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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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Art and Science of the Forbes Pigment Collection | Color and Pigments in Indian Painting

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Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 06:00pm, ET

Please join us for this two-part lecture cosponsored by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) and supported by Jai & Sugandha Hiremath – Hikal Ltd. An invitation to this event may be found here.    Art and Science of the Forbes Pigment Collection by Narayan Khandekar Dr Narayan Khandekar tells us about the Forbes Pigment Collection. It […]

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The Past, Present and Potential Future of Coal in India

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Thu, Jul 19, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

VENUE
Annexe Building, Lecture Room 1, India International Center, New Delhi

India’s coal industry is highly contested today. Between the immediacy of coal shortages, the transition to renewable energy, and air pollution problems, the long history of the coal industry and India’s deep economic and social dependence on the fuel gets lost in conversation. In this talk, Rohit will give a brief historical sketch of the […]

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Roads, Region Formation, and the Question of Tribes in Northeast India

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Wed, Jun 27, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

Ziipao posits that road building has always been an act of power, which has at different times been leveraged to smooth relationships, securing borders, (dis)connecting people, enabling trade, creating spaces of contestation, or diluting boundaries between varied ethnic groups. Read Raile’s recent blog on the People’s Road. 

Presented by Raile Rocky Ziipao
Arvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Fellow

Moderated by Nitin A. Gokhale
Journalist and Defence Analyst

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It’s Complicated: Unpacking the Material Consequences of Political Reservation in Bihar

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Tue, May 29, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

This seminar focuses on how political reservation in favour of Scheduled Castes (SC) in Bihar affects inequality in private wealth and access to public goods. It presents research and findings of public good access across all of Bihar’s 45,000 villages and analyses data on private wealth for more than two crore rural households across the state.

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22nd Annual Harvard India Poetry Reading

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Sun, May 13, 2018 from 02:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

The theme for this year’s India Poetry Reading is “Humanity”. This annual event celebrates India’s contribution to the field of literature and invites local poets to recite original compositions in the language of their choosing. 

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Bangladesh Rising: Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School

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Sat, May 12, 2018 from 08:00am — 09:00pm, ET

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: The Economist reported last September that it is “a good moment to celebrate Bangladesh’s economic progress. Its annual growth has averaged more than 6% over the past ten years and has run above 7% over the past two.” More than celebrating, Bangladesh Rising conference will discuss how Bangladesh can maintain its momentum, and […]

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Buddhism in Nepal, Past and Present

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Mon, May 7, 2018 from 01:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

As part of the Nepal Studies Program, Leonard van der Kuijp, Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, will lead a conference titled “Buddhism in Nepal, Past and Present.” Based on medieval documents and modern practice, this conference will explore the spread and development of Buddhism in the India-Nepal-Tibet corridor.   Conference Schedule: 1-1:30 PM THE NEWAR LUMBINI VIHARA PROJECT  […]

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