Oct 1, 2014 | Blog, News
This is the first 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...
Sep 29, 2014 | Blog, Faculty, India, News
This article originally appeared on the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology website. By Sophie Blum Annie Arrighi-Allisan (Harvard College, Class of 2015) applied to the Harvard-Bangalore Science Initiative (HBSI) because, “as a neurobiology student, I...
Sep 25, 2014 | Fellows, News
In a Q+A, SAI’s 2014-15 South Asian Studies Fellow Anand Vaidya explains his interdisciplinary research on the politics conservation in India, and why India is the best place in the world to study the social sciences. SAI: Could you talk a little about...
Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, News
By Mehjabeen Zameer, Ed.M Candidate, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education; SAI Student Coordinator On Tuesday, September 23, Munis Faruqui, Associate Professor, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California...
Sep 23, 2014 | Arts Program, Blog, Faculty, News
On Friday, Sept. 19, SAI held its inaugural event of the SAI Arts Initiative, with a seminar that explored the role of arts in social change. Cara Moyer-Duncan, Emerson College, and actress Nandita Das discussed the use of cinema in Africa and South Asia as a tool for social activism.
Sep 18, 2014 | News
Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the MIT Center for International Studies.
Sep 18, 2014 | Bangladesh, Faculty, India, News, Pakistan
Join the South Asia Institute for three interactive webinar events with Harvard University Fellows on Disaster Management and Emergency Response.
Sep 17, 2014 | News, Students
What do you know about Myanmar? A group of Harvard College students hopes to spark dialogues about a country that seems mysterious to many. The newly formed Harvard Students for Myanmar is a group of undergraduates who are from Burma, have an academic interest in the...
Sep 16, 2014 | Graduate Student Associates, News, Students
SAI’s Graduate Student Associates (GSAs) are doctoral students from various departments at Harvard whose research focuses on South Asia.
Sep 11, 2014 | Faculty, News
The potential of mobile technology to change society was examined in an Exploratory Seminar titled ‘Using Cellphones to Change Societies’ hosted by SAI and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on September 4 and 5, 2014.
Sep 11, 2014 | Students
The Harvard School of Public Health will be offering two courses for students to travel to South Asia in January.
Deadline to apply: Friday, September 19, 11:59 PM
Sep 11, 2014 | News, Students
SAI is excited to welcome three new students to serve as student coordinators for the 2014-2015 academic year. Interns play a vital role in SAI’s operations, including helping with SAI’s Grant Program, assisting with digital outreach efforts, organizing...
