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SAI has released its inaugural publication about health challenges and innovations in South Asia. Click here to view the digital book.

This year the Frugal Innovation Forum will focus on two hot topics in development: data and mobile money. The agenda is action packed, with a welcome dinner and two days of debates, Ted style talks, workshops and plenty of time for networking. Participants include leading practitioners, researchers and activists working on digital financial services and data.

Tarun Khanna, Director of the South Asia Institute and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School spoke to Business Today about how Indian companies can work with colleges to nurture talent.

SAI organized a talk in Kolkata, India by Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, followed by an interactive session and lunch. The event, generously hosted by Gaurav and Parul Swarup at their elegant Alipur home, was well attended by Harvard alumni from Kolkata, as well as friends of the Swarup family.

Harvard University will be well-represented at the upcoming Contemporary South Asian City Conference (Pakistan Urban Forum). Harvard is sending a team of scholars, students and doctors to represent Harvard at the mega-conference.

The Club’s Annual Dinner will feature Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif as the keynote speaker.

Around 50 students, faculty, and friends of SAI gathered and shared delicious South Asian food and fun music.

SAI is excited to welcome Teri McGuane as Staff Assistant. Teri will be responsible for support of the Executive Director, office support, processing financial reimbursements, event logistics, and travel arrangements for the organization.

Organized by the Harvard Club of Chennai and the HBS Club of India, the event was attended by 20 graduates from across the different schools at Harvard.