Report: Exchanging Health Information
The new report is based on the ‘Exchanging Health Information’ seminar held at the Radcliffe Institute in 2016.
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Student voices: Understanding the role of fathers in their young childrens care, health, and development
This is part of a series of reports from Harvard students who have traveled to South Asia with support from a SAI grant. By Joshua Jeong, Doctor of Science Global Health and Population 2019 Through the generous support of the South Asia Institute’s Winter session...
Student voices: Achievement gaps in state-regulated Madrasas in Bangladesh
This is part of a series of reports from Harvard students who have traveled to South Asia with support from a SAI grant. By Zayan Faiyad, Harvard College ’18 Faiyad conducted field research during winter session to identify root causes of the...
Student voices: Tiger reserves and nature preserves
During winter session, Mei Yin Wu, Harvard College ’17, interned at Wildlife Conservation Trust in Mumbai, which currently works with over 110 national parks and sanctuaries in India, covering tiger reserves and nature preserves.
Looking back, informing the future: Reflections on Partition
On Feb. 3, SAI hosted a discussion forum in Delhi to facilitate a personalized dialogue about Partition. Professor Uma Chakravarti, who moderated the discussion, showed how these stories connect to the present and inform our understanding of history, nation, community, and religion.
International Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to Harvard College students Bharath Venkatesh ’17 and Marisa Houlahan ’17, who were chosen by SAI as winners of the Office of International Education’s Annual International Photo Contest for their photos taken in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
SAI to host weekly seminar series on Partition of British India
The weekly seminars, starting February 1, will explore issues that have often been ignored in the context of the Partition as well as discuss their relevance and impact today, both in South Asia and in other parts of the world.
Research Assistant needed: South and Southeast Asian Art
Professor Jinah Kim (History of Art & Architecture) is looking for a Research Assistant to help her with various research projects, which includes an exhibition on Nepalese Buddhist art, a visual database project, a bibliographic project on the history of Indian painting, and a symposium on South and Southeast Asian Art.
Student voices: Forest Practice in India
The Craftsmen is small forest enterprise facilitator that creates new value chains, provides year-round employment, and trains communities in sustainable harvesting practices.
Introducing new SAI affiliates
This year, SAI has welcomed several new affiliates working out of our Cambridge office, assisting in a variety of capacities and roles. Shubhangi Bhadada, Inter-Faculty Research Fellow Shubhangi Bhadada is the SAI Inter-Faculty Research Fellow and is working on the...
SAI hosts knowledge exchange workshop on neuroscience
On January 7, SAI, in partnership with the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), hosted a Knowledge Exchange Platform on neuroscience for students in Bangalore to interact with different players in the science ecosystem. The students were part...
A fruitful trip to India
Naren Tallapragada, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Francesco Wiedemann, MIT, were the inaugural winners of SAI’s 2016 Seed for Change Competition for their venture gomango, which provides low-cost refrigerated transport to food producers in India. They spent December in India.