Category : In Region
Jul 29, 2016 | Community, Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
Every year in India, thousands of children are trafficked across the country to work long hours in highly exploitative conditions. Thanks to the efforts of official agencies, a small proportion of these children are rescued and returned to their home states. However,...
Jul 29, 2016 | Community, Faculty, In Region, India
This article was published in The Times of India on July 23, 2016. ‘Complete ecosystem needed to foster startups’ BENGALURU: Despite being the start-up hub of the country, neither has Bengaluru nor any other state been able to achieve a complete entrepreneurial...
Jul 21, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Pakistan, Students
Sabeena Jalal, an alum of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and currently based in Karachi, has developed a blade to be used by midwives during childbirth to cut the umbilical cord. The blade does not get infected, so she hopes the tool can reduce the rate of infant mortality in developing countries.
Jul 21, 2016 | B4 Program, Community, Fellows, India, News
During their time at Harvard and Boston area, Fellows will be connected with faculty across Harvard and other academic institutions in the Boston area as relevant to each Fellow’s area of research. Deadline: Aug. 15, 2016.
Jul 20, 2016 | Alumni, Community, India
The Harvard Club of India invites you to One Harvard Young Harvard in Delhi on July 29, 2016 at the India International Center in New Delhi. Join the Harvard community: Incoming students, current students, alumni and affiliates for a night of socializing and...
Jul 1, 2016 | Community, Faculty, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
Librarians at Harvard’s Widener Library have been working meticulously to process more than 22,000 volumes that have been acquired from Pakistan over the last 10 years.
Jul 1, 2016 | Faculty, India
This article appeared in Forbes India. The Start-up India campaign announced amid much fanfare on January 16 this year outlined the government’s resolve to enable entrepreneurship in India. A precursor to the big announcement, however, was the submission of a report...
Jun 30, 2016 | Arts Program, Community, Fellows, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan
Alumni of SAI’s Visiting Artist Program say the experience at Harvard was incredibly enriching for their work.
Jun 29, 2016 | Alumni, Arts Program, Community, Fellows, Nepal
At a recent meeting of the Harvard Alumni Group of Nepal, Milan Rai, SAI’s Visiting Artist in April, discussed his White Butterfly project, which has spread to 40 countries and counting.
Jun 25, 2016 | Arts Program, Bangladesh, Community, Fellows, India, Nepal, Pakistan
The Program welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in interdisciplinary discourse with students and faculty on global issues relevant to South Asia.
Jun 23, 2016 | Faculty, India, News, Students
“The students’ experience changed their view of India and the developing world,” writes Ryan Draft, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, who brings Harvard students to India for a biological sciences summer abroad internship.
Jun 21, 2016 | Faculty, News, Pakistan
A study conducted by Asim Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School, looked at how to strengthen the social compact between citizen and state – whereby a citizen pays taxes and receives public goods and services.
