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Sat, Sep 19, 2026 from 02:00pm — 04:15pm, IST
Join us for the event “Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health: Perspectives from Research and Practice in India” that brings together psychiatrists, scholars of religion, and anthropologists to explore the intersections between religion, spirituality, and the field of mental health in India.
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Wed, Sep 23, 2026 from 05:30pm — 06:30pm, IST
Join us for the event “Evaluating Crop Insurance as Climate Policy.” This webinar explores how crop insurance can help farmers manage growing climate risks, drawing on research from flood-prone communities in Odisha.
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Tue, Sep 8, 2026 from 04:15pm — 07:30pm, ET
Cultural/Social Events, Special Event, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Harvard Campus/Cambridge
Join us for a Welcome Back Mixer for South Asia @ Harvard. Celebrate the start of the school year with the Mittal Institute over a South Asian dinner! Meet Mittal Institute faculty and staff, connect with South Asian student organizations on campus, and learn about opportunities and upcoming programs.
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Wed, Oct 14, 2026 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm, ET
Cultural/Social Events, Special Event, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka
Harvard Campus/Cambridge
Please join us for a talk by Professor Mukulika Banerjee of the London School of Economics and Political Science, exploring the relationship between democracy, citizenship and everyday life in an Indian village.
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Tue, Sep 22, 2026 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm, ET
Please join us for a conversation with Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS, Union Health Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, on major developments in public health in India.
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Wed, May 13, 2026 from 05:30pm — 06:30pm, IST
Join us for a webinar on “Heart of a Nation: Disease and Medicine in Modern India,” which will explore the eponymous book by Kavita Sivaramakrishnan and David Shumway Jones that traces the evolution of cardiac care in India alongside the country’s post-independence development journey.
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Fri, May 15, 2026 from 06:30pm — 07:30pm, IST
Join us for a webinar on “Language, Culture, and Media: South Asian Perspectives,” that will bring together voices from across South Asia to explore how film, literature, and popular media can deepen language learning and cultural engagement.
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Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 12:00pm, ET
Tresa Abraham’s postdoctoral project is on the cultural history of taxidermy in India, examining how wild animals and their preserved bodies shaped negotiations of power, science, and sovereignty in colonial and postcolonial contexts. This seminar will focus on the “afterlives” of an Indian elephant mount, collected by William T. Hornaday, following its transformation from an illegally hunted animal in colonial South India into a composite taxidermy mount at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
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Wed, Feb 11, 2026 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, IST
Join us for a webinar on “Rethinking Nutrition and Food Systems for Planetary Health in South Asia,” hosted jointly by the Mittal Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health–India Research Centre. This webinar brings together leading experts in nutrition, epidemiology, and food policy to examine the relevance, feasibility, and equity implications of planetary health diets in South Asia.
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Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 05:30pm, ET
Join us for a talk with Seema Kohli, an internationally renowned visual artist from India, as she reflects on the circle as a generative, communal form that dissolves boundaries between body, spirit, stone, and goddess, and considers how this lineage continues in her own contemporary practice through painting, drawing, and sculpture.
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Fri, Feb 13, 2026 from 12:15pm — 01:15pm, ET
Join us for a discussion with Shashi Tharoor, Sugata Bose and Diana Eck on the chapter ‘Whither Secularism and Pluralism?’ of Dr Tharoor’s book Our Living Constitution: A Concise Introduction & Commentary.
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