Category : Faculty
Nov 24, 2014 | Faculty, News, South Asia in the News
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...
Nov 20, 2014 | Faculty, In Region, India, News, Pakistan
“The goal of triage is doing the greatest good for the greatest number – it’s not doing everything you can for every patient,” Dr. Usha Periyanayagam explained, in SAI’s second webinar of the semester, on Nov. 19.
Nov 20, 2014 | Faculty, News, Students
A Harvard Gazette article looks at SAI Director Tarun Khanna’s Gen Ed course, which spans disciplines to address social, economic challenges in South Asia.
Nov 14, 2014 | Faculty, News
SAI is saddened to hear the news that John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Health, SEAS, and SAI Steering Committee member, passed away on November 12, 2014. John was a passionate scholar with a deep dedication to water issues and development.
Nov 12, 2014 | Faculty, News
This article originally appeared in the Harvard Crimson. By Caleb O. Shelburne, Crimson Contributing Writer Drawing from first-hand research, professor Vikram C. Bhatt discussed urbanization in India on Monday evening at the Center for Government and International...
Nov 9, 2014 | Faculty, News
By Abhishek Rahman, MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School Beginning in the 1980s, Sri Lanka’s civil war tore communities apart. In 2009, the Sri Lankan army defeated the separatist guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a fierce battle that...
Nov 6, 2014 | Faculty, News
Nandan Nilekani, former Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) delivered the SAI Annual Mahindra Lecture on Nov. 3. During his tenure as chairman of UIDAI, Nilekani designed and implemented Aadhaar, a national biometric identification project wherein each Indian is issued a twelve-digit number that is unique to them.
Nov 3, 2014 | Faculty, News
By Ghazal Gulati and Divya Sooryakumar, International Education Policy Ed. M Candidates, Harvard Graduate School of Education Tara Béteille of the World Bank joined the South Asia Institute on Thursday, October 30th to discuss teacher accountability in India at an...
Oct 23, 2014 | Community, Faculty, In Region, News
This article originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette By Jennifer Doody, Harvard Correspondent For Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and director of the South Asia Institute, aspiring entrepreneurs could learn a lot from...
Oct 10, 2014 | Bangladesh, Faculty, In Region, India, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
The Harvard South Asia Institute is thrilled to hear the news that Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their incredible efforts in improving the lives of children worldwide.
Oct 9, 2014 | Faculty, In Region, India, News
Nutrition is crucial to global health. 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...
Oct 7, 2014 | Faculty, News
Beginning October 30, SAI’s Director, Tarun Khanna, HBS, SAI Director, with Sue Goldie, HSPH, will offer the first of a series of HarvardX courses on South Asia. This 12 week course is free and open to the public.
