Category : News
Aug 31, 2022 | Announcements, Community, Faculty, In Region, News, South Asia in the News
The start of the new academic year at Harvard coincides with a pivotal moment in history for South Asia: August 15 marked 75 years since the end of British rule on the subcontinent. To mark this momentous year, the Mittal Institute is launching a series of events celebrating and commemorating 75 years of “azadi” or “freedom,” and many of the Institute’s faculty and affiliates took a moment to reflect on this momentous occasion in several opeds and interviews.
Aug 30, 2022 | Announcements, Fellows, Graduate Student Associates, News, Students
The Mittal Institute presents its Academic Year 2022-23 Fellows and Graduate Student Associates.
Aug 30, 2022 | Announcements, Community, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
Call for Papers: The Pakistan Conference: 75 Years of Independence
Aug 24, 2022 | Announcements, Arts Program, Faculty, News
The Mittal Institute releases its 2021 – 2022 Arts Program Report.
Aug 23, 2022 | News
The Mittal Institute is pleased to announce the release of two new books by our faculty members. Both books will be officially released with events both at Harvard and in the region this fall. Stay tuned to our events calendar to learn more and buy the books below!...
Aug 23, 2022 | News
4 Ways to Stop India’s Slide to Ill Health By Satchit Balsari On the 75th year of India’s independence, the health of our nation does not look good. The scourge of infectious diseases has hardly waned, and non-communicable diseases like asthma, heart disease and...
Aug 22, 2022 | News
Harvard offers a wide array of courses on South Asia, ranging from language to history, politics, economics, religion, and much more. Check out the what’s on offer for Fall 2022. Please refer to the Course Catalogue for the most up-to-date information. We will...
Jun 29, 2022 | News
After spring semester’s final examinations are through, Harvard students set off to all corners of South Asia to pursue fieldwork, language study, and research projects through the Mittal Institute’s annual Summer Grants program. This year LMSAI awarded...
Jun 16, 2022 | News
It’s summer here on the Harvard campus and a great time to catch up on reading. We caught up with some of Mittal Institute faculty members and affiliates to see what’s on their reading list and to hear more about their favorite reads. We would also love to...
May 26, 2022 | Announcements, Faculty, In Region, News
The Mittal Institute was one of just 10 teams selected for Harvard’s Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) award for a new, interdisciplinary initiative focused on South Asia. The project, “Building Data Infrastructure to Understand Climate Change Migration,” will be led by Mittal Institute Faculty Director Tarun Khanna and aims to develop a transformative, open-access climate and population health data-monitoring ecosystem in South Asia. The 10 teams will share $1.3 million in funding to carry out the projects.
May 25, 2022 | Announcements, News
The Mittal Institute held its first hybrid Annual Symposium on May 18-19 with a series of panels and lectures commemorating the anniversary of the Partition of British India. The event, “75 Years of the Making of Modern South Asia,” brought to together leading...
May 25, 2022 | Announcements, Community, In Region, News
From the Hijab Ban to the Political Crisis in Pakistan, We’ve Curated 10 Not-to-be-Missed Events from the Last Year The academic year is just wrapping up here in Cambridge, and we wanted to take an opportunity to share with you a specially curated sampling of...
