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NEW DATE | Fireside Chat with Lakshmi Puri, Author of “Swallowing the Sun” and former UN Assistant Secretary-General

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Tue, Nov 19, 2024 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

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Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School

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The India Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School and the Mittal Institute invite to you a fireside chat with Lakshmi Puri, Former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, to discuss her critically acclaimed and best-selling novel, Swallowing the Sun.

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“Unmapping the Thar: The Desert Reimagined” – with Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Nilanjana Mukherjee

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Fri, Nov 22, 2024 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S153

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Nilanjana Mukherjee Seminar

Join us for a presentation on the Thar Desert in North-Western India by Nilanjana Mukherjee, Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Fall 2024, moderated by Robin Kelsey, Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography in the Department of History of Arts and Architecture.

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How hot is it really? Quantifying the Impact of Heat on the Lives and Livelihoods of Workers

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Thu, Oct 17, 2024 from 01:00pm — 02:00pm, ET

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Boston – Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Ave (Level 7)

How hot is it really? FBX Event on Oct 17

In collaboration with hundreds of workers from the Self Employed Women’s Association, an interdisciplinary team at the Salata South Asia Climate Adaptation Cluster is following hundreds of workers across indoor and outdoor occupations using microsensors, biosensors, and biomarkers. The team is working on quantifying the impact of heat and humidity in the microenvironment that the poor work and live in on their health, well-being, and wages.

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Interactive Workshop on Dhrupad Style with Distinguished Indian Classical Musician Bahauddin Dagar

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Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 07:30pm, ET

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Cambridge – Multicultural Room, Mather House, 10 Cowperthwaite St

ORGANIZER

Join us for a unique opportunity to explore the ancient Indian classical music tradition of Dhrupad with the renowned Rudra Veena maestro Bahauddin Dagar. The first half will feature a lecture about the history and significance of the Dhrupad style, and the second half will be an interactive workshop on improvisation. RSVP is required.

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The Purchaser-Provider Split and the Public Sector

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Thu, Nov 14, 2024 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, IST

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Online on Zoom

ORGANIZER

Join us for a webinar on “The Purchaser-Provider Split and the Public Sector” organised jointly by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University and Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System.

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Private Sector in Primary Health: Catalyst for Progress or Cause for Concern?

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Wed, Oct 23, 2024 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, IST

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Online on Zoom

ORGANIZER

Join us for a webinar on “Private Sector in Primary Health: Catalyst for Progress or Cause for Concern?” organised jointly by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University and Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System.

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Book Talk: “Making Excellence A Habit: The Secret to Building a World-Class Healthcare System in India”

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Fri, Sep 27, 2024 from 11:30am — 12:15pm, ET

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Hybrid – 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, and online via Zoom

Making Excellence A Habit Book

Join the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, for a discussion by Dr. V. Mohan on his book “Making Excellence A Habit: The Secret to Building a World-Class Healthcare System in India.” 

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Historic Water Architecture and its Contemporarization – The State of Architecture in South Asia with A. Mridul

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Wed, Nov 6, 2024 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S354

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Water Architecture Event Nov 6

Join us for another session of the popular “The State of Architecture in South Asia” series. This session will feature A. Mridul, principal of A. Mridul, Architect, and alumnus of Chandigarh College of Architecture, India.

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Chronicling Unrealised Trajectories: The Plurality of Historical Experience in 1940s South Asia

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Fri, Oct 18, 2024 from 09:30am — 04:30pm, IST

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Lecture Room 1, India International Center (Annex), New Delhi and on Zoom

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Join us for the conference, “Chronicling Unrealised Trajectories: The Plurality of Historical Experience in 1940s South Asia,” organized by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University in collaboration with Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, Delhi.

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