SAI seeks a Communications Intern
SAI is seeking a Communications Intern to help with our communications and outreach efforts.
SAI is seeking a Communications Intern to help with our communications and outreach efforts.
Todd Shea arrived in Pakistan after the devastating earthquake of 2005. He has stayed there since and has established a budding healthcare system in the beautiful Swat Valley of Pakistan. Start off your weekend with amazing music from South Asia, while helping support the healthcare system in Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Malala Yousafzai’s, hometown.
Rohit Chandra, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School, had an article published in the Hindu Business Line last week entitled “Changing Power Structures.”
Happy Diwali from the South Asia Institute
On October 28th and October 29th, the South Asia Institute hosted its Annual Mahindra Lecture featuring photographer Raghu Rai. He provided refreshing and honest commentary about his photography, as well as shared his take on everything from politics to religion. On both days, he took time to respond to questions from the audience about his photography and his career in India.
What is the biggest hurdle that entrepreneurs are facing in India? Bloomberg TV India’s Mini Menon speaks to Professor Tarun Khanna, bestselling author and the Director of Harvard’s South Asia Institute.
Eck invites Harvard alumni and friends to join her in New York City for a conversation about her most recent book, Sacred Geographies: India and the US, which is a culmination of more than a decade’s work.
Congratulations to Professor Michael Witzel, Wales Professor of Sanskrit, Department of South Asian Studies, for being named a 2013 Cabot Fellow for his paper “The Origins of the World’s Mythologies.”
Based on seven months of research in Pakistan, visits to more than 140 Muslim charities, and conversations with hundreds of providers and beneficiaries, Professor Candland’s paper explores the intersections of private and public provision of public goods and the consequences for government legitimacy and for citizenship.
SAI will be hosting its Mahindra Lecture featuring Photographer Raghu Rai on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29. In the last 18 years, Rai has specialized in extensive coverage of India. He has produced more than 18 books, including Raghu Rai’s Delhi, The Sikhs, Calcutta, Khajuraho, Taj Mahal, Tibet in Exile, India, and Mother Teresa. Rai was awarded the ‘Padmashree’ in 1971, one of India’s highest civilian awards ever given to a photographer. In 1992, his National Geographic cover story “Human Management of Wildlife in India” won him widespread critical acclaim for the piece.