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Vanishing commons
Former SAI Graduate Student Associate Namita Wahi helped organize a conference in Delhi recently, as part of the “Land Rights, Environmental Protection and Inclusive Development in India” project that she is leading.
The political situation in India
On February 19, 2014 SAI hosted a Social Enterprise Seminar in partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Design, titled ‘The Emerging Political Situation in India’ with Sunil Khilnani, Avantha Professor and Director, King’s India Institute at King’s College...
China-India Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality?
Is the perceived space race between India and China a reality, or just rhetoric? Read what Jaganath Sankaran of Harvardf Kennedy School and Bharath Gopalaswamy, of the South Asia Center, Atlantic Council think.
The power of basketball
Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is an international basketball program in India committed to the teaching of the sport and to providing educational opportunities for its participants. Based in Chennai, India, Crossover uses basketball as a tool to help kids succeed in the classroom.
‘Urban planning and disaster management’ in The News on Sunday
‘Urban planning and disaster management’ an article by Beena Sarwar about the Contemporary South Asian City Conference was published in The News on Sunday. Sarward interviewed Rahul Mehrotra of the Graduate School of Design and Jennifer Leaning of the School of Public Health, to share their experiences at the conference in Karachi.
Tarun Khanna in conversation with Pratap Mehta at the Harvard India Conference
On February 15, 2014, The Harvard India Conference opened at the Harvard Business School with a Q&A session between Tarun Khanna, the Director of the South Asia Institute and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, the...
Preserving a culture through language
Harvard is a long way from rural Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, but that hasn’t stopped Maung Nyeu, currently an Ed.D. candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, from trying to make a difference for children there. SAI talked with Nyeu about his work with Our Golden Hour, a nonprofit working to improve educational opportunities for indigenous children in Bangladesh and to preserve indigenous culture through education.
SAI Executive Director speaks at HPAIR conference
On February 17, SAI Executive Director Meena Hewett spoke at the annual Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Conference held at Harvard University and the Ritz-Carlton in Boston. By bringing together student delegates from all over the...
Primary Source: Promoting global studies in the classroom
By introducing global content, Primary Source shapes the way teachers and students learn, so that their knowledge is deeper and their thinking is flexible and open to inquiry. Because of SAI’s funding, a new online course about India was developed.
SAI Executive Director Meena Hewett to speak at HPAIR Conference
Meena Hewett has been invited to speak at the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations’ annual conference, which will take place from February 14-17, 2014 at Harvard University. This year’s theme is ‘The Many Faces of Asia: Shaping Identities in a Dynamic World.’
Harvard faculty share corporate social responsibility lessons with leaders in Mumbai
SAI collaborated with the World Bank to organize a four-day Executive Development Program titled “Non-State Players in Human Development – Achieving India’s Goals” in Mumbai from February 3rd to February 6th, 2014 with professors Kash Rangan of HBS, Tarun Khanna of SAI and HBS, and Ashish Nanda of HLS.