or allow businesses to better understand their customers. In a SAI webinar titled ‘Who owns Big Data?” on October 13, Malavika Jayaram, Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center...
Oct 8, 2015 | Faculty, In Region, India, News, Students
On Sept. 21, students from SAI’s summer program on mobile technology presented their final projects on campus, which focused on using cell phones to improve education and public health in India.
Oct 6, 2015 | Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
This article was published in The Indian Express By Tarun Khanna, Director of the South Asia Institute, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School That India should not be afraid might seem an odd thing to say at a time when Indians are brimming with...
Sep 29, 2015 | Bangladesh, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Students
SAI offers research, internship, and language study grants to Harvard graduate students and Harvard College undergraduate students for the winter session.
Sep 25, 2015 | Community, Faculty, India, News
The Jana Swasthya Project is using a new mobile health surveillance system to help keep the millions of visitors healthy while they’re at the festival.
Sep 10, 2015 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, India, News, South Asia in the News, Students
The cornerstone of the project is a unique interactive visual analytic tool that provides critical disease surveillance data to health officials in real time
Sep 8, 2015 | Alumni, Bangladesh, Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Students
The first webinar, on September 15, will focus on using cell phones to study behavior.
Aug 24, 2015 | Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
This article was published originally in Livemint. By Dhamini Ratnam Mumbai’s National Gallery of Modern Art will host a series of talks, events and exhibitions on contemporary architecture in India and South Asia early next year, organized by Urban Design Research...
