Internship opportunities at SAI
The South Asia Institute is looking for 2 student interns for the Fall 2014 semester, with a possibility of extending into the Spring 2015 Semester.
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SAI Summer Film Series
Join SAI this summer for our annual Summer Film Series! Each Thursday, SAI will screen a different film from South Asia. These screenings are free and open to the community.
Conference explores Bangladesh garment industry
The day-long conference had over thirty speakers, ranging from politicians to representatives from the garment industry. There was representation from organizations such as BRAC, the United Nations, and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Over the course of six sessions, the speakers focused on different issues and topics relating to the garment industry.
Bangladesh Development Conference 2014
Read the full report here. On Saturday, June 14, 2014, SAI is co-sponsoring the 2014 Bangladesh Development Conference, titled ‘Globalization and Sustainability of Bangladesh Garment Industry.’ The objective of this year’s conference is to explore the...
Jacqueline Bhabha speaks to CCTV about gender violence in India
Bhabha, along with Akshay Mangla, Harvard Business School, and Diane Rosenfeld, HLS, is a co- leader of SAI’s Harvard Gender Violence Project, which aims to elevate the status of South Asian women by engaging societies to reject violence and foster respect for all people.
Stay connected with SAI this summer!
Will you be traveling in South Asia this summer? If so, SAI wants to share your experience! There are many ways to stay connected with SAI.
Congrats, Class of 2014!
Commencement exercises were held at Harvard University on May 29, 2014. Former SAI students, including student coordinators, Graduate Student Associates, and grant recipients received degrees from various Harvard schools.
2014-2015 Faculty Grants
SAI offers research and travel grants for Harvard faculty working in fields related to South Asia to promote South Asian studies across the University, and to stimulate interdisciplinary research.
David Barron confirmed to U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals
Congratulations to David J. Barron, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law, Harvard Law School and SAI Steering Committee member, on being confirmed by the full Senate for a seat on the bench of the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Gender and the Indian election
Of the 543 MPs who were elected to the 16th Lok Sabha, 61 are women. Although this is the highest number of women MPs elected in history, these women will make up only 11 percent of the political body. On Thursday, May 8, SAI hosted a webinar about the role of women...
Many languages of South Asian poetry
On May 17, 2014, Harvard was reverberating with echoes of poets from different regions of South Asia at the 18th annual South Asian Poets Meeting. Each year, this event attracts poetic talents and wonderful pieces of poetry from diverse regions of South Asia. Twenty-seven poets from India, Bangladesh and Nepal participated in this year’s event. Among the participants from India, there were Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kashmiri, Kannada, Malayali and Oriya recitations.
Farewell dinner for SAI’s Aman Fellow
On Friday, May 16, SAI friends and affiliates gathered in CGIS at a farewell dinner for SAI’s Aman Fellow Muhammad Zahir. With delicious Pakistani food, the dinner provided Zahir the opportunity to thank everyone who had helped him during the course of his fellowship....