Category : News
Oct 1, 2024 | Community, India, News
The ruins of Hampi Vijayanagara. Dr. George Michell, a world authority on South Asian architecture, has made the study of Deccani architecture and archaeology his life’s work. He will join us for a discussion on “Unveiling Hampi Vijayanagara: An Illustrated Lecture on...
Oct 1, 2024 | Community, News, Sri Lanka, Students
Nigel Gray, a summer 2024 LMSAI grant recipient. Nigel Gray, a doctoral student in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, spent this past summer working in Sri Lanka on a research project, “Finding Purpose: Gender & Sociocultural Influences on Sri Lankan...
Sep 30, 2024 | Climate, COVID-19, News
From September 23-24, 2024, the HUM SAB EK (We Are One) exhibition was showcased at the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting in New York City. This marks the onset of the next phase, Jatra—a traveling exhibition that catalyzes a series of dialogues, first in the U.S. and then in other regions.
Sep 24, 2024 | Community, Fellows, India, News
Arpit Shah, an interdisciplinary researcher who works at the intersection of urban studies and the environment, joined the Mittal Institute this fall as the Raghunathan Fellow. Arpit, an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management...
Sep 24, 2024 | Community, India, News
Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, is a leading Indian economist and author of a new memoir, Charaiveti: An Academic’s Global Journey. The book weaves together Pranab’s observations and anecdotes about the economy, politics, and culture, his life travels, his professional endeavors, and more. Ahead of his Oct. 3 book talk at Harvard, Pranab gave us a glimpse into his book and some themes he will share at the talk.
Sep 24, 2024 | Community, News, Students
Saturday, September 21, marked Harvard’s first-ever South Asian Convocation, co-hosted by the Mittal Institute and the South Asian Student Association (SAA). This unique celebration of the South Asian community at Harvard attracted over 300 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as affiliates and faculty members.
Sep 18, 2024 | Community, News, Students
On Saturday, September 21, Harvard University will be ripe with South Asian culture as it hosts the first-ever South Asian Convocation. All South Asian students, affiliates, and faculty are invited to attend the festivities, which are co-sponsored by the Mittal...
Sep 18, 2024 | Community, Fellows, India, News
This fall, the Mittal Institute welcomed a new Bajaj Visiting Fellow, Prof. Nilanjana Mukherjee, who is an English Literature professor from the University of Delhi, India. Nilanjana’s scholarship involves questions of space, place, landscape, and cartography in...
Sep 18, 2024 | India, News
This summer, the Mittal Institute’s New Delhi office hosted a series of impactful events and visits, fostering intellectual engagement, artistic exploration, and dialogue on critical issues across various fields.
Sep 5, 2024 | India, News
This summer, the Mittal Institute’s New Delhi office hosted a series of impactful events and visits, fostering intellectual engagement, artistic exploration, and dialogue on critical issues across various fields.
Sep 4, 2024 | Graduate Student Associates, News, Students
Rows left to right from top left: Abir Abdullah, Muhammad Ayaz, Saurav Ghimire, Parul Gupta, Masuma Halai Khwaja, Nilanjana Mukherjee, Arpit Shah, Sarah Umer, Sarthak Agarwal, Arnaaz Ameer, Shreya Raj Bhutani, Priyamvada Gannavarapu, Fatima Hamdani, Bhavya Jain,...
Sep 4, 2024 | Announcements, Climate, Faculty, News
The Mittal Institute is excited to announce a new funding opportunity for faculty research on climate change in South Asia in the academic year 2024-2025. Harvard faculty members from any Harvard School are invited to propose impactful climate research projects or interdisciplinary collaboration through workshops that address the critical challenges of climate change in the region.
