Category : In Region
Dec 3, 2015 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, News, Pakistan
The conference aims to identify existing challenges, best practices, and innovations around mental health relief efforts in the wake of natural and manmade disasters.
Nov 24, 2015 | Community, Fellows, News, Pakistan
Mahmood uses video, film, and photographs to build various forms of narratives. He will be at Harvard next week as SAI’s second Visiting Artist.
Nov 18, 2015 | Community, Faculty, In Region, India, News
A SAI webinar on Nov. 17 showed how this type of health intervention has significant potential for public health at future events, from natural disasters to refugee resettlements.
Nov 17, 2015 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, News
The capacity building curriculum for organizations will will equip them with practical skills, tools, and knowledge that they require to maximize and deepen the impact of their work and the scale of their activities.
Nov 12, 2015 | Alumni, In Region, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News, Students
Imran Sarwar, Harvard Kennedy School alum, is the co-founder of Rabtt, which aims to change the education landscape in Pakistan.
Nov 5, 2015 | In Region, India, News
SAI’s Livelihood Creation Project, supported by the Tata Trusts, is now underway in India. The SAI team visited organizations in Bangalore last week that are empowering handicrafts and handloom artisans.
Oct 29, 2015 | Arts Program, Community, Fellows, India, News
Mumbai-based artist Ranjit Kandalgaonkar draws upon contemporary visual arts media, archival documentation and historical artifacts to document urban flows. He will spend next week at Harvard as the inaugural Visiting Artist in SAI’s Arts Program.
Oct 26, 2015 | Bangladesh, Community, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
The South Asia Institute is saddened to hear about the earthquake that struck South Asia earlier today. Our thoughts are with all of the people affected by the disaster.
Oct 22, 2015 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, India, News, Students
The 18-month research project will focus on three key areas including rural livelihood creation; educational, social and economic empowerment of women; and science and technology-based interventions for poverty alleviation.
Oct 16, 2015 | Alumni, Blog, Community, Faculty, Fellows, Nepal, News, Students
The exhibit, on display now at Harvard, is designed to raise funds for SAI’s Nepal Research and Reconstruction Fund.
Oct 14, 2015 | Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Students
Big data has huge potential – it can help track diseases, make government more efficient, or allow businesses to better understand their customers. In a SAI webinar titled ‘Who owns Big Data?” on October 13, Malavika Jayaram, Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center...
Oct 8, 2015 | Faculty, In Region, India, News, Students
On Sept. 21, students from SAI’s summer program on mobile technology presented their final projects on campus, which focused on using cell phones to improve education and public health in India.