Category : In Region
Feb 3, 2016 | Pakistan, Students
By Syeda Farwa Fatima, International Education Policy, Ed.M Harvard Graduate School of Education ‘16 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...
Feb 2, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
This commentary, by professors at Pomona College and the Harvard Kennedy School who have long studied Pakistan, argues that the Taliban’s attacks on schools and colleges there are a particularly dangerous threat to that nation’s future.
Jan 29, 2016 | Alumni, Blog, Community, Faculty, India, News, Students
On Jan. 18, the SAI launched the book and exhibition Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity in Mumbai at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in partnership with the Asia Society India Centre and the Harvard Club of Mumbai.
Jan 28, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, In Region, India, News, Students
On January 20, 2016, the South Asia Institute sponsored a seminar on South Asian Constitutionalism in New Delhi. The event was organized with the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and celebrated the publication of Unstable Constitutionalism: Law and Politics in...
Jan 28, 2016 | Alumni, In Region, Nepal, News
The Harvard Alumni Group of Nepal hosted its 17th monthly meeting on January 10, 2016 in Kathmandu. Professor Jayaraj Acharya, PhD, member of the Alumni Group, gave a talk on “Education in Nepal: What Went Wrong.” Dr. Acharya is a professor of English in Nepal and...
Jan 26, 2016 | India, News
SAI’s Livelihood Creation project is underway on the ground in India. The research project, supported by the Tata Trusts, aims to build knowledge and capacity around three key areas: rural livelihood creation (emphasis on the handicrafts and handloom sectors);...
Jan 15, 2016 | Alumni, Bangladesh, Community, Faculty, Fellows, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Students
SAI’s third annual publication is a collection of essays from diverse disciplines about the evolution of technology in the region.
Jan 15, 2016 | India, News
The research project, supported by the Tata Trusts, aims to build knowledge and capacity around three key areas: rural livelihood creation, empowerment of women, and science and technology-based interventions for poverty alleviation.
Jan 14, 2016 | Alumni, Fellows, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
Former SAI Aman fellow Muhammad Zahir is working with the the Japanese Center for South Asian Cultural Heritage to preserve archaeological sites in Pakistan that are deteriorating.
Jan 14, 2016 | Alumni, Community, In Region, India, News
The capacity building workshop, hosted by SAI and Tata Trusts in Gujarat, brought together over 60 leaders from 50 businesses and non-profits across India who are working towards improving artisan livelihoods.
Jan 14, 2016 | Community, Faculty, India, News
The Bangalore Boston Nutrition Collaborative (BBNC) has just concluded its seventh annual course on nutrition research methods in Bangalore, India. The initiative is lead by faculty from the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, including Christopher Duggan,...
Jan 7, 2016 | Alumni, Community, In Region, India, News, Pakistan
Global Networking Night events will be held in Bengaluru, Islamabad, New Delhi, and Yangon on January 12.
