Category : News
Apr 30, 2013 | India, News
Click here to register for this event. 2:45-3:00pm Welcome and Introduction 3:00- 4:00pm Understanding the Indian Educational Landscape India’s educational system is failing its children, and the implications for economic development are...
Apr 29, 2013 | News
The South Asia Without Borders symposium took place on April 25 & 26 at the Inn at Harvard. The event featured discussions on caste, gender, social entrepreneurship, and constitutionalism. Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Chair of the...
Apr 22, 2013 | News
This symposium will focus on the remarkable contributions of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences to our understanding of South Asia. South Asia Without Borders explores large-scale economic history, caste and race, gender and human rights, social...
Apr 17, 2013 | India, News
On Tuesday April 16, the Finance Minister of India, P. Chidambaram visited the Harvard campus for a set of events sponsored by the South Asia Institute and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard. Finance Minister Chidambaram first attended a luncheon with members...
Apr 17, 2013 | News
Registration for the 2013 Symposium is now closed. Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s Harvard without Borders: Mapping the Kumbh Mela panel speaker will be Shri Jawed Usmani (Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Government-India) in place of Shri Akhilesh Yadav...
Apr 16, 2013 | Community
The South Asian community is rallying around Nalini Ambady, a Stanford professor who previously taught at Tufts and Harvard. She has leukemia, is in need of an urgent bone marrow transplant, and, almost certainly needs a South Asian to provide the appropriate genetic...
Apr 12, 2013 | Community, India
Educators for Teaching India welcomed high school teachers from around the country to their fifth annual conference “Democracy in India: Past, Present, Future,” on April 12. Since it’s founding five years ago, EFTI’s primary goal has been to...
Apr 8, 2013 | News, Students
In conclusion of their tenure as Graduate Student Associates, the SAI GSAs hosted a mini conference last week to showcase key insights from their research on South Asia. The GSA program fits into SAI’s broader goal of creating a platform of connectivity for students,...
Apr 4, 2013 | News
April 4, 2013 at MIT On the basis of more than a decade of research and practical experience in emerging markets, Tarun Khanna will discuss obstacles facing start-ups in emerging markets and whether incubators can impact the success of a new venture. Issues covered...
Mar 25, 2013 | Bangladesh, India, News, Pakistan
The India & South Asia Program at Harvard Kennedy School announces the Harvard South Asia week from April 8 to 12. Speakers include Cameron Munter, former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary to India, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior...
Mar 25, 2013 | News
The “Future of Afghanistan” conference, co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s India & South Asia Program, the Future of Diplomacy Project, and the Harvard South Asia Institute, is a daylong conference that seeks to answer important questions about the...
Mar 15, 2013 | India, News
Mr. Sam Pitroda Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation was the Keynote Speaker on the first day of the Harvard India Conference 2013 held jointly at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. He was in...
