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Photos posted on SAI’s Kumbh Mela site!

Photos posted on SAI’s Kumbh Mela site! https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/kumbh-mela/ We have posted a first batch of photos from the trip, and will be updating photos regularly!Filed under: All, Photos

FXB Team Back at the Mela

February 5th Today, the second team from the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights arrived at the Kumbh Nagri to continue to study the public health implications of the Kumbh Mela. The public health team that visited the Mela along with the rest of th…

Some Reflections

It is a bit surreal to think that we have already been back to Cambridge, back to classes and meetings and syllabi, for a whole week. By comparison, the few days we spent at the Kumbh Mela pursuing our various forms research somehow seem more meaningfu…

Draft comments about learning – Wall Street Journal

(I drafted these comments in response to a query from Wall St. Journal Asia – John) Q: I’m writing about the Kumbh Mela for the Wall Street Journal and I wondered if I could ask you about your visit there? I read your interesting article in…

Mapping the Mela in the Media

Over the past few months, media outlets across the globe have captured Harvard’s project on the Kumbh.  Below is a snapshot of the media coverage.  The South Asia Institute at Harvard is collecting these and will keep posting them as newer arti…

HSPH students in Bangladesh

On January 19th, SAI and Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) co-hosted an afternoon tea to introduce visiting Harvard School of Public Health students to Harvard alumni and local leaders in development and education.  The students shared their reflections on a...

Toilets, Poop, and Sanitation at the Kumbh Mela

By Stephanie Cheng, PharmD, MPH Candidate 2013 – Harvard School of Public Health When I found out that I was going to the Kumbh Mela to map toilets and sanitation at the Kumbh, I wouldn’t say I was exactly jumping for joy and cringed slightly a…

Q&A for “International Business” magazine

Questions from reporter (via Meena): Q: The HBS team has just spent time at a completely unique event. Understanding that your research is not complete, can you share any initial impressions about the research experience, especially given all of the pr…

Learning entrepreneurship from South Asia

“When it comes to innovation, I think there is no place better than Harvard to start work on an important initiative,” said Viroopa Volla ’14, who is helping to launch Impact, a magazine about social entrepreneurship written exclusively by students....

Learn About SAI’s Grant Opportunities

Learn About SAI’s Grant Opportunities
SAI has grant opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students, for both research and internships. Learn more by visiting our Students page, where we have information on how to apply, as well as reports from past students who have received SAI grants. Don’t...