The Passing of an Idealist
SAI Director Tarun Khanna reflects on APJ Abdul Kalam’s visits to Harvard in 2011.
Category : India
Reflections on India’s future
By Kathleen Molony, Director, Fellows Program, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs The Fellows of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) concluded their year at Harvard with a one week trip to India in May 2015. As the largest research...
Update on SAI’s mobile technology summer program
During this 8-week summer program in India, Harvard College students are exploring the potential of mobile technology to enable economic and social mobility.
Call for applications: Program for Emerging Artists from South Asia
SAI welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in discourse with students and faculty on critical issues.
Innovation and immersion overseas
This article originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. Grants help faculty shape study-abroad opportunities By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer New Delhi, Bangalore, Paris, Tblisi, Vienna, Dakar, Freiburg. Harvard summer students will have the option of...
2015 Student Summer Grants
SAI has awarded 35 grants for 2015 summer and research, internship, and language study in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
A literary colossus
The Murty Classical Library of India hopes to introduce a vast corpus of literature, thought, and science to fresh audiences across the world. “It’s completely transformative,” said Parimal Patil, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies and SAI Steering Committee member.
The City and South Asia Podcast: The Season of Migration in the City
Listen to Namita Dharia discuss the life of a migrant worker in urban India and how the construction industry is addressing issues of child labor and women’s safety.
Nutrition’s future leaders
Emerging demographic, economic and dietary factors suggest that a large burden of preventable illness is poised to develop in India requiring training for a new cadre of Indian nutrition scientists. There is a great need for nutrition researchers in the country, but...
Preserving and promoting South Asia’s past
Learn about Muhammad Zahir, SAI Aman Fellow’s work on uncovering Pakistan’s archaeological past.
International Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to Gillian Slee, Harvard College ’16, and Sara Melissa Theiss, Harvard College ’15, who were chosen by SAI as winners for the Office of International Education’s Annual International Photo Contest.
Introducing Indian literature to a new generation
The goal of the Murty Classical Library of India is to present the greatest literary works of India from the past two millennia to readers all over the world.