Category : In Region
Feb 13, 2024 | Bangladesh, Climate, In Region, News
Sabina Faiz Rashid is a medical anthropologist and currently Professor and Chair of Health and Poverty at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is also the principal in-region investigator of Mittal Institute’s CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN SOUTH ASIA project, an interdisciplinary project that seeks to advance climate adaptation research and implementation at the household, community, state and federal levels in South Asia, particularly in the context of climate-driven migration.
Feb 12, 2024 | Faculty, Nepal, News
The Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum launched its spring semester events series with a February 7 talk by Todd Lewis, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross and Research Associate in Harvard’s Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies. His talk, co-sponsored by LMSAI, explored “Reconfiguration and Revival: Newar Buddhist Traditions in the Kathmandu Valley (and Beyond).” We spoke with Todd to learn more about the motivations behind his research on South Asian religions, and what society can glean from their teachings
Feb 7, 2024 | Bangladesh, Faculty, News
“A solution that can’t be applied,” says Professor Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and LMSAI Steering Committee member, “is really no solution at all.” He shares more on his cholera dehydration life-saving solution that he and his colleagues first developed in Bangladesh — a solution that is credited with saving tens of millions of lives worldwide. Their oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a mix of salt, sugar, and water and has helped patients return to their hydrated state as quickly as they had sickened.
Feb 7, 2024 | India, News, Students
The annual student-led India Conference at Harvard returns to campus for its 21st year on February 17 and 18, with experts from various sectors including business, economy and culture offering insight into India’s current landscape and future. We spoke to two of the four co-organizers, Ananya Chhaochharia (Harvard Kennedy School) and Ishaan Poddar (Harvard Business School) to understand the goals of the conference, and unpack this year’s theme, “India Rising.”
Dec 12, 2023 | Announcements, Community, In Region, News
2023 Highlights SOUTH ASIA, “GROUND ZERO OF CLIMATE CHANGE,” SUBJECT OF NEW AWARD ANNUAL CAMBRIDGE SYMPOSIUM REFLECTS ON RESILIENCY OF SOUTH ASIA MADHUR JAFFREY ON THE SUBTLETIES OF SOUTH ASIAN COOKING THE CLIMATE CRISIS WITH SENATOR SHERRY REHMAN, SENATE...
Nov 28, 2023 | Faculty, India, News, Students
This past May, Richard Delacy, Preceptor of Hindi-Urdu, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University trekked the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and students from his Hindi-Urdu language class were immersed in an intensive language-learning experience....
Nov 28, 2023 | Announcements, Faculty, India, News
The Mittal Institute’s State of Architecture in South Asia project is hosting a conference in New Delhi from December 14-16, 2023, titled Architectures of Transition – Frameworks and Practices in South Asia. Architects from the entire region — Afghanistan,...
Nov 14, 2023 | India, News, Students
The Program for Scientifically-Inspired Leadership, funded in part and administered by the Mittal Institute, pairs Harvard undergraduates and Osmania university students with high school students from public high schools in Telangana for a cross-cultural learning experience built on the scientific process and focused on the liberal arts and sciences philosophy. By interacting together, all three groups gain a deeper understanding of teaching and learning. The program is the brainchild of Dominic Mao, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies for two of Harvard’s life science concentrations and a lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard. We spoke with him for more on the program, and what the teacher/student interaction is like.
Nov 14, 2023 | Announcements, Fellows, India, News
Robert Rahman Raman joins the Mittal Institute as the third batch of India Fellows. We spoke with Robert about his research.
Nov 14, 2023 | Announcements, Fellows, India, News
India Fellow Rinan Shah speaks about looking forward to her upcoming year with the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University, at the Delhi office.
Nov 7, 2023 | Climate, India, News
Panelists gathered at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Longfellow Hall last Friday for an event on the “Future of Cities” in a warming world said the topic is particularly relevant this year, when global temperatures soared to new records.
Nov 7, 2023 | Faculty, In Region, India, News
Professor Richard Wolf’s office holds a story. The walls of his space, located in towering Memorial Hall, are covered with instruments from South and Central Asia and Africa. These include nearly a dozen vinas that he maintains in fine playing condition for his...
