Category : In Region
Feb 23, 2017 | Bangladesh, News, Students
This is part of a series of reports from Harvard students who have traveled to South Asia with support from a SAI grant. By Zayan Faiyad, Harvard College ’18 Faiyad conducted field research during winter session to identify root causes of the...
Feb 16, 2017 | Announcements, India, Students
During winter session, Mei Yin Wu, Harvard College ’17, interned at Wildlife Conservation Trust in Mumbai, which currently works with over 110 national parks and sanctuaries in India, covering tiger reserves and nature preserves.
Feb 16, 2017 | Alumni, Community, India
On Feb. 3, SAI hosted a discussion forum in Delhi to facilitate a personalized dialogue about Partition. Professor Uma Chakravarti, who moderated the discussion, showed how these stories connect to the present and inform our understanding of history, nation, community, and religion.
Feb 15, 2017 | Announcements, Bangladesh, News, Students
Congratulations to Harvard College students Bharath Venkatesh ’17 and Marisa Houlahan ’17, who were chosen by SAI as winners of the Office of International Education’s Annual International Photo Contest for their photos taken in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Feb 9, 2017 | Announcements, India, News
The Craftsmen is small forest enterprise facilitator that creates new value chains, provides year-round employment, and trains communities in sustainable harvesting practices.
Feb 2, 2017 | Announcements, Community, India, Students
Naren Tallapragada, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Francesco Wiedemann, MIT, were the inaugural winners of SAI’s 2016 Seed for Change Competition for their venture gomango, which provides low-cost refrigerated transport to food producers in India. They spent December in India.
Feb 2, 2017 | Announcements, Community, Faculty, India, News
The 18-month project with Tata Trusts focused on rural livelihood creation in the handicrafts sector, and science and technology-based social entrepreneurship.
Jan 31, 2017 | Alumni, Announcements, Bangladesh, Blog, Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News, Students
We offer our full support to Harvard students, faculty, staff and affiliates, regardless of their country of origin or religious background, alongside the Harvard International Office and the university’s Global Support Services.
Jan 30, 2017 | Community, Faculty, Pakistan
This was published in Pakistan Today. The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) in collaboration with the LUMS School of Education (LUMS SOE) and Harvard South Asia Institute (Harvard SAI) organized an exclusive music and poetry evening on Jan. 17. Renowned musician Ali...
Jan 29, 2017 | Fellows, India
For the past 18 months, Shashank Shah has been the Project Director for the SAI-Tata Trusts project on Livelihood Creation, which has just concluded. SAI spoke to Shah about the project and lessons learned. SAI: Why did this project focus on the theme of livelihood...
Jan 26, 2017 | Community, Faculty, India
On January 12, 2017, SAI hosted a roundtable discussion in Delhi to bring together leaders in the field of higher education in India. The event provided a rare opportunity for the leaders to come together and discuss what is at stake for educational institutions, and...
Jan 25, 2017 | Faculty, News, Pakistan
This article was published in Harvard Magazine. It highlights the work of SAI Steering Committee Member Asim Khwaja. By Marina N. Bolotnikova AROUND THE WORLD, tax receipts in low- and middle-income countries are much lower than they ought to be. Poor recordkeeping...
