Category : In Region
Apr 6, 2016 | Community, Faculty, India, News
On March 29, as part of the Livelihood Creation Project, SAI and the Tata Trusts hosted a webinar with Ritesh Mehta of Facebook about how nonprofit organizations can create compelling content to impact their audiences.
Apr 5, 2016 | News, Pakistan, Students
This is part of a recurring series in which we share reports from Harvard students who have traveled to South Asia with support from a SAI grant during the winter session. Click here to read more reports from students. By Hira Baig, MTS ’16, Harvard Divinity School ...
Mar 31, 2016 | Alumni, Arts Program, Bangladesh, Community, Faculty, Fellows, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
On March 24, SAI hosted a panel discussion in collaboration with the “Megacities Asia” exhibition on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Mar 24, 2016 | India
In the webinar, Ritesh Mehta will share his experiences from Facebook and provide practical examples of how Facebook can benefit social enterprises
Mar 24, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Nepal, News
At the recent meeting of the Harvard Alumni Group of Nepal, Bhojraj Pokharel, the former Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal, discussed lessons from Myanmar’s democratic evolution.
Mar 23, 2016 | Arts Program, Community, Fellows, India, News, Students
“I’m interested in this idea of the victim and crisis, and how it can be represented in art,” says Paribartana Mohanty, SAI’s Visiting Artist.
Mar 22, 2016 | India, Students
“I learned to practice cross-cultural compassionate care and learned about a broken health-care system,” writes Harvard dental student Hannah Yoo about her time conducting research on the oral and nutritional health of women and children in Mumbai.
Mar 17, 2016 | Blog, Community, Fellows, India
As part of the Livelihood Creation Project, the SAI team recently visited organizations in Delhi, where the craft sector has been influenced by the different dynasties that have ruled the city.
Mar 17, 2016 | Arts Program, Bangladesh, Community, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan
The members will support SAI’s Arts Program, which connects South Asia’s curators, museum administrators, artists, and art educators with Harvard faculty and students to advance understanding and appreciation of South Asian art.
Mar 10, 2016 | Community, India, News
“Historic preservation in India must evolve from its emphasis on the heritage monument as a static object to one more inclusively integrating local communities,” writes GSD students Jane Philbrick and Maria Letizia Garzoli, who explored Agra in the GSD studio ‘Extreme Urbanism III: Planning for Conservation.’
Mar 8, 2016 | Community, Nepal, Students
Austin and Patrick spent part of their winter session in Nepal, conducting research on their project ‘Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort Data Usage Narrative.’
Mar 3, 2016 | Community, Faculty, India, South Asia in the News
In a new paper published with the World Health Organization, JP Onnela, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and his colleagues took a close look at Malegaon, India to examine patterns that emerge in social networks and...