Category : Community
Mar 17, 2014 | Community
On April 4, 2014, the Educators for Teaching India (EFTI) will host a conference at Harvard to bring together high school and middle school educators who are interested in teaching courses about India and South Asia. The theme for the sixth annual conference is ‘Women in India: Negotiating Tradition and Modernity.’
Feb 27, 2014 | Community, India, News, Students
Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is an international basketball program in India committed to the teaching of the sport and to providing educational opportunities for its participants. Based in Chennai, India, Crossover uses basketball as a tool to help kids succeed in the classroom.
Feb 13, 2014 | Community, India, News
By introducing global content, Primary Source shapes the way teachers and students learn, so that their knowledge is deeper and their thinking is flexible and open to inquiry. Because of SAI’s funding, a new online course about India was developed.
Nov 21, 2013 | Community, News
On Thursday, November 14th, SAI traveled to New York City for the second annual SAI in New York event. Fifty faculty, alumni, and friends of Harvard gathered at the home of Chandni and Mukesh Prasad for a conversation with Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion...
Oct 2, 2013 | Community, Students
The Boston Children’s Museum and the Harvard India Student Group seek volunteers to help with the Diwali Celebration at the Museum on Sunday, October 27 from 10 – 3:30 pm.
Sep 10, 2013 | Community, Pakistan, Students
On Friday, 16 August 2013, Center for Law and Policy hosted a talk by Laila Kasuri, a recent graduate from Harvard College with a concentration in environmental sciences and engineering, titled “A Decision Support System for Flood Risk Reduction in the Indus...
Aug 22, 2013 | Bangladesh, Community, In Region, India, News, Pakistan
On July 26, Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Divinity by the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, at its graduation ceremonies in London.
Aug 7, 2013 | Bangladesh, Community, In Region, India, News, Pakistan, Students
The South Asia Institute has held several alumni events this summer, connecting alums with current and incoming students and faculty in Dhaka, Delhi, Karachi, and Lahore.
Aug 7, 2013 | Bangladesh, Community, In Region, News, Students
Dhaka, Bangladesh On July 17, SAI organized a casual dinner in Dhaka for local Harvard community with Professor Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. Professor Cash is a visiting lecturer at the James P. Grant School of Public Health at...
Jul 22, 2013 | Community, In Region, India, News, Students
The South Asia Institute offered an Immersion Program for SAI grant recipients to get an in-depth look into organizations and NGOs in and around Delhi.
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...
Apr 16, 2013 | Community
The South Asian community is rallying around Nalini Ambady, a Stanford professor who previously taught at Tufts and Harvard. She has leukemia, is in need of an urgent bone marrow transplant, and, almost certainly needs a South Asian to provide the appropriate genetic...
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