Category : News
Oct 29, 2014 | Blog, News
By Abhishek Rahman, MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School Suketu Mehta, a journalist and fiction writer, visited Harvard University last week to deliver three lectures to sold-out audiences at the Graduate School of Design, all on the topic of ‘The Secret Life...
Oct 23, 2014 | Blog, India, News, South Asia in the News
What is next on the agenda for India? Read what Jaganath Sankaran, a postdoctoral research associate at the National Security Education Center at Los Alamos National Laboratories say about the future of India’s space program.
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 21, 2014 | Community, News
The South Asia Institute wishes everyone a happy and prosperous Diwali.
Oct 20, 2014 | Students
Dr. Pukar Malla (MPA 2011), Founder and Executive Director of Nepal Ko Yuwa (NKY, translated as ‘Youth of Nepal’) and Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, will focus his talk on the possibilities of building a new Nepal by leveraging the collective talent, passion and energy of local and global Nepali youth
Oct 20, 2014 | Community, News, Students
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Oct 12, 2014 | Fellows, News
The SAI Research Affiliates Program supports researchers and faculty each year at Harvard whose area of interest is South Asia.
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 10, 2014 | Blog, News
This is the second blog post in a series from students enrolled in the course ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ taught by SAI Director Tarun Khanna. The course features several modules on issues facing...
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 9, 2014 | News, Students
Radhika Blinderman, PhD Candidate, Department of South Asian Studies, comes to Harvard after 13 years of Sanskrit study, and plans to analyze the most innovative figure in the philosophy of Indian language.
Oct 8, 2014 | News, Students
Hungama, the largest South Asian dance party on campus, was held on Saturday, October 4th in Lowell House Dining Hall. The event was hosted by Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu Student Association, provides Harvard students with the opportunity to learn about and participate in...
