Category : News
Jan 31, 2019 | Announcements, B4 Program, In Region, India, News
On January 23, the Building Bharat Boston Biosciences (B4) program held an in-country seminar moderated by Professor Venkatesh Murthy. The panel discussion addressed important issues that impact life science advancement in India from publishing issues to diversity and ethics in the sciences.
Jan 30, 2019 | Announcements, Fellows, In Region, News, Pakistan
For years, Mariam Chughtai has immersed herself in the study of the complex politics of identity, religion, and terrorism in Pakistan. Today, as The Mittal Institute’s Babar Ali fellow, she is writing a book that brings her research and real-world experience in South Asia to life, exploring the tension between the politics and culture of Pakistan to rewrite the narrative that has been erroneously given to the nation.
Jan 30, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, News
At a dinner with members of The Mittal Institute in India, Dr. Dominic Mao discussed his recent educational workshop in Imphal, Manipur and his vision to create an ongoing cultural, intellectual, and educational exchange between Harvard students and high school students in Imphal.
Jan 25, 2019 | Announcements, B4 Program, In Region, India, News
This week, a selection of young scientists from all over India met in Bengaluru to kick off the two-week Workshop on Synthetic Biology. This workshop is a segment of the Building Bharat-Boston Biosciences (B4) program that focuses on preparing young scientists in...
Jan 23, 2019 | Announcements, News
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University is seeking a Communications and Events intern and graphic designer for the Spring 2019 semester for its Cambridge office. The Mittal Institute engages in interdisciplinary research to advance and...
Jan 9, 2019 | Announcements, In Region, India, News
Professor Pawan Sinha, leader of the scientific foundation Project Prakash, recently visited the Harvard Global Research Support Centre India office for the Mittal Institute to discuss potential expansion strategies and how the India office can help the...
Dec 19, 2018 | Announcements, In Region, India, India Seminar Series, News
“Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World”, an event jointly organized by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and the Harvard Global Health Institute and presented in New Delhi, examined the connections between human, animal and environmental health, and the response to disease outbreaks in India.
Dec 13, 2018 | Announcements, Arts Program, News
Across South Asia, there is often disapproval, to say the least, of romantic relationships between people from different backgrounds. And despite the long, rich and occasionally fraught history of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and others coexisting on the...
Dec 6, 2018 | Announcements, Faculty, In Region, India, News
How should societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their full potential and ensuring that competent and capable leaders are selected to govern are central challenges for any society. Failure to meet these challenges can have...
Nov 29, 2018 | Announcements, Arts Program, News
[soundcloud id=’536408766′] Pakistani musician and author Ali Sethi, AB ’06, returned to Harvard to talk to his longtime friend and mentor Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim Religion and Cultures, about sufi poetry, his own artistic journey and life as a...
Nov 14, 2018 | Announcements, Arts Program, Fellows, In Region, India, India Seminar Series, News
Kabi Raj Lama is a Nepal-based artist and former Visiting Artist Fellow (VAF) at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University. The VAF Program enables South Asia-based artists to spend a substantial period of time at Harvard,...
Nov 14, 2018 | Announcements, Fellows, India, News
The Mittal Institute’s Arvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Visiting Fellow for 2017/18, Dr. Raile Rocky Ziipao, has published a new paper in Strategic Analysis Journal, entitled ‘Look/Act East Policy, Roads and Market...
