Category : News
Feb 16, 2017 | Announcements, India, Students
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.
Feb 16, 2017 | Alumni, Community, India
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.
Feb 15, 2017 | Announcements, Bangladesh, News, Students
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.
Feb 13, 2017 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, News, Students
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.
Feb 9, 2017 | Announcements, Arts Program, News, Students
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.
Feb 9, 2017 | Announcements, India, News
The Craftsmen is small forest enterprise facilitator that creates new value chains, provides year-round employment, and trains communities in sustainable harvesting practices.
Feb 9, 2017 | News
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...
Feb 8, 2017 | B4 Program, News
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...
Feb 2, 2017 | Announcements, Community, India, Students
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.
Feb 2, 2017 | Announcements, Community, Faculty, India, News
The 18-month project with Tata Trusts focused on rural livelihood creation in the handicrafts sector, and science and technology-based social entrepreneurship.
Jan 31, 2017 | Alumni, Announcements, Bangladesh, Blog, Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News, Students
We offer our full support to Harvard students, faculty, staff and affiliates, regardless of their country of origin or religious background, alongside the Harvard International Office and the university’s Global Support Services.
Jan 30, 2017 | Community, Faculty, Pakistan
This was published in Pakistan Today. The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) in collaboration with the LUMS School of Education (LUMS SOE) and Harvard South Asia Institute (Harvard SAI) organized an exclusive music and poetry evening on Jan. 17. Renowned musician Ali...