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Thu, Dec 22, 2016 from 06:00pm — 09:00pm, ET
Special Event Please join the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) for the final event of the collaborative project with the Tata Trusts on ‘Educational, Social and Economic Empowerment of Women in India’. High tea reception will be followed by a presentation on the impact of the project by Harvard faculty – Professor Jacqueline Bhabha […]
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Wed, Dec 14, 2016 from 08:00am — 10:00am, ET
Livelihood Creation Webinar Click here to register. 6:30pm IST (8:00am EST) Local government policies and urban plans have a direct and strong impact on home-based workers. Because their home is their workplace, home-based workers are more directly affected than other workers by government policies and practices regarding housing (notably, slum upgrading and/or slum eviction-relocation […]
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Wed, Dec 14, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET
Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.
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Tue, Dec 13, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Science and Technology Seminar Fahad Javed, Aman Fellow, Harvard South Asia Institute Discussant: Afreen Siddiqi, Visiting Scholar, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Feed-in-tariffs to support solar photovoltaic (PV) cells deployment for home consumers has been one of the most actively supported policy measure across the globe for a […]
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Tue, Dec 13, 2016 from 08:00am — 10:00am, ET
Livelihood Creation Webinar Click here to register. Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes. In countries both rich and poor, they produce a wide range of low- and high-end goods and services for both domestic and global markets. Some of them are self-employed while others […]
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Fri, Dec 9, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET
Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Paul Staniland, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago Paul Staniland is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he codirects the Program on International Security Policy. He is a cofounder of the Program on Political Violence. His research focuses on political violence, international security, […]
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Thu, Dec 8, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Arts Seminar Komal Shahid Khan, Visiting Artist, South Asia Institute Arts Program Chair: Susan S. Bean, Chair, Art & Archaeology Center, American Institute of Indian Studies; Board Member, Textile Society of America; Associate, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Senior Curator for South Asian and Korean Art. Peabody Essex Museum Starting with an introduction and practices which lead to […]
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Wed, Dec 7, 2016 from 05:15pm — 06:45pm, ET
Special Event Navtej Sarna, Indian Ambassador to the US Chair: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; Director, South Asia Institute Ambassador Sarna took charge as Ambassador of India to the United States on November 5, 2016. He has been a Member of the Indian Foreign Service since 1980. He was previously posted in […]
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Wed, Dec 7, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET
Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community. SAI Visiting Artist Meenakshi Sengupta will lead an interactive art performance during the tea break.
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Mon, Dec 5, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Arts Seminar Meenakshi Sengupta, Visiting Artist, South Asia Institute Arts Program Chair: Jinah Kim, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, South and Southeast Asian Art, Harvard University This talk will focus on the celebration of womanhood and how Sengupta comes to this work. Boys don’t cry is a title of her recent drawing […]
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