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India Conference at Harvard

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Sat, Mar 7, 2015 - Sun, Mar 8, 2015, ET

The India Conference at Harvard is one of the largest India conferences in the US. It is hosted at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School by the graduate students of Harvard University. The conference will bring together business leaders, entertainment professionals, government officials, philanthropists, and many other leaders to engage in a conversation […]

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Explore Careers in South Asia (Panel & Mixer)

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Thu, Mar 5, 2015 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm, ET

Harvard undergraduates: Have you ever thought about working in South Asia, but aren’t sure what opportunities exist, what it would be like, or how to begin? Enjoy food from the region and hear from panelists who have worked in a variety of sectors in South Asia! After the panel, stay for an informal mixer, where […]

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Postponed: Webinar on Religious Literacy

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Thu, Mar 5, 2015

This webinar has been postponed and will be rescheduled.  SAI Webinar Diane Moore, Senior Lecturer on Religious Studies and Education; Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations  

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Pakistan: From Crisis to Crisis

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Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 04:15pm, ET

10th Annual Asia Center Tsai Lecture Asma Jahangir, Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan; Partner, AGHS Law Associates; former President, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan; former Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chair: Arthur Kleinman, Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University; Professor of Medical Anthropology and Professor […]

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Health and Human Rights in Burma

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Wed, Feb 25, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

SAI Global Health Event Thomas Vallely, Senior Advisor, Mainland Southeast Asia, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School Dr. Cynthia Maung, Director, Mae Tao Clinic, Thai-Burmese Border Dr. Parveen K. Parmar, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Community Partners International Phyu Phyu Saan, Senior Researcher, Global Justice Center, New York Chair: Arthur Kleinman, Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Esther and Sidney Rabb […]

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Innovative Solutions to India’s Healthcare Problems

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Tue, Feb 24, 2015

SAI San Francisco Series Event Speakers Piya Sorcar, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, TeachAIDS, representatives from USAID, and Tarun Khanna, Director, Harvard University South Asia Institute, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School, will discuss the current ecosystem surrounding India’s healthcare system, and avenues that should be further explored for identifying worthwhile investments in healthcare. While […]

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“The Water, Forest, and Land Belong to Us”: Collective action and property in an Indian forest

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Mon, Feb 23, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

South Asia Without Border Seminar  Anand Vaidya, SAI South Asian Studies Fellow Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Q+A with Anand Vaidya: The politics of conservation In September 2011, a forest village in Uttar Pradesh named Ramnagar was destroyed. The village had been settled four years earlier by landless members of lower […]

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Made in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka: The Labor Behind the Global Garments and Textiles Industries

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Tue, Feb 17, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

SAI Book Talk Sanchita Saxena, Director of the Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, Berkeley; Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley Fauzia Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, Miami University; SAI Research Affiliate Chair: John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Professor in Health Policy and […]

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Cancelled: Webinar: Planning and Preparedness

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Tue, Feb 10, 2015 from 08:00am — 09:30am, ET

This webinar has been cancelled and will take place on February 25. SAI Webinar Payal Modi, MD, MPH, Fellow, Brigham & Women’s Hospital International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Mass casualty responses work best when there is a well-rehearsed plan. This seminar will cover planning for a disaster, preparatory drills, and debriefing, drawing from the experience of the Boston Marathon […]

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