Category : Faculty
New Asia related E-Resources at Harvard
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.
David Bloom named Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Congratulations to David Bloom, SAI Steering Committee member, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who was named one of 32 inaugural Andrew Carnegie Fellows.
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.
Faculty Q+A: Temporary religious landscapes in Latin America and South Asia
The Research Project on the Ephemeral City, lead by professor Rahul Mehrotra, GSD, has been engaged in documenting and systematically compiling different forms of temporary urbanism in South Asia, Latin America and worldwide.
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
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.
SAI Director Tarun Khanna named 2014 HBR McKinsey Award Finalist
Khanna wins for for “Contextual Intelligence,” an article about managerial knowledge.