SAI Director Tarun Khanna named 2014 HBR McKinsey Award Finalist
Khanna wins for for “Contextual Intelligence,” an article about managerial knowledge.
Category : Faculty
From Eulogies to Euphoria: Redefining the Indo-US Relationship
The Indo-US relationship is not just defined by economic investment or a military partnership; it is increasingly becoming a combined strategic view. By Ghazal Gulati, Ed. M Candidate, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education...
April 16: Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity Book Launch and Exhibition
The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral MEGACITY book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at Harvard.
Annual Symposium: April 16 and 17, 2015
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.
Interpreting secularism in India
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,...
Q+A with Asma Jahangir
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
Highlights from the India Conference at Harvard
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.
Pakistan from crisis to crisis
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. 13: Understanding the Changing Indian Voter with Milan Vaishnav
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
A literary colossus
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.
Nutrition’s future leaders
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...
Summer Program: Mobile Technology and Big Data in India (New Deadline)
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).