The Harvard India Students Group invites everyone to celebrate the festival of lights in grand style at the Harvard-wide Diwali Night 2013 on November 10, 2013. For the very first time, HISG is bringing together all schools at Harvard for a university-wide Diwali celebration you wouldn’t want to miss.
SAI’s Open House event on Tuesday, November 5th was the perfect way to wrap up the 2013 student funding cycle and move into our 2014 opportunities. The open house gave interested students a forum to learn about SAI’s undergraduate and graduate research, internship, and entrepreneur grant opportunities.
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.”