Category : News
Concept of Global Lawyer and Future of Legal Education Conference
Center for Law and Policy (CLP) hosted the second conference of Global Trends in Legal Education (GTLE), titled “Concept of Global Lawyer and Future of Legal Education,” on December, 15 2012 at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, Lahore. The conference was designed to...
SAI Grants Open House A Success!
SAI’s Grant Open House, held on Monday December 10, featured presentations from eight students who went to South Asia this summer to conduct research or intern at one of the 49 different organizations SAI has partnered with in the region. Nishin Nathwani...
Shiv Nadar Visits Harvard
On Thursday, December 6, Shiv Nadar, Founder and Chairman of HCL Technologies and the Shiv Nadar Foundation, Nikhil Sinha, Founding Vice-Chancellor of Shiv Nadar University and Senior Advisor of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, and Saurav Adhikari, President – Corporate...
SAI Winter Gathering
The South Asia Institute Winter Gathering was held on Tuesday, December 4. Performers included Harvard Bhangra and Charun Thattai, a carnatic whistler. Students and other members of the SAI community gathered to share food and celebrate the conclusion of a fantastic...
Best of Harvard in India Round Table on Accountability and Governance
The South Asia Institute, in collaboration with the Harvard Business School India Research Centre, as part of the ‘Best of Harvard in India’ series of round tables on “Accountability & Governance” hosted a second roundtable...
The Tameer Story: An Asian Response to Grassroots Challenges.
November 27, 2012 – Nadeem Hussain, Founder, President and CEO, Tameer Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Pakistan discussed the financial revolution which the Tameer Bank is bringing to Pakistan by financially empowering people at the grassroots level, including...
Indian Education As Seen By An American Educator on His First Trip To India
In January – February 2012, accompanied by his wife Ellen Winner and his son Andrew Gardner, both educators, Howard Gardner, Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education made a seven city, three and one half week trip to India. To...
TiE Delhi-NCR and Omidyar Network Host Affordable Healthcare Summit
November 30, 2012 – Speakers include David Bangsberg, Director of International Programs at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the International Program for the Harvard University...
BYLC Leadership Workshop Graduation Ceremony – Dhaka
Participants of a three-day national workshop on leadership developed and offered by Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), the country’s first leadership institute, and supported by the Canadian High Commission in Bangladesh, were awarded certificates at a...
Apply for an Internship at SAI
SAI seeks a Communications and Outreach Intern, who will help to maintain the South Asia Initiative website and to develop and distribute outreach and marketing materials, including social media, at the South Asia Initiative. Students interested in international...
Anwarul Quadir Foundation To Fund Student Internships in Bangladesh
SAI is pleased to announce that the Anwarul Quadir Foundation will support Fellowships for two Harvard students to travel each year to Bangladesh to intern at established business in Dhaka, to promote understanding in the Harvard community of the social and...