Category : Fellows

The Mittal Institute’s Cambridge and New Delhi offices foster South Asian scholarship by hosting Fellows, Visiting Artist Fellows, and Graduate Student Associates. This spring 2026 we welcome three new researchers and two returning scholars.

The Mittal Institute is delighted to welcome Rose Sebastian—a researcher with longtime interests in cultural studies, critical museum studies, and modern India—as the Mittal Institute’s Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj Fellow. She is also a fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Science, Technology, and Society. Rose spoke with the Mittal Institute about her postdoctoral research project, where she is exploring science museums in post-independence India.

The Mittal Institute’s Cambridge and India offices foster South Asian scholarship by hosting Fellows and Visiting Artist Fellows. Our Fellows, who are scholars and practitioners, come to Harvard to pursue independent, self-directed research and engage with the university’s world-class resources. Visiting Artist Fellows are mid-career artists from across South Asia who spend two months on campus, collaborating with Harvard faculty and students as they explore the region’s social, political, cultural, and economic issues through art. In the 2025–26 academic year, we are delighted to welcome four new Fellows and one Visiting Artist Fellow.