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Book Talk | Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries with Tarun Khanna

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Fri, Sep 28, 2018 from 03:00pm — 04:15pm, ET

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The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and Harvard Book Store welcome TARUN KHANNA—the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School—for a discussion of his latest book, Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries. About Trust Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted […]

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Tackling Fluorosis: Innovative technology as a solution to the spreading health crisis

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Thu, Sep 27, 2018 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

Join us for our ongoing India Seminar Series to discuss the growing challenge of Water Fluorosis, in a discussion titled, ‘Tackling Fluorosis: Innovative technology as a solution to the spreading health crisis’ There are about 66 million people in India suffering from toxic levels of fluoride in their drinking water, these are mostly poor people […]

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The Riyaaz Qawwali Ensemble: A Journey of Cultures and Faiths Through Qawwali

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Wed, Sep 26, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

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Artistic Director and founder of Riyaaz Qawwali, Sonny Mehta, will share his personal story from learning classical music to performing qawwali, the musical genre commonly associated with the Sufi tradition in South Asia. He will demonstrate the basics of qawwali, unfolding the relevant musical elements, poetry and important performance aspects.

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Book Launch | Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India

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Mon, Sep 24, 2018 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

Benjamin Siegel, an assistant professor of History at Boston University and a former fellow at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, will discuss his new book “Hungry Nation: Food Famine, and the making of Modern India”, alongside commentators Prakash Humar, an associate professor of History and Asian Studies at Penn State University, and […]

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Slums: New Visions for an Enduring Global Phenomenon

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Thu, Sep 20, 2018 - Sat, Sep 22, 2018, ET

There are very few signs that slums will transition out of the urban landscape in the foreseeable future. Even after more than one and a half centuries of policy interventions, starting from efforts to address the effects of industrialization in Europe, slums persist in almost every geography on the planet. Slums are not only visible […]

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Constructing a Majority: A Micro-Level Study of Voting Patterns in Indian Elections

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Fri, Sep 7, 2018 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

JOINT SEMINAR ON SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS SERIES Francesca R. Jensenius, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Chair: Emmerich Davies, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education   Francesca Jensenius specializes in comparative politics, comparative political economy, and research methods, with […]

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Welcome Back Mixer

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Wed, Sep 5, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET

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Celebrate the start of the school year with the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. Meet our team and learn about funding opportunities that are available to students and fellows, and see about the various South Asia-related students group at Harvard. There will be free tea and snacks, and all are welcome!

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Fireside Chat with Tarun Khanna & Manish Sabharwal

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Mon, Aug 27, 2018 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm, ET

Join the Harvard Business School India Research Centre and the HBS Club of India for a Fireside Chat with Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, HBS, and Manish Sabharwal, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, TeamLease for a conversation about Prof. Khanna’s recent book, Trust: Creating the Foundations for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries.   Agenda 5:30-6:00 PM Registration, […]

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India Seminar Series: ‘Unspoken Story’

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Sat, Aug 25, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:30pm, ET

As part of our ongoing India Seminar Series, we are partnering with Sangath and It’s Ok To Talk for an event titled ‘Unspoken Story’ with Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School, in a conversation about mental health. This event is supported by Welcome Trust and the American Centre, and […]

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