Category : News
Mar 19, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Students
The 2015 Annual Symposium will bring together scholars and practitioners for a series of workshops on SAI’s ongoing research projects and see the launch of an exhibit and book on Mapping the Ephemeral City: Kumbh Mela 2013.
Mar 19, 2015 | Fellows, News
As a Senior Visiting Fellow, Dilip will focus on how migration, remittances, and diaspora investments can be harnessed for the development of nations.
Mar 18, 2015 | Alumni, In Region, Nepal, News
On March 10, the Harvard Alumni Group of Nepal held a talk in Kathmandu with Dr. Swarnim Wagle, HKS alum and Member of the National Planning Commission of Nepal.
Mar 17, 2015 | Faculty, News
By Abhishek Rahman, MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School; SAI Student Coordinator The context in which the conversations on secularism have been happening for the past twenty years in India are crucial to understanding what it means to live in a democratic,...
Mar 13, 2015 | Community, News
The series at the GSD will feature Parinda, Black Friday, Lunchbox, and Mumbai Mari Jaan.
Mar 12, 2015 | News
SAI concluded its three-part webinar series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response on Tuesday, March 10 with a presentation by Payal Modi, MD, MPH, Fellow, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Harvard Medical School,...
Mar 12, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
In an interview with SAI, Jahangir discusses women’s empowerment, freedom of expression, and Pakistan’s complicated political relationships with India and the US. Jahangir delivered the Asia Center’s Tsai Lecture on Mar. 4
Mar 12, 2015 | Faculty, News, Students
The conference hosted over 100 speakers and more than 600 guests. The theme of the conference, India’s Path to Global Leadership, included panels that covered a range of topics from healthcare to education to investing and finance.
Mar 11, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Pakistan, Students
By Mehjabeen Zameer, M.Ed Candidate in International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education; SAI Student Coordinator On Wednesday, March 4, renowned Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, spoke about the state of Pakistan moving from one crisis...
Mar 9, 2015 | Community, Faculty, News, Students
A lecture at Harvard by Milan Vaishnav, associate in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as part of the South Asian Politics seminar series
Mar 6, 2015 | Alumni, Bangladesh, Community, Faculty, In Region, India, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
The Murty Classical Library of India hopes to introduce a vast corpus of literature, thought, and science to fresh audiences across the world. “It’s completely transformative,” said Parimal Patil, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies and SAI Steering Committee member.
Mar 5, 2015 | Alumni, Blog, Community, In Region, News, South Asia in the News
“We are leveraging the power of the American consumer economy to increase stability in Afghanistan,” says Keith Alaniz, a US Army veteran, who co-founded Rumi Spice with several HBS alums.