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Webinar: Merchandising and Marketing of Handcrafted Goods

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Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 07:30am, ET

Livelihood Creation Webinar Merchandising and Marketing of Handcrafted Goods: Challenges and Solutions in the Physical and Online Markets Thursday, January 7, 2015. 6.00 pm to 7:00 pm IST The webinar will address: Innovation in design and product ranges and supply chain Capturing larger audiences and potential customers online and offline Principles of merchandizing that can add […]

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Mental Health in Disaster Response – Local and International Perspectives

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Wed, Dec 16, 2015 from 05:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

The Aman Foundation and the Harvard University South Asia Institute have co-sponsored this conference on mental health in the wake of natural and manmade disasters in Pakistan. Coping in the Wake of Disasters: Long term Effects of Traumatic “Life-Changing” Situations Sharmeen Khan, Clinical Psychologist Sharmeen Khan is a Karachi-based mental health professional and a human rights […]

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Of Sympathy and Solidarity: Japanese Buraku, South Asian Dalit, and Grassroots Politics across National Boundaries

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Fri, Dec 4, 2015 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm, ET

Japan Forum Joseph Hankins, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego Moderator: Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Chair, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation and the Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations   

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Webinar: Handcrafted aesthetic goods and markets

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Thu, Dec 3, 2015 from 08:30am — 09:30am, ET

SAI and the Tata Trusts invite you to a webinar on ‘Handcrafted aesthetic goods and markets: Bridging paradigms for livelihood regeneration’ Mukti Khaire, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School. The webinar will address: India’s handicrafts and handlooms crisis Approaches to regenerate the sector How the gap between the handcrafted paradigm and business paradigm can be bridged […]

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Aid and poverty: Are grants and loans different?

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Thu, Dec 3, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Javed Younas, Aman Fellow, South Asia Institute Chair: Asim Khwaja, Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School The aid allocation literature reveals a negative association between the recipients’ income and aid inflows, implying that, all else equal, poorer nations receive more aid. This literature has assumed that two […]

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Reflections on Migration and Indentured Servitude: A Talk by Gaiutra Bahadur

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Wed, Dec 2, 2015 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

Student Event Gaiutra Bahadur, Author Chair: Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History, Harvard University In this talk, Bahadur will offer her reflections on migration and indentured servitude. Gaiutra Bahadur is an award-winning American journalist who writes frequently about migration, literature and gender. Her reporting, criticism and essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Dissent, History […]

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A memory, a monument, a material

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Wed, Dec 2, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

 

Arts Seminar Basir Mahmood, Visiting Artist, SAI Arts Program Chair: Jennifer Leaning, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights; Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health Basir Mahmood, recipient of South Asia Institute 2015 Emerging Artist Award, will be offering insights […]

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21st Century Identification Systems: Data, Politics, Protection

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Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 03:00pm, ET —
Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 02:00pm, ET

As part of its project mission, the Harvard FXB Center for Health & Human Rights in collaboration with other Harvard schools will convene a high profile international conference of experts drawn from academia, government, business and civil society to examine the scientific, technical, social and political aspects of national ID systems. This two and half-day […]

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Empirical Research on Citizen Empowerment in India

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Thu, Nov 19, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Graduate Student Associate Seminar Sarika Gupta, PhD candidate, Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Graduate Student Associate, South Asia Institute Discussant: Radhika Jain, PhD Candidate, Harvard University This talk will present an overview of an ongoing field project in Delhi aimed at understanding barriers citizens face in successfully taking up government welfare programs. Specifically, it will discuss […]

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