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Highlights from the Harvard India Conference
The conference brought together business leaders, entertainment professionals, government officials, philanthropists, and many other leaders to engage in a conversation about India’s path to global leadership.
SAI and Tata Trusts host workshop on science and technology-based social entrepreneurship
The event brought together 25 organizations that are developing technology-based solutions to maximize social impact.
Dhaka Art Summit: Connecting Bangladesh and the world
The event brought together over 300 artists, curators, writers, and art professionals for exhibitions, lectures, film screenings, and panel discussions about art in the subcontinent.
Delhi Notebook: How the wedding syndrome could fix India
In a recent column for The Financial Times, Victor Mallet writes about how the Indian government manages one-off events but not longer-term projects, and cites SAI’s recently- published book on the Kumbh Mela.
“It’s time to raise our voices”
On February 3, SAI hosted a discussion on the issues surrounding the suicide of Rohith Vemula, and to express solidarity with student and faculty protesters at Hyderabad University.
SAI seeks a Hindi copy editor
This is a paid opportunity for a current Harvard student or recent alum.
SAI hosts women’s empowerment workshop
The Mumbai workshop, hosted with Tata Trusts, brought together 50 organizations that do groundbreaking work on issues like improving access to secondary education for young girls and addressing gender-based violence.
Student voices: Understanding the Special Education System in Pakistan
Education is becoming an extremist battleground in Pakistan
This commentary, by professors at Pomona College and the Harvard Kennedy School who have long studied Pakistan, argues that the Taliban’s attacks on schools and colleges there are a particularly dangerous threat to that nation’s future.
Studying the Kumbh Mela from many perspectives
On Jan. 18, the SAI launched the book and exhibition Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity in Mumbai at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in partnership with the Asia Society India Centre and the Harvard Club of Mumbai.