Boston Water Group discusses Delhi crisis
On March 15, SAI hosted a meeting of the Boston Water Group. The discussion focused on the Delhi water crisis and how similar infrastructure vulnerabilities exist across many cities, including Boston.
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Update from the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal: Lessons from Myanmar’s democratic process
At the recent meeting of the Harvard Alumni Group of Nepal, Bhojraj Pokharel, the former Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal, discussed lessons from Myanmar’s democratic evolution.
Dhaka Art Summit: Connecting Bangladesh and the world
The event brought together over 300 artists, curators, writers, and art professionals for exhibitions, lectures, film screenings, and panel discussions about art in the subcontinent.
Delhi Notebook: How the wedding syndrome could fix India
In a recent column for The Financial Times, Victor Mallet writes about how the Indian government manages one-off events but not longer-term projects, and cites SAI’s recently- published book on the Kumbh Mela.
“It’s time to raise our voices”
On February 3, SAI hosted a discussion on the issues surrounding the suicide of Rohith Vemula, and to express solidarity with student and faculty protesters at Hyderabad University.
SAI seeks a Hindi copy editor
This is a paid opportunity for a current Harvard student or recent alum.
SAI hosts women’s empowerment workshop
The Mumbai workshop, hosted with Tata Trusts, brought together 50 organizations that do groundbreaking work on issues like improving access to secondary education for young girls and addressing gender-based violence.
Education is becoming an extremist battleground in Pakistan
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.
Studying the Kumbh Mela from many perspectives
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.
South Asian Constitutionalism
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...
Update from the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal: How can education in Nepal be improved?
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...
Technology and South Asia
SAI’s third annual publication is a collection of essays from diverse disciplines about the evolution of technology in the region.