The capacity building curriculum for organizations will will equip them with practical skills, tools, and knowledge that they require to maximize and deepen the impact of their work and the scale of their activities.
Imran Sarwar, Harvard Kennedy School alum, is the co-founder of Rabtt, which aims to change the education landscape in Pakistan.
At the Asia Society in New York on November 6, faculty leaders discussed how the Kumbh Mela is an opportunity to learn about megacities, possibly illuminating solutions to natural disasters that require temporary housing.
Sunil Amrith led a virtual discussion on Nov. 5 with teachers about Sea of Poppies, a historical novel that sheds light on 19th century India.
SAI’s inaugural Visiting Artist, Ranjit Kandalgaonkar, spent this week at Harvard meeting students and faculty and visiting courses.
SAI’s Livelihood Creation Project, supported by the Tata Trusts, is now underway in India. The SAI team visited organizations in Bangalore last week that are empowering handicrafts and handloom artisans.
“The sheer scale and the aspect of its temporariness is just mind-boggling,” says Rahul Mehrotra.
Chitra Venkataramani, SAI’s South Asian Studies Fellow for the academic year, focuses on cartographic images and urban planning.
Mumbai-based artist Ranjit Kandalgaonkar draws upon contemporary visual arts media, archival documentation and historical artifacts to document urban flows. He will spend next week at Harvard as the inaugural Visiting Artist in SAI’s Arts Program.
On October 26, SAI hosted Musharraf Ali Farooqi, author, translator and storyteller for a Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar. The masterful storyteller enthralled the audience with his fascinating stories and gave a flavour of all the dimensions of his work.
The South Asia Institute is saddened to hear about the earthquake that struck South Asia earlier today. Our thoughts are with all of the people affected by the disaster.