Category : In Region
May 21, 2013 | News, Pakistan
SAI hosted Aamir Khan at Harvard University on Tuesday, May 21. Dr. Khan is an epidemiologist based in Karachi, Pakistan where he directs the Indus Hospital TB Control Program in southern Pakistan, and additionally conducts TB research and provides technical...
May 9, 2013 | Community, India, News
On May 8, the South Asia Institute at Harvard University (SAI) and the Central Square Foundation (CSF) convened a group of high-level stakeholders for a roundtable discussion to shape and commit on the agenda for forging linkages between education reformers in the US...
May 1, 2013 | News, Pakistan, Students
An exciting new initiative for Pakistanis, undertaken by a group of students from MIT, Harvard, LUMS, and other universities in collaboration with GEO, to create a free online portal that will provide comprehensive information to Pakistani students about how to apply to higher education, residency, and fellowship programs abroad.
Apr 30, 2013 | India, News
Click here to register for this event. 2:45-3:00pm Welcome and Introduction 3:00- 4:00pm Understanding the Indian Educational Landscape India’s educational system is failing its children, and the implications for economic development are...
Apr 17, 2013 | India, News
On Tuesday April 16, the Finance Minister of India, P. Chidambaram visited the Harvard campus for a set of events sponsored by the South Asia Institute and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard. Finance Minister Chidambaram first attended a luncheon with members...
Apr 12, 2013 | Community, India
Educators for Teaching India welcomed high school teachers from around the country to their fifth annual conference “Democracy in India: Past, Present, Future,” on April 12. Since it’s founding five years ago, EFTI’s primary goal has been to...
Apr 2, 2013 | India
The GSD Urban India project invited the community to participate of the event “KUMBH MELA: Mapping the Ephemeral City. Presentation of a work in progress”…The presentation will include the many schools and teams from Harvard University that participated in...
Mar 25, 2013 | Bangladesh, India, News, Pakistan
The India & South Asia Program at Harvard Kennedy School announces the Harvard South Asia week from April 8 to 12. Speakers include Cameron Munter, former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary to India, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior...
Mar 19, 2013 | In Region, India
The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI), in collaboration with the Harvard Club of Chennai (HCC), hosted an interactive discussion with Harvard Kennedy School Professor Lant Pritchett on March 19th at the Taj Coromandel in Chennai. This was SAI’s...
Mar 15, 2013 | India, News
Mr. Sam Pitroda Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation was the Keynote Speaker on the first day of the Harvard India Conference 2013 held jointly at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. He was in...
Mar 8, 2013 | India, News
Where: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem When: April 19, 12:00pm-6:00pm Cost: $11 (student ticket price) On April 19, the South Asia Institute will host a student trip to historic Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum to view its exhibition “Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India...
Mar 7, 2013 | News, Pakistan, Students
The third Video Conference of the new SAI Series of Webinars focused on ‘Innovation in Education: Lessons for Entrepreneurship in Pakistan’. Professor Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and Director of Global Education and of...
