Category : News
Dec 6, 2012 | News
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...
Dec 5, 2012 | Community, News, Students
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...
Dec 1, 2012 | In Region, India, News
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...
Nov 29, 2012 | News
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...
Nov 29, 2012 | News
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...
Nov 29, 2012 | Bangladesh, In Region, India, News
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...
Nov 29, 2012 | Bangladesh, News
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...
Nov 28, 2012 | News
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...
Nov 21, 2012 | Bangladesh, News
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...
Nov 21, 2012 | News
The South Asian Studies Department is hosting several upcoming lectures: Caste and Conflict in Contemporary Central India: Notes on the Political Theology of the Neighbor, Bhrigupati Singh, Brown University, Monday, Nov. 26th, 4-6:00pm, CGIS South, Belfer Case...
Nov 20, 2012 | News
Professor Anirban Adhya, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Lawrence Tech College of Architecture and Design’s talk used the temporal spectacle of the Durga Puja in Kolkata, India, as an articulation of the public sphere – as spaces where...
Nov 20, 2012 | News
SAI and the Office of International Education Announce Photo Contest Winners All undergraduate students who had an international experience in academic year 2011-12 and/or in summer 2012 were encouraged to participate in the Office of International Education...
