Category : News
Sep 6, 2023 | Arts Program, News, South Asia in the News
The “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE” exhibit tells the story of early Buddhist art through 125 objects dating from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Conceptualized by John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Met’s Department of Asian Art, the exhibit was a complex logistical exercise, with major loans—of which many are loaned for the first time—from India, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. We spoke with John Guy about the exhibit, and what it took to bring it to the public.
Sep 5, 2023 | Graduate Student Associates, News, Students
New fellows and GSAs, clockwise from top left: Anu Antony, Pradeep Choudhury, Sarthak Agarwal, Ronak Jain, Hansong Li, Vaishnavi Patil, Akhil Thomas, Tyler Richard, Pariroo Rattan, Kartik Srivastava, Gauri Jain, Hilton Simmet, Palak Gupta, Priya Sarma, Priyanka Sethy,...
Aug 30, 2023 | India, News, South Asia in the News
Business professor, South Asia specialist explains how relatively poor India with underfunded R&D became 1st to land rover on unexplored part of moon By Clea Simon Harvard Correspondentfor the Harvard Gazette It was a ground-breaking achievement on several levels....
Aug 16, 2023 | News
The Mittal Institute awarded funding to more than a dozen summer grant recipients, who have been busy pursuing fieldwork, language study, and research projects across all corners of the globe. Here are a few of their stories – for more accounts, stay...
Aug 16, 2023 | News, Students
Harvard offers a wide array of courses on South Asia, ranging from language to history, politics, economics, religion, and much more. Check out a selection of what is offered during Fall 2023. Please refer to the Course Catalog for the most up-to-date information. We...
May 24, 2023 | Community, Graduate Student Associates, In Region, News, Students
Summer is on the horizon and that means it’s a great time to catch up on a book (or two or three!). We spoke with some of the Mittal Institute’s Graduate Student Associates to see what’s on their reading list and to hear more about their favorite reads.
May 24, 2023 | Community, In Region, News
From Climate Change to 75 Years of Azadi, We’ve Curated 10 Not-to-be-Missed Events from the Last Year With Commencement week upon us and students heading off for the summer, we’re taking a moment to reflect on this incredible year at the Mittal Institute. As...
May 24, 2023 | Community, India, News, South Asia in the News, Students
This past January, Pranav Moudgalya, Harvard College 2026, set off for Bengaluru, India for two weeks of service. He spent his winter term as an intern at non-profit The Akshaya Patra Foundation, the worlds largest school meal program that feeds 1.76 million children...
May 17, 2023 | Community, India, News, South Asia in the News, Students
Scienspur, a program that offers free STEM courses to economically disadvantaged students across India, is built on the philosophy of igniting scientific curiosity. All courses are free, and all instructors volunteer their time – something that its students explain is particularly unique. “Very few programs have an interest in helping others with their career, without any profit…it has inspired my classmates and I to give back to others’ education, when our own time comes,” says Ebinesh S, a photonics major from the University of Madras, India. “It was an honor to be a part of an organization that works to elevate scientists from every corner of the globe.”
May 17, 2023 | Community, News, South Asia in the News, Students
Jonathan Ripley, Preceptor, has been teaching the Tamil language at Harvard University since 2012. Tamil, one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India, is offered as a class to Harvard students, faculty and staff. We spoke to Jonathan about his language learners, and his own journey with Tamil.
May 17, 2023 | Faculty, In Region, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
Exposure to toxic levels of stress and violence in pregnancy or early life can have lasting health impacts. In Pakistan, where the under-five mortality rate is 67 deaths per 1,000 live births, researchers Alexandra Harrison, MD, and Elizabeth Levey, MD—both Assistant Professors of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School—are exploring ways to reverse stress levels and their impacts. As 2022 LMSAI faculty grant winners, their project designs a comprehensive training system for lady health workers (LHW), a common practice across low-resource areas of South Asia that provides pre- and postnatal care. Dr. Harrison and Dr. Leavey’s training system, Building Baby Brains (BBB), equips the LHW with the tools they need to support the infant-caregiver relationship, with the goal of ultimately increasing the neurodevelopment—and decreasing the mortality—of children in rural Pakistan.
May 11, 2023 | Community, India, News, South Asia in the News
The Mittal Institute’s Graduate Student Associates showcased their research, what they have been working on this semester, and highlights of past field work experiences at the annual Graduate Student Associate Showcase. GSAs Sarah Shaukat, Akhil Thomas and Ronak...
