Engineers, techies delve into the mysteries of brain
SAI recently ran a 2-week course in Bangalore which introduced 25 Indian undergraduate and graduate students to the excitement of brain science.
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Health crisis faces the Rohingya people of Myanmar
A recent paper co-authored by SAI Steering Committee Member Jennifer Leaning explores the Myanmar government’s poor treatment of the group and suggest steps that can be taken to address the health and human rights crisis.
In Short Supply: Post-disaster medical care
This article, featuring SAI Steering Committee member Jennifer Leaning, was originally published in Harvard Medicine Magazine. By Elizabeth Dougherty When a calamity strikes and tens of thousands of people need help, the first impulse is to cry “All hands on deck!”...
Engineers Can Look Beyond Pure Engineering
Most of what software engineers do today, such as coding, will be automated, but the likelihood of engineers becoming redundant is far from remote possibility. There are many untapped avenues that engineering students can get into, like Neuroscience. To help students explore their options, a knowledge exchange platform was organised for students to connect with government representatives, industry executives, and scientists.
Livelihood Creation Profile: Chitrika
This is part a series of organizations in India who received a Social Innovation grant through the SAI/Tata Trusts project on Livelihood Creation. ORGANIZATION DETAILS Organisation Name: Chitrika Registered As: Society Year Founded: 2005 Location: Hyderabad, Telangana...
Faculty Voices: Where India and China Meet
Jinah Kim, SAI faculty grant recipient, recently visited an exhibition in Beijing featuring Indian art. “The exhibition reminds us of the age old connections between the two countries, notably activated and solidified through the transmission of Buddhism.”
Student voices: The Politics of Knowledge
“It takes a greater-than-normal effort of the imagination to travel from a manor house library on a Scottish island to a desert outpost in the Deccan,” writes Joshua Ehrlich, PhD candidate in history, who conducted archival research over the summer in the UK for his dissertation on the East India Company.
SAI and Tata Trusts host workshop on women’s rights
On Dec. 22, SAI hosted a workshop in New Delhi in collaboration with Tata Trusts on women’s rights, with Dr. Ela Bhatt, Founder of SEWA, delivering the keynote address.
Working Paper: Domestic Violence and Social Change: Feminist Informal Justice systems in India and Bangladesh
By Fauzia Erfan Ahmed, SAI Research Affiliate, Jyotsana Parajuli, and Anna-Lucia Feldman Although feminist endeavors have succeeded in legal reforms that criminalize gender-based violence in India and Bangladesh, it remains a pervasive obstacle to gender equality for...
SAI launches Nepal Studies Program
The 3-year program will focus on a different faculty-led topic of interest each year, and engage with scholars and practitioners both on the ground in Nepal and in Cambridge.
Student voices: Jousting over Jurisdiction
“Nothing can quite match the thrill of stumbling across a century-old document filled with often-juicy details of a disputed claim of a princely state,” writes Priyasha Saksena, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School, who spent the summer conducting research for her doctoral dissertation on the relationship between international law and empire.
Top articles of the semester
As the semester comes to a close, take a look back at some of the most read articles of the semester. SAI welcomes Sanjay Kumar, India Country Director December 1, 2016 Widener’s growing South Asia collection: “The sky is the limit” July 1, 2016 SAI announces...