Update from the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal
The members shared their stories of involvement in rescue and relief operations, and shared lessons and recommendations learned during the earthquakes.
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Ben Siegel wins Sardar Patel Award
Congrats to Ben Siegel, former SAI Graduate Student Associate, whose dissertation “Independent India of Plenty: Food, Hunger, and Nation-Building in Modern India” won the 2014 Sardar Patel Award for “the best doctoral dissertation on any aspect of modern India –...
Research spotlight: Mental health and disaster management
Global actors must work with communities to create local solutions for post-disaster mental health initiatives, according to panelists at SAI’s Annual Symposium.
India’s Prospects and Policy Challenges
By Ghazal Gulati, Ed. M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education, @GhazalGulati On May 1, 2015, the South Asia Institute (SAI) hosted an engaging and insightful conversation with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of...
New Asia related E-Resources at Harvard
New e-resources have been added to Databases @ Harvard Library this April: Afghanistan and the US, 1945-1963 : Records of US State Department Classified Files http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:auafghanistanusstate Afghanistan in 1919: The Third...
SAI welcomes new members to its Advisory Council
SAI is honored to announce that KP Balaraj, Sumir Chadha, and Chandni and Mukesh Prasad, are joining Harvard South Asia Institute (SAI) as the newest members of its Advisory Council.
Mobile Technology to Access Healthcare Services: Case Studies from the Global South
Read about the panel that showcased three real-world case studies of unique applications of mobile technology in the field of healthcare.
South Asia Week 2015
The Future of Diplomacy Project, in partnership with SAI, will be hosting its annual South Asia Week, beginning Friday, April, 24, featuring an impressive array of regional practitioners and experts on India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
South Asia: Local Solutions with Global Impact
SAI’s Annual Symposium on April 16 and 17, 2015 brought together scholars and practitioners for a series of workshops on SAI’s ongoing research projects.
Virtual tour: Temporary Landscapes of Religion in South Asia and Latin America
Take a virtual tour through the exhibit, which examines ephemeral configurations deployed to celebrate religious beliefs from the two regions. SAI is hosting a seminar on Wednesday, Apr. 22 about the exhibit.
Language for Metaphysics, Language for Politics: Some Lessons from Allama Prabhu’s vacanas
By Ghazal Gulati, Ed.M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education “Writing that cannot be erased, ought not to be written” – Allama Prabhu As part of its South Asia Without Borders Series, SAI hosted a seminar on Friday, April 3 with Dr. Prithvi Datta Chandra...
Transnational urbanism and postcolonial cities
In a SAI Urbanization seminar on March 31, Maristella Casciato, Canadian Centre for Architecture, discussed the challenges of postcolonialism for cities in South Asia.