HISG invites women from across all Harvard schools to come celebrate International Women’s Day with an evening of wine and crackers, fun performances and relaxed conversations. We welcome you to use this space to share stories, songs, dance, poetry and art that fosters sisterhood and solidarity.
On February 26, the South Asia Institute Graduate Student Associates (GSAs) hosted an interactive workshop for students considering doing research in South Asia. The GSAs shared their experience doing research in the field, and their diverse backgrounds working with NGOs and government organizations. The workshop was designed to be helpful for students contemplating or preparing for research abroad.
The deadline to apply is this Friday, March 7 at 3:00 PM.
Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is an international basketball program in India committed to the teaching of the sport and to providing educational opportunities for its participants. Based in Chennai, India, Crossover uses basketball as a tool to help kids succeed in the classroom.
In a Q+A, Ishani Premaratne, Harvard College ‘15 talks about GrowLanka, which has developed a mobile job alert system to give employers a direct line of access to job seekers, and empower women through employment.
The Boston Children’s Museum and the Harvard India Student Group seek volunteers to help with the Diwali Celebration at the Museum on Sunday, October 27 from 10 – 3:30 pm.
This past weekend, South Asia Institute’s 2013 Prasad Fellowhip grant recipients gathered for a lunch along, with Mukesh Prasad and several 2012 recipients, to share stories and experiences from their time abroad.
Over 100 students, faculty, and staff gathered for SAI’s 2nd annual Chaat Party in the CGIS Concourse.
September 20 at 11am – September 22 at 5pm
Tarun Khanna’s innovative teaching experiment, ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ has begun its third year this fall.