Update on SAI’s mobile technology summer program
During this 8-week summer program in India, Harvard College students are exploring the potential of mobile technology to enable economic and social mobility.
Category : News
SAI welcomes new Program Coordinator
Diana Nguyen will work with the team in Cambridge to provide support for SAI’s many faculty and student programs, and assist with SAI’s grant applications process.
Saving a culture, book by book
Read how one Harvard Graduate School of Education student is using storybooks to preserve a culture in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
Update from the Harvard Alumni Group in Nepal: Improving institutions
At a recent meeting, member Krishna Gyawali discussed how to improve governance and institutions in Nepal through better planning and implementation.
Contribute to the Harvard For Nepal online photo exhibit
In order to continue to bring attention to the country’s needs, we invite Harvard affiliates to submit photos taken while in Nepal.
Call for applications: Program for Emerging Artists from South Asia
SAI welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in discourse with students and faculty on critical issues.
Harvard For Nepal
Harvard for Nepal is a university-wide initiative that aims to unite Harvard in response to the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015.
Research spotlight: Water and poverty in urban slums
This is the third article in a series highlighting SAI’s ongoing research projects that were featured at SAI’s Annual Symposium ‘South Asia: Local Solutions with Global Impact‘ in April. The Water and Poverty in Urban Slums panel at the Harvard South Asia Institute’s...
Spring semester’s most popular content
Take a look back at SAI’s most-viewed news articles from last semester.
Stay connected with SAI this summer!
While you are traveling in South Asia or are away from campus, there are many ways to stay connected with the SAI community: Follow SAI on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram SAI manages a Facebook group, ‘Harvard and MIT in South Asia’ for students to...
Schedule: Transformation Challenges and Opportunities for the Bangladesh Garment Industry
This conference will look at identifying and solving the challenges in the transformation of the Bangladesh Garment Industry, analyzing the tools and metrics to measure progress and recommending the best practices for sustainable development. The transformation of the...
Citizenship practice and the pursuit of services in Rural India
In her working paper ‘Navigating the State: Citizenship practice and the pursuit of services in Rural India,’ Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College; SAI Research Affiliate, examines patterns of state-targeted...