Select Page

Events

Mittal Institute Events Archive

“To Express and Not to Explain: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore”

WHEN
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

Asia Society India Centre invites you to an AsiaLens lecture with Dr. Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History, Harvard University Renowned South Asian scholar Dr. Bose will discuss the paintings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) in the context of his venerated literary, artistic and political legacy. The exhibition on view at the NGMA, “The Last Harvest: Paintings of […]

More Info

Seventeenth Annual India Poetry Reading

WHEN
Mon, May 13, 2013 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

The South Asia Institute and Department of South Asian Studies will host the 5th Anniversary Meeting of South Asian Poets of New England and 17th Annual India Poetry Reading on May 12, 2013 at 3:00pm. The theme of this year’s poetry reading will be “Healing,” and poems in all languages are invited for recitation. Individuals […]

More Info

Education Reform Measures in India: Lessons from the World

WHEN
Wed, May 8, 2013 from 02:45pm — 07:15pm, ET

On May 8, the South Asia Institute at Harvard University (SAI) and the Central Square Foundation (CSF) convened a group of high-level stakeholders for a roundtable discussion to shape and commit on the agenda for forging linkages between education reformers in the US and in India focused on improving learning outcomes for children. The program […]

More Info

Indian Democracy: Prospects and Challenges

WHEN
Tue, May 7, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies Chair: Prerna Singh, Assistant Professor at the Department of Government,Harvard University Professor Yogendra Yadav is an Indian social scientist. He was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council for the implementation of the Right to Education Act in 2010. He was appointed […]

More Info

Sri Lankan Education Photo Exhibit

WHEN
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

The high mountains of the Sri Lankan hill country produce picturesque streams and cascades in and around stepped tea plantations. Photo by Tyler Arnot, HGSE Master Candidate and SAI Winter Session Grant Awardee Reflections on Serendipity The Initiative for Sri Lankan Education (ISLE) presents the opening of its photo exhibit “Reflections on Serendipity. The exhibit will be […]

More Info

Peabody Essex Museum Student Trip

WHEN
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 from 12:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

SAI will host a student trip to historic Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum to view its exhibition “Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence.” The exhibition, on display until April 21, showcases the three generations of artists who shaped India’s golden age of modernist painting. Susan Bean, who recently retired as the museum’s senior […]

More Info

South Asia Institute Book Talk

WHEN
Thu, Apr 18, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

BREAKING OUT: An Indian Woman’s American Journey Padma Desai, Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems and Director, Center for Transition Economies Department of Economics, Columbia University Chair: Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Assistant Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education Reception to follow Padma Desai grew up in the 1930s in the provincial world of Surat, […]

More Info

International Seminar on the Environment – Development Relationship in Bangladesh

WHEN
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 from 09:00am — 05:00pm, ET

This event explored how the development partners can more effectively assist countries like Bangladesh in their leap into the middle income status. Also how to enhance the role of international community in this endeavor was discussed in the seminar. To read a report from the event, click here. Organized by South Asian students and professionals […]

More Info