Category : Students
Nov 28, 2023 | Faculty, India, News, Students
This past May, Richard Delacy, Preceptor of Hindi-Urdu, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University trekked the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and students from his Hindi-Urdu language class were immersed in an intensive language-learning experience....
Nov 28, 2023 | Community, Faculty, News, Students
Our undergraduate intern, Samaga Pokharel ’26, reports on one of Harvard’s beloved traditions: the Weekly Friday Tea. She gave us her own account of the delicious chai and lassi served each week, where attendees gather to connect over cuisine about all...
Nov 7, 2023 | Announcements, News, Students
Chase Van Amburg ‘24, an Integrative Biology concentrator who is also earning a concurrent Master’s degree in Applied Math, specializes in data science with a focus on climate change. This summer he received a grant from the Mittal Institute to begin work on “Mapping Heat in Microenvironments,” and he gave us a glimpse into the essence of his project.
Oct 3, 2023 | India, News, Students
This past December, Alvira Tyagi ’25 set off for Bengaluru, India for three weeks of service in the public healthcare sector. She was awarded a Mittal Institute student grant to intern at the non-profit organization, Society for Community Health Awareness,...
Oct 3, 2023 | Community, News, Students
Harvard President Claudine Gay with members of the Bhangra dance team. The inauguration of Harvard’s 30th president, Claudine Gay, was a time to of celebration, marked by invocations, musical dedications, and greetings from students, faculty, staff and alumni....
Sep 5, 2023 | Graduate Student Associates, News, Students
New fellows and GSAs, clockwise from top left: Anu Antony, Pradeep Choudhury, Sarthak Agarwal, Ronak Jain, Hansong Li, Vaishnavi Patil, Akhil Thomas, Tyler Richard, Pariroo Rattan, Kartik Srivastava, Gauri Jain, Hilton Simmet, Palak Gupta, Priya Sarma, Priyanka Sethy,...
Aug 16, 2023 | News, Students
Harvard offers a wide array of courses on South Asia, ranging from language to history, politics, economics, religion, and much more. Check out a selection of what is offered during Fall 2023. Please refer to the Course Catalog for the most up-to-date information. We...
May 24, 2023 | Community, Graduate Student Associates, In Region, News, Students
Summer is on the horizon and that means it’s a great time to catch up on a book (or two or three!). We spoke with some of the Mittal Institute’s Graduate Student Associates to see what’s on their reading list and to hear more about their favorite reads.
May 24, 2023 | Community, India, News, South Asia in the News, Students
This past January, Pranav Moudgalya, Harvard College 2026, set off for Bengaluru, India for two weeks of service. He spent his winter term as an intern at non-profit The Akshaya Patra Foundation, the worlds largest school meal program that feeds 1.76 million children...
May 17, 2023 | Community, India, News, South Asia in the News, Students
Scienspur, a program that offers free STEM courses to economically disadvantaged students across India, is built on the philosophy of igniting scientific curiosity. All courses are free, and all instructors volunteer their time – something that its students explain is particularly unique. “Very few programs have an interest in helping others with their career, without any profit…it has inspired my classmates and I to give back to others’ education, when our own time comes,” says Ebinesh S, a photonics major from the University of Madras, India. “It was an honor to be a part of an organization that works to elevate scientists from every corner of the globe.”
May 17, 2023 | Community, News, South Asia in the News, Students
Jonathan Ripley, Preceptor, has been teaching the Tamil language at Harvard University since 2012. Tamil, one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India, is offered as a class to Harvard students, faculty and staff. We spoke to Jonathan about his language learners, and his own journey with Tamil.
Mar 8, 2023 | Announcements, Community, News, Students
For Nicole Jain, Ed.M.’11, the children’s book she recently published is the kind of book that would have been helpful when she was a girl. Our Mom, Our Superhero, co-authored with her brother Ravi is about the experience of two young siblings trying to help their mother deal with mental illness. It’s based on the experience the pair had with their own mom. Jain spoke about the book.
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