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How Can We Solve India’s Scientific Challenges?

Apr 3, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, News

In the build-up to our Annual India Symposium on April 4, 2019 in New Delhi, the Mittal Institute organized four brainstorming sessions to bring together academics and industry leaders to discuss some of the scientific and technological issues India faces, and the potential solutions to these problems. Four group of experts, who will compose four of the panels at the Annual India Symposium, huddled together to discuss topics related to agricultural advancement, the life sciences, STEM education, and digital health.

Exploring the Centuries-Old Ruins of Bangladesh

Apr 3, 2019 | Announcements, Arts Program, Bangladesh, In Region, News

Though it might have been the jetlag, my recent field trip to the Paharpur World Heritage and archaeological site in Naogaon District in northern Bangladesh did not feel like my first visit. As a second-year graduate student in the department of History of Art and Architecture, I had written a seminar paper on the vast Buddhist monastery last fall for a class on esoteric Buddhist art and had spent days hunched over site plans, maps, and photographs of the ninth-century complex.

Students and Teachers Take on Robots in India

Mar 28, 2019 | Announcements, Blog, In Region, India, News, Social Enterprise

The Toolkit team develops low-cost Toolkits that can be used in underserved classrooms in India, their ultimate goal to educate students in cutting-edge soft robotics research through hands-on, cognitive learning. After years of development in the US, the team took its first step in India this week and conducted its first workshop in Delhi with a group of educators and students.

How to Build Bridges Between Scientific Communities: Dr. Suresh Subramani

Mar 21, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, News

We caught up with Dr. Suresh Subramani, Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, San Diego and Global Director of the Tata Institute of Genetics and Society, to talk about the need to promote scientific literacy in India and the future of collaboration between India- and US-based scientific organizations. At the Symposium, he will be part of the panel entitled Technological Advancements in Agriculture.

In Pakistan, Life and Society Become Art

Mar 20, 2019 | Announcements, Arts Program, Fellows, In Region, News, Pakistan

“I was born in a very literary family full of artists, poets, and writers. The art was in the blood, and then my uncle, who is also a visual artist internationally recognized, so he basically channeled my interest into visual arts. Since then I have been involved in visual arts,” says Mahbub Jokhio, one of the Mittal Institute’s newest Visiting Artist Fellows for Spring 2019.

Robots in Classrooms? Next Stop, India

Mar 13, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, News, Social Enterprise

We recently sat down with Dmitry Popov and Ankur Goel, two members of the Soft Robotics Toolkit team at Harvard. This project — currently in the research, development, and testing phase — will become a comprehensive resource that teaches students how to design, fabricate, model, and test their own soft robotic devices.

Navigating the Gray Area Between Ethics and Genetics

Mar 5, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, India Seminar Series, News

Does the issue of ethics apply to all areas of genetics research? The news is constantly filled with stories questioning the authority of scientists to make decisions about human gene-editing and the future of the human race — but there’s more to genetics research than changing someone’s eye color or other physical predispositions. Genetics research opens the door to profound advancements in food security and public health, the management of which will become crucial in the years to come.

Music Tells a Story of Uprising and Grief in Northeast India

Feb 28, 2019 | Fellows, In Region, India, News

The landlocked, extreme northeastern region of India is connected to the rest of the nation via a corridor of land between Bangladesh and Myanmar. In the 1960s, its tribal community rose in an insurgency against the Government of India, with songs their call-to-arms. Mittal Institute Raghunathan Family Fellow Roluahpuia explains how.

A Harvard Team Brings an Educational Outreach Program to Life in Manipur, India

Feb 20, 2019 | Announcements, Faculty, In Region, India, News, Students

Dr. Dominic Mao, originally from Manipur, Imphal — a state in the extreme northeastern region of India — recently set out to create a program there to engage high school students and college-level teaching assistants in a Western-style educational format. He teamed up with three Harvard undergraduates and one alum to make it happen.

Build a Leading Institute Using a Global Outlook

Feb 12, 2019 | Announcements, Faculty, In Region, India, India Seminar Series, News

If a university wants to be taken seriously today, it’ll need a global outlook. That’s the key message Professor Mark C. Elliott, Vice Provost for International Affairs at Harvard University, conveyed during a talk in New Delhi on Monday, February 11, as part of the India Seminar Series.

Project Parivartan Aims to Reduce the Incidence of Disease in India

Feb 7, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, News

In the small tribal community of Palghar in India, many needlessly become ill due to preventable diseases. One team sets out to change everything.

Harvard Faculty Converge at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India

Feb 7, 2019 | Announcements, Faculty, In Region, India, News

Each year, the Jaipur Literature Festival brings together dozens of world-class writers, humanitarians, businesspeople, entertainers, and politicians for a five-day program in global literacy in Jaipur, India. This year, five faculty members from across Harvard University were invited to speak at the event.

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