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Wed, Sep 27, 2023 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm
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CGIS South, S050
Come hear from our climate faculty and students about our newly launched research initiatives focused on climate adaptation in South Asia, and learn about how you can contribute!
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Tue, Sep 26, 2023 from 04:00pm — 07:00pm
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Batten 301, Harvard Business School
India Stack is digital public infrastructure that mediates the flow of people (through digital identity), money (UPI), and information. The newest part—mediating the flow of information—happens through Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA). DEPA is now enabled in India through the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP). The two acts have ushered in techno-legal regulation for both personal data and aggregate datasets, used in Machine Learning and AI. India is the first country to adopt this approach. Techno-legal regulation for personal data formalizes informed consent in a revocable, auditable, purpose-limited, and storage-limited way. It gives agency to the citizens and empowers them to improve their livelihoods.
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Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 06:30pm
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Gund Hall, Room 111
What would our cities look like if they were designed by the people who would ultimately use these spaces? Following their reception of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the UIA (International Union of Architects) Award in 2022 for their work by the river Naboganga, in Jhenaidah city, Bangladesh, Kabir and Suhailey of Co.Creation.Architects discuss how designers can enhance collective experiences in the build environment by engaging with people and nature as a driving force for design and architecture.
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Thu, Sep 21, 2023 from 10:00am — 12:00pm
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Rubenstein Hall, Room 414 AB, Harvard Kennedy School
Please join us for a celebratory tribute to Ela Ramesh Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, on September 21, 2023. Ela is recognized for her Gandhian values, visionary ideals, pioneering work, and quiet centered humanity. Bhatt is the recipient of a host of honors, including an Honorary Doctorate degree from Harvard University, a Radcliffe Medal, and the civilian honor of Padma Shri by the Government of India. Her legacy as a “gentle revolutionary” lives on in the lives of millions of working poor women and in struggles for social and economic justice around the world.
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Tue, Sep 19, 2023 from 03:45pm — 05:15pm
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Location: Room G3, Kresge Building,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston
The explosion of mobile device ownership and advances in cloud computing have allowed the Global South to advance health delivery with digital devices, advanced decision support systems, telemedicine, and genomics. Our panel of scientists, physicians, and academics have been at the forefront of some of the most audacious innovations in healthcare in recent history, including digital health platforms targeting over 500 million India citizens, ICUs in remote settings, wastewater genomic surveillance, and open access clinical databases.
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Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 05:30pm
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CGIS South, Room S050
The Mittal Institute application for winter grants is now open! If you’re a current Harvard student in a degree-program at Harvard (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree candidates are all eligible!) interested in a South Asian research project, internship, or language study program, apply today!
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Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 05:30pm
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CGIS South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge Street
Come celebrate the start of another school year with Harvard’s hub for all things South Asia – learn more about Mittal Institute events and grants, connect with student organizations, and have a bite to eat with members of the Mittal Institute and Harvard community!
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The webinar will feature a distinguished panel of experts from academia, think tanks, industry, and scientific administration. The National Research Foundation is envisioned to strengthen research ecosystem in the country by providing high-level strategic direction for scientific research and supporting collaborations among the industry, academia, government departments, and research institutions.
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Fri, Aug 4, 2023 from 08:30am — 10:00am
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Lecture Hall - 1, India International Center Annexe, New Delhi
Comparative history of democracies tells us that if contested freely, democratic elections are fundamentally open-ended. There can, of course, be dominant parties, which may have the upper hand electorally. But high probabilities do not amount to certainties. The Karnataka Assembly election results have ignited a flurry of questions regarding the larger consequences of the Congress party’ victory. The possibility, if not the inevitability, of a fairly substantial opposition unity may complicate the probabilities further. The index of opposition unity has long been an important factor in India for election analysis. Finally, political analysts have also raised the question of a possible exhaustion of ruling narratives. What narratives are available to political parties dominant for a decade? In short, does persistence in power ensure continuity of rule? In this seminar, we will delve into the emerging possibilities in Indian politics, roughly half a year before some key state elections taking place in December 2023 and the much more significant national elections of 2024. The emphasis will be on probabilities, not certitudes.
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Mon, Jul 10, 2023 from 08:30am — 10:00am
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Lecture Hall - 2, India International Center Annexe, New Delhi
The urban poor frequently have their homes and places of employment demolished or relocated in the lead-up to mega events. In the light of recent evictions, demolitions, and relocations in metropolitan New Delhi, this webinar will focus on the eviction and relocation of people from slum areas in central Delhi to an area between two villages, Savda and Ghevra, about 30 miles outside of Delhi in the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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