LMSAI Grant “Spurs” Free STEM Program in India
Scienspur is an initiative that provides free science courses online to promising undergraduate and master’s students at public colleges in India’s rural areas.
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Addressing Mental Health Treatment Gaps: Digital Training Expands Workforce
Project Empower seeks to address these barriers through a digital platform for community health workers, which provides virtual training on identifying and treating common mental health disorders. In Gujarat, Project Empower piloted a digital platform, called TeCHO, to enable front-line providers to learn brief psychological interventions.
Reimagining Medical Education: What India Can Learn from the UK and Thailand (VIDEO)
One key to successful healthcare is competent, trained healthcare professionals – but how can this training model improve? A recent Lancet Citizens’ Commission webinar explored this issue, through keynote lectures and a panel discussion.
Urban Modernity, Religion, and the Urban Informalities: A Study on Makeshift Cattle Markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nusrat Jahan Mim, a Harvard D.Des candidate, was a recipient of a Mittal Institute Summer 2021 Research Grant, and she shared her findings in the account below. As a part of her Doctor of Design thesis, she investigated and collected spatial data from the largest annual makeshift cattle marketplaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh during Eid ul Adha (July 19-23, 2021).
Lancet Citizens’ Commission Podcast: The Role of the ‘Finance’ Workstream in Reimagining India’s Healthcare
In this episode of the ‘India in Focus’ podcast, Bindu Ananth, Chair at Dvara Trust, speaks with Dr. Nachiket Mor, Visiting Scientist, The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health. Dr. Mor leads the financing workstream at the Lancet Citizens’ Commission, which seeks to address challenges related to the sources and utilization of health expenditures, in order to maximize financial risk protection and to ensure an effective, equitable, reliable, and responsive health system for all.
Harvard Worldwide Week Preview: Dinyar Patel on “India at 75: The Global Roots of Independence”
Join us on Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00am EST for “India at 75: The Global Roots of Independence,” moderated by Dinyar Patel, Mittal Institute Research Affiliate and Assistant Professor of History at the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) in Mumbai. He will join a conversation on “India at 75: The Global Roots of Independence” with panelists Nico Slate, Professor and Department Head, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University and Carolien Stolte, Senior Lecturer in History at Leiden University, The Netherlands. The Mittal Institute sat down with Dinyar to discuss the event and his new paper, which he will share at the talk.
Winter Grant Applications for Students Now Open!
Are you a Harvard student looking to fund your language study, internship, or research on South Asia this winter? Applications for our graduate and undergraduate grants are open for Winter 2021! Be sure to apply by Friday, October 22, at 11:59 p.m.
Video: Regional Perspectives on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
In a talk on Friday, September 10, international journalists shared their perspectives on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan during . Watch the video from the event, “Implications: Regional Perspectives on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan,” which was sponsored by the Asia Center and co-sponsored by the Mittal Institute.
Mittal Institute Fall 2021: Learn More About Our Events
Tomb of I’timād-ud-Daulah, Agra, India. Photo by Ibrahim Rifath. This fall, join us for a discussion reflecting on India’s road to independence; a talk on vaccinating India against COVID; a panel on Afghanistan; and more. Keep scrolling to read about a selection...
Girls’ Educational Rights in India: The Importance of Institutional Activism
Akshay Mangla, Mittal Institute Research Associate and Associate Professor in International Business at the University of Oxford, recently authored the new publication, “Social conflict on the front lines of reform: Institutional activism and girls’ education in rural India,” in Public Administration and Development. The study analyzes how institutional activists (frontline workers) within the Indian state negotiate social conflicts as they seek to integrate disadvantaged girls into the school system by mobilizing village women’s groups and encouraging deliberation with target households. The Mittal Institute sat down with Akshay to explore his recent work, and expertise in the comparative political economy of developing countries.
Graduate Student Associates Share Their Summer Projects and Fall Plans
Adobe photo. This summer, our Graduate Student Associates were hard at work in locations across the globe, researching, teaching, and learning. Our Graduate Student Associate program, designed to foster an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, supports graduate and...
Perspectives: Journalists Share Commentary on US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
U.S airmen board a C-17 during Afghanistan troop withdrawal. Wikipedia photo. Join the Asia Center and The Mittal Institute on Friday, September 10 at 9:00am for “Implications: Regional Perspectives on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan.” This talk, an...