To launch the official opening, The Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute (SAI), Harvard University, India Office will be hosting a series of events in March and April.
Professor Tarun Khanna, Director, The Lakshmi Mittal South Asia
Institute, Harvard University; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Discussant: Shri Jayant Sinha, Hon. Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Member of Indian Parliament; Former Minister of State for Finance
For two decades at HBS, Tarun Khanna has sought to study the drivers of entrepreneurship in emerging markets as a means of economic and social development. He will speak about the Institute’s commitment to studying and researching all aspects of South Asia, alongside its productive partnerships with major Indian institutions in the arts, social entrepreneurship, and life sciences.
Shri Jayant Sinha is the Hon. Minister of State for Civil Aviation, a Member of Indian Parliament and formerly the Minister of State for Finance. In May 2014, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, representing the BJP from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He was formerly an investment fund manager and management consultant.