Category : In Region
Sep 13, 2016 | In Region, 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. By Kate Hoffman, Harvard College ’17 Kate spent part of her summer conducting research in Myanmar on her thesis...
Sep 8, 2016 | Alumni, Arts Program, Community, Pakistan
In a recent interview with SAI, Arts Council member Omar Saeed spoke about his intersecting interests in arts, education, and health.
Sep 8, 2016 | Community, India, Students
“What my interviews and primary sources make clear is that much like the rest of India, there has been a major change in the role of the public sector,” writes Rohit Chandra, PhD candidate at HKS, who spent the summer in India researching the Indian coal industry.
Sep 8, 2016 | In Region, India, News, Pakistan
The project focuses on the humanitarian consequences experienced by those on both sides of the Punjab border.
Aug 31, 2016 | Community, Faculty, India, News
By Anisha Gopi, Project Manager On July 28th 2016, the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) and Tata Trusts hosted the third webinar of a multi-part series on Women’s Empowerment. The webinar, titled ‘Working with Boys and Men to Prevent Gender Based...
Aug 23, 2016 | Bangladesh, Faculty, India
This short video looks at the role of business in responding to poverty, illiteracy and gender inequality in South Asia. It forms part of the on-going Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School directed by Professor Geoffrey Jones, which uses...
Aug 18, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Nepal
On July 29, Meena Hewett, Executive Director of SAI, visited the monthly meeting of the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal to learn more how SAI can engage more with the country. She began by sharing the mission of SAI, saying that SAI has been working with Harvard...
Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Community, Faculty, India, News
In a webinar as part of the Livelihood Creation Project, Shantha Sinha, MV Foundation, and Jacqueline Bhabha, HSPH, HLS, HKS, discussed obstacles and challenges that girls face when pursuing education.
Aug 5, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
Speakers included Shri Akhilesh Yadav, Honorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Harvard faculty, and Kumbh administrators.
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.
