Tarun Khanna’s Contemporary South Asia – Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems is helping a broad cross-section of students from across the University develop an understanding of the complex social structures that make up present day South Asia.
This past weekend, South Asia Institute’s 2013 Prasad Fellowhip grant recipients gathered for a lunch along, with Mukesh Prasad and several 2012 recipients, to share stories and experiences from their time abroad.
Over 100 students, faculty, and staff gathered for SAI’s 2nd annual Chaat Party in the CGIS Concourse.
The Indian economy has been teetering on the brink for the past few months. The most manifest of these problems has been the crash of the Indian rupee, which has shown a decline of approximately 20% against the US dollar in a short period of time. Tarun Khanna, Director of the South Asia Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play.
As part of a yearlong education seminar series, Professor Lant Pritchett of the Harvard Kennedy School presented on critical issues in education policy implementation and ineffective schools, drawing heavily on his research in India.
September 20 at 11am – September 22 at 5pm
The spirit of collaboration and community that made this year’s Kumbh Mela festival so successful was on vivid display at the workshop on August 29 and 30 at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Tarun Khanna’s innovative teaching experiment, ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ has begun its third year this fall.
The Harvard Alumni Association will offer several upcoming trips to South Asia, including faculty led trips to Bhutan, Tamil Nadu, and Myanmar.