Category : News
Sep 17, 2012 | News
True Business, a film about the Sikh culture of generosity and sharing through the tradition of their community kitchens asks us: what is the connection between food, faith and service? The Golden Temple of Amritsar, holiest shrine of the Sikh religion, serves a...
Sep 14, 2012 | Graduate Student Associates, News, Students
On Friday, September 14, SAI held a welcome meeting for the six Graduate Student Advisors: Mariam Chughtai, Bridget Hanna, Bilal Malik, Benjamin Siegel, Anand Vaidya and Namita Wahi. Parimal Patil Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Chair of the Department of...
Sep 11, 2012 | News
Conference on the Economic Aspects of Population Aging in China and India The Program on the Global Demography of Aging, the South Asia Initiative, the Asia Center, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Harvard China Fund, and the Weatherhead Center for International...
Sep 4, 2012 | News
Urbanization and Global Health Seminar Series: Students and faculty from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Graduate School of Design (GSD) came together to address a common issue in slum dwelling—the scarcity and poor conditions of public toilets in urban...
Aug 28, 2012 | News
SAI and the Harvard Film Archive are pleased to bring the Raj Kapoor Film Festival to Harvard from Friday, September 7 through Sunday, September 16, 2012. As a director, producer and star, Raj Kapoor (1924-88) became one of India’s leading filmmakers during the...
Aug 24, 2012 | Bangladesh, In Region, India, News, Pakistan
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Aug 20, 2012 | News
Diana Eck Writes In Response to Tragedy in Wisconsin SAI steering committee member Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, FAS and Member of the Faculty of Divinity, HDS published an editorial in the Dallas Morning News in response to the...
Aug 19, 2012 | In Region, India, News
Last ritual was performed in 1975 In 2011, SAI awarded a grant to Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science Wales Professor of Sanskrit, Michael Witzel, who traveled to Kerala with students to study an ancient and extremely rare ritual. To read the full report, click...
Aug 17, 2012 | India, News
Should the Right to Property Return? Namita Wahi, Harvard Law School and Center for Policy Research spoke on Friday, August 17 at the World Bank Office in New Delhi. She examined the checkered history of the constitutional property rights provision in order to provide...
Aug 15, 2012 | News
SAI is looking for creative, enthusiastic, and fun-loving Harvard students to join our team for the 2012-2013 academic year. Follow the links below to read full job descriptions and learn how to apply: Program Outreach Intern Job Description Student Services Intern...
Aug 10, 2012 | In Region, India, News, Students
SAI Founder’s Club Members Paresh Patel, CEO of Sandstone Capital and his wife Nirva Patel hosted a lunch for SAI student grantees in Mumbai at the Taj Wellington Mews. Read below for more information on the students. Rahim Mawji Rahim is a rising sophomore...
Aug 1, 2012 | Bangladesh, In Region, News
To further its presence in Bangladesh, Harvard’s South Asia Initiative is working with BRAC, a Bangladeshi organization recognized as a leader the world efforts to alleviate poverty. BRAC provides SAI with information from the frontlines, keeping it up-to-date...
