Category : Faculty
Mar 19, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Students
The 2015 Annual Symposium will bring together scholars and practitioners for a series of workshops on SAI’s ongoing research projects and see the launch of an exhibit and book on Mapping the Ephemeral City: Kumbh Mela 2013.
Mar 17, 2015 | Faculty, News
By Abhishek Rahman, MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School; SAI Student Coordinator The context in which the conversations on secularism have been happening for the past twenty years in India are crucial to understanding what it means to live in a democratic,...
Mar 12, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
In an interview with SAI, Jahangir discusses women’s empowerment, freedom of expression, and Pakistan’s complicated political relationships with India and the US. Jahangir delivered the Asia Center’s Tsai Lecture on Mar. 4
Mar 12, 2015 | Faculty, News, Students
The conference hosted over 100 speakers and more than 600 guests. The theme of the conference, India’s Path to Global Leadership, included panels that covered a range of topics from healthcare to education to investing and finance.
Mar 11, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Pakistan, Students
By Mehjabeen Zameer, M.Ed Candidate in International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education; SAI Student Coordinator On Wednesday, March 4, renowned Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, spoke about the state of Pakistan moving from one crisis...
Mar 9, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Students
A lecture at Harvard by Milan Vaishnav, associate in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as part of the South Asian Politics seminar series
Mar 6, 2015 | Alumni, Bangladesh, Community, Faculty, In Region, India, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
The Murty Classical Library of India hopes to introduce a vast corpus of literature, thought, and science to fresh audiences across the world. “It’s completely transformative,” said Parimal Patil, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies and SAI Steering Committee member.
Feb 17, 2015 | Blog, Community, Faculty, In Region, India, Students
Emerging demographic, economic and dietary factors suggest that a large burden of preventable illness is poised to develop in India requiring training for a new cadre of Indian nutrition scientists. There is a great need for nutrition researchers in the country, but...
Feb 9, 2015 | Faculty, News, Students
The program, located in India in summer 2015, provides Harvard undergraduates an opportunity to examine the use of mobile technology in to deliver services in the areas of education, health, agriculture, and banking. Deadline to apply: Monday, February 28, 2015 (new deadline).
Jan 28, 2015 | Faculty, Fellows, News, South Asia in the News, Students
Here is a look back at SAI’s most-viewed news articles from last semester.
Jan 24, 2015 | Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
This interview was originally published on Livemint.com. Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School, where he has studied and worked with multinational and indigenous companies and investors in emerging markets worldwide. He is also...
Jan 21, 2015 | Blog, Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
In an op-ed for The Boston Globe, SAI Steering Committee member Nicholas Burns, HKS, explains how President Obama’s visit to India for Republic Day is an important symbolic gesture that may kickstart the revival both countries have been looking for.
