Last semester’s most popular content
Here is a look back at SAI’s most-viewed news articles from last semester.
Category : Faculty
Livemint Q+A: Entrepreneruship in India
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...
A US-India comeback?
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.
The City and South Asia
In SAI’s second annual publication, The City and South Asia, experts from a variety of fields, at both Harvard and elsewhere, have come together to hold up a cross-disciplinary lens to urban centers in South Asia.
Spring 2015 South Asia courses at Harvard
Harvard University will offer many courses with South Asia related content in the spring 2015 semester.
Addressing gender norms through education
On January 9, 2015, SAI co-hosted a day-long seminar on “Addressing Gender Norms through Education: Developing and Implementing Adolescent Curriculum” in New Delhi.
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Teaching in Pakistan as an Act of Love and Courage
‘This cowardly act underscores the importance, indeed the urgency, of the cause of education for all” writes Fernando Reimers, HGSE, SAI Steering Committee member.
Ayesha Jalal: The Struggle for Pakistan
In a SAI Book Talk on Dec. 3, renowned Pakistani historian Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University, spoke about her new book and highlighted the need for a comprehensive historical interpretation of Pakistan’s narrative and encouraged members of the audience to view the history of the country through a geopolitical lens rather than a religious one.
Philanthropy’s role in South Asia and the US
By Abhishek Rahman, MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School Are corporations improving their environmental, social and governance footprint? According to the panelists at a SAI Special Event on November 18th titled ‘The Use of Philanthropy and Corporate Social...
Thank you!
This Thanksgiving, the South Asia Institute would like to thank our supporters all over the world and at Harvard, without whom we would not be able to fulfill our mission of advancing and deepening research on global issues in South Asia.
Access to sanitation and women’s rights
By Ghazal Gulati and Divya Sooryakumar, Ed. M Candidates, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education “We have a moral imperative to end open defecation and a duty to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape simply because...