Mass casualty triage
“The goal of triage is doing the greatest good for the greatest number – it’s not doing everything you can for every patient,” Dr. Usha Periyanayagam explained, in SAI’s second webinar of the semester, on Nov. 19.
Category : India
Capturing South Asia: Interview with Pablo Bartholomew
Indian photographer Pablo Bartholomew has witnessed many of South Asia’s tragedies and triumphs – perhaps most famously the gas tragedy in Bhopal. During his visit to Harvard, SAI sat down with Bartholomew to discuss his photo exhibit, the aftermath of the Bhopal tragedy, how photojournalism is changing, and how his South Asian heritage has influenced his work.
The Future of India’s Space Mission: Mars and Beyond
What is next on the agenda for India? Read what Jaganath Sankaran, a postdoctoral research associate at the National Security Education Center at Los Alamos National Laboratories say about the future of India’s space program.
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai win Nobel Peace Prize
The Harvard South Asia Institute is thrilled to hear the news that Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their incredible efforts in improving the lives of children worldwide.
The future of nutrition
Nutrition is crucial to global health. 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...
Harvard Bangalore Science Initiative: A Summer of Intellectual and Cultural Exchange in India
This article originally appeared on the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology website. By Sophie Blum Annie Arrighi-Allisan (Harvard College, Class of 2015) applied to the Harvard-Bangalore Science Initiative (HBSI) because, “as a neurobiology student, I...
Fall Webinars: Disaster Management
Join the South Asia Institute for three interactive webinar events with Harvard University Fellows on Disaster Management and Emergency Response.
Chennai celebrates Harvard Day
Harvard University, established in 1636, celebrated its 378th anniversary on September 8th, 2014. Coincidentally, Chennai (formerly called Madras) in Tamil Nadu, India, celebrated its 350th anniversary on the same day with week-long festivities. In partnership the...
Tarun Khanna leads discussion on mobile technology in Bangalore
On August 13th, Tarun Khanna, Director of the South Asia Institute and the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, led a discussion on“Mobile Technology: Spurring Social and Economic Enterprise in South Asia,” during his visit to Bangalore. The...
Akshay Mangla shares research on educational policies in Delhi
Discussion on “Effective Implementation of Primary Education Policies in India.” As part of the “Best of Harvard in India Series,” the Harvard South Asia Institute (SAI) and Harvard Business School (HBS) partnered with the Central Square Foundation (CSF) to host a...
Gender and the Indian election
Of the 543 MPs who were elected to the 16th Lok Sabha, 61 are women. Although this is the highest number of women MPs elected in history, these women will make up only 11 percent of the political body. On Thursday, May 8, SAI hosted a webinar about the role of women...
SAI Founder Sugata Bose wins seat in Bengal
Congratulations to SAI Founder and Former SAI Director Sugata Bose on being elected to the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat in India’s national election. Bose won the seat in West Bengal as a Trinamool Congress candidate