Faculty Profile: Sunil Amrith brings South, Southeast Asian expertise to Harvard
Sunil Amrith, the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History, joined the Harvard faculty in 2015.
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Fellow profile: Javed Younas
While at Harvard, Dr. Younas will focus his research on two areas: 1) The connection between education and political violence, and 2) the perspectives of the recipient country in situations where donor countries provide grants and loans.
Winter Session Grant Deadline: October 16
SAI offers research, internship, and language study grants to Harvard graduate students and Harvard College undergraduate students for the winter session.
India Student Group hosts Fall Mela
The Fall Mela 2015, a one of its kind community initiative planned by the Harvard India Student group, was held at Harvard’s Science Center Plaza on September 20, and was cosponsored by SA. The event, attended by over 300 students, helped spread awareness about...
Tracking disease at the world’s largest religious festival
The Jana Swasthya Project is using a new mobile health surveillance system to help keep the millions of visitors healthy while they’re at the festival.
Podcast: Christianity, Colonialism, and Indian Intellectuals
Mou Banerjee, SAI Graduate Student Associate and History PhD candidate at Harvard, discusses her dissertation ‘A Question of Faith: Christianity, Colonialism, and the Creative World of Indian Intellectuals, 1830-1907.’
Shahab Ahmed
SAI is deeply saddened to share the news that Shahab Ahmed, Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard, passed away.
Webinar: Understanding human life through data
SAI hosted its first webinar of the semester on September 15 titled ‘Using Cell Phones to Study Behavior: From Individuals to Entire Nations’ with JP Onnela, HSPH.
Q+A with Zara Hayes: Clothes to Die For
SAI spoke with director Zara Hayes about her film on the Rana Plaza Tragedy.
Sept 22 – Sept. 25: Rahul Roy Film Festival
The events will feature screenings and panel discussions.
Meet our Graduate Student Associates
Every year, SAI supports Graduate Student Associates from across the different schools at Harvard whose research focuses on South Asia.
The Jana Swasthya Project at the 2015 Kumbh Mela: Ushering in India’s Mobile Health Revolution
The cornerstone of the project is a unique interactive visual analytic tool that provides critical disease surveillance data to health officials in real time