2013 Prasad Fellowship Luncheon
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.
Category : Students
SAI welcomes students with Chaat Party
Over 100 students, faculty, and staff gathered for SAI’s 2nd annual Chaat Party in the CGIS Concourse.
Jaago – Harvard’s first summit on Indian Development
September 20 at 11am – September 22 at 5pm
Graduate Students from HKS and HLS visit Pakistan
A group of graduate students from Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School came to Pakistan for a week-long trek between August 11 and August 18, 2013. The trek, organized by the students through support from SAI in-country consultants, sought to develop...
Harvard Alum talk on flood risk reduction in the Indus Basin in Lahore
On Friday, 16 August 2013, Center for Law and Policy hosted a talk by Laila Kasuri, a recent graduate from Harvard College with a concentration in environmental sciences and engineering, titled “A Decision Support System for Flood Risk Reduction in the Indus...
Innovative university-wide and cross-disciplinary course begins its third year
Tarun Khanna’s innovative teaching experiment, ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ has begun its third year this fall.
South Asian Courses at Harvard
With the beginning of the school year around the corner, SAI highlights a selection of courses around the University that focus on South Asia.
Winter Session Grants – New Deadline
It’s not too early to think about what you’ll be doing over Winter Session. Consider applying for a SAI winter grant. Deadline: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Harvard South Asia Alumni Events
The South Asia Institute has held several alumni events this summer, connecting alums with current and incoming students and faculty in Dhaka, Delhi, Karachi, and Lahore.
Alumni Event with Richard Cash in Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh On July 17, SAI organized a casual dinner in Dhaka for local Harvard community with Professor Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. Professor Cash is a visiting lecturer at the James P. Grant School of Public Health at...
SAI visits Landour Language School in Mussoorie
While in India, SAI Executive Director, Meena Sonea Hewett, had the opportunity to visit Landour Language School in Mussoorie, where two Harvard students are currently studying Hindi. To reach the school, one must take an overnight train from Delhi to Dehradun, and an...
SAI Immersion Program
The South Asia Institute offered an Immersion Program for SAI grant recipients to get an in-depth look into organizations and NGOs in and around Delhi.