Please join us for our Annual Cambridge Symposium, the Mittal Institute’s flagship event. The full-day convening bring together scholars, practitioners and audiences to discuss, debate and dissect major South Asian themes from an interlocking variety of perspectives. This year’s conference will focus on the theme of “resiliency” in the region through the lens of culture, climate and health. The event is free and open to the public.
9am – Breakfast and Registration
9:30am – Welcome Remarks
Tarun Khanna, Faculty Director, LMSAI; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Hitesh Hathi, Executive Director, LMSAI
9:40am – 10:55am – Panel 1
Climate Change, Gender, and Labor: A Conversation with Reema Nanavaty
Reema Nanavaty, Director, SEWA
Sakhiben Khengarbhai Ahir, Young Grassroot Leader, SEWA
moderated by Maya Jasanoff, X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor and Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University
11:00am – 12:15pm – Panel 2
Pathways toward Universal Health Coverage:
Perspectives from the Lancet Citizens’ Commission (LCC) for Reimagining India’s Health System
Sapna Desai, Commissioner, LCC; Associate, Population Council
Siddhesh Zadey, LCC
Atul Gupta, Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Anuska Kalita, Senior Fellow, LCC; Visiting Scientist and Health Systems Specialist, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Tarun Khanna, Co-Chair, LCC; Faculty Director, LMSAI; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
moderated by Vikram Patel, Co-Chair, LCC; Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School
Explore the Lancet Citizen’s Commission’s work and read this reflection
12:15pm – 1:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – 2:45pm – Panel 3
Advancing Ideas on South Asia: Mittal Institute Students + Scholars
Ajmalkhan Areethala, Raghunathan Family Fellow, LMSAI (read Ajmal’s profile)
Gauri Nagpal, Seed for Change 2022 India Winner; GSD ’23 (read about Gauri’s work)
Kheya Melo Furtado, Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj Fellow, LMSAI (read Kheya’s profile)
Mariam Zia, Syed Babar Ali Fellow, LMSAI (read Mariam’s profile)
moderated by Hitesh Hathi, Executive Director, LMSAI
3:00pm – 4:15pm – Panel 4
Artistic Expression in Afghanistan: Perspectives from Scholars at Risk
Homeira Qaderi, writer, activist and educator
Omaid Sharifi, President, ArtLords and Wartists (Read more about ArtLords here)
Samiullah Nabipour, former Dean of Fine Arts, Kabul University
moderated by Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
Homeira Qaderi on using her pen to change Afghan women’s lives
4:30pm – Tea Reception
