Category : News
Aug 23, 2016 | Faculty, Students
This course will provide a framework (and multiple lenses) through which to think about the salient economic and social problems of the five billion people of the developing world, and to work in a team setting toward identifying entrepreneurial solutions to such problems.
Aug 23, 2016 | Bangladesh, Faculty, India
This short video looks at the role of business in responding to poverty, illiteracy and gender inequality in South Asia. It forms part of the on-going Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School directed by Professor Geoffrey Jones, which uses...
Aug 18, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Nepal
On July 29, Meena Hewett, Executive Director of SAI, visited the monthly meeting of the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal to learn more how SAI can engage more with the country. She began by sharing the mission of SAI, saying that SAI has been working with Harvard...
Aug 18, 2016 | Community, Faculty, News, Students
Harvard University will offer many courses with South Asia related content in the fall 2016 semester.
Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Community, Faculty, India, News
In a webinar as part of the Livelihood Creation Project, Shantha Sinha, MV Foundation, and Jacqueline Bhabha, HSPH, HLS, HKS, discussed obstacles and challenges that girls face when pursuing education.
Aug 15, 2016 | Community, Fellows, News
While on campus, fellows will actively participate in the events and intellectual life of the Institute.
Aug 5, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
Speakers included Shri Akhilesh Yadav, Honorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Harvard faculty, and Kumbh administrators.
Jul 29, 2016 | Community, Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
Every year in India, thousands of children are trafficked across the country to work long hours in highly exploitative conditions. Thanks to the efforts of official agencies, a small proportion of these children are rescued and returned to their home states. However,...
Jul 29, 2016 | Community, Faculty, In Region, India
This article was published in The Times of India on July 23, 2016. ‘Complete ecosystem needed to foster startups’ BENGALURU: Despite being the start-up hub of the country, neither has Bengaluru nor any other state been able to achieve a complete entrepreneurial...
Jul 21, 2016 | Alumni, Community, Pakistan, Students
Sabeena Jalal, an alum of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and currently based in Karachi, has developed a blade to be used by midwives during childbirth to cut the umbilical cord. The blade does not get infected, so she hopes the tool can reduce the rate of infant mortality in developing countries.
Jul 21, 2016 | B4 Program, Community, Fellows, India, News
During their time at Harvard and Boston area, Fellows will be connected with faculty across Harvard and other academic institutions in the Boston area as relevant to each Fellow’s area of research. Deadline: Aug. 15, 2016.
Jul 20, 2016 | Alumni, Community, India
The Harvard Club of India invites you to One Harvard Young Harvard in Delhi on July 29, 2016 at the India International Center in New Delhi. Join the Harvard community: Incoming students, current students, alumni and affiliates for a night of socializing and...
