SAI hosts artist Basir Mahmood
This week, SAI welcomed Basir Mahmood, an artist based in Lahore, Pakistan, to Harvard as the second Visiting Artist, as part of SAI’s Arts Program.
Category : Pakistan
Dec. 16-18: SAI and Aman Foundation to host conference on Mental Health in Karachi
The conference aims to identify existing challenges, best practices, and innovations around mental health relief efforts in the wake of natural and manmade disasters.
Q+A: Basir Mahmood
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.
Alum Q+A: Using entrepreneurship to impact education in Pakistan
Imran Sarwar, Harvard Kennedy School alum, is the co-founder of Rabtt, which aims to change the education landscape in Pakistan.
Earthquake in South Asia
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.
Who owns big data?
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...
Fellow profile: Javed Younas
While at Harvard, Dr. Younas will focus his research on two areas: 1) The connection between education and political violence, and 2) the perspectives of the recipient country in situations where donor countries provide grants and loans.
Winter Session Grant Deadline: October 16
SAI offers research, internship, and language study grants to Harvard graduate students and Harvard College undergraduate students for the winter session.
Webinar: Understanding human life through data
SAI hosted its first webinar of the semester on September 15 titled ‘Using Cell Phones to Study Behavior: From Individuals to Entire Nations’ with JP Onnela, HSPH.
Fall 2015 webinar series: Using Mobile Technology to Change Societies
The first webinar, on September 15, will focus on using cell phones to study behavior.
Call for applications: Program for Emerging Artists from South Asia
SAI welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in discourse with students and faculty on critical issues.
2015 Student Summer Grants
SAI has awarded 35 grants for 2015 summer and research, internship, and language study in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.