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Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India: Exploring New Collaborations and Engagements

WHEN
Thu, Dec 22, 2016 from 06:00pm — 09:00pm

VENUE
New Delhi

Special Event Please join the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) for the final event of the collaborative project with the Tata Trusts on ‘Educational, Social and Economic Empowerment of Women in India’. High tea reception will be followed by a presentation on the impact of the project by Harvard faculty – Professor Jacqueline Bhabha […]

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Urbanization in South Asia: Conversations from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Urbanization Seminar Dr. A Ravindra, Chairman, Institute for Social & Economic Change, Bangalore Adnan Morshed, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, the Catholic University of America  Mubbashir Rizvi, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Georgetown University Chair: Sai Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor in Urban Planning, Harvard University Graduate School of Design This panel brings together three urban scholars […]

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Gandhi’s Forgotten Campaign: The Abolition of Indenture and the Mahatma

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Thu, Sep 15, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Student Event Presented by the South Asia Across Disciplines Workshop Mrinalini Sinha, Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History; Professor (by courtesy) of English and Women’s Studies; Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows (2015-), University of Michigan Respondents: Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History Mou Banerjee, PhD Candidate, Dept. of History, Harvard University Cosponsored […]

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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity

WHEN
Mon, Aug 1, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:30pm

VENUE
Vivanta by Taj

ADDRESS
Vivanta by Taj - Gomti Nagar
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226 010
India

Special Event Launched in 2015, the Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at Harvard. The faculty leaders and Kumbh administrators will discuss their experience studying the world’s largest festival, and lessons learned for future research. This event marks the launch […]

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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity

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Thu, May 19, 2016 from 06:00pm — 07:00pm

VENUE
MFA, Mabel Louise Riley Seminar Room (Meeting Room 156)

ADDRESS
Mabel Louise Riley Seminar Room (Meeting Room 156)
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

Special Event Tarun Khanna, Director, Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School 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 Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, […]

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Webinar: Intellectual Property in Creative Industries

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Wed, May 4, 2016 from 08:00am — 09:30am

Livelihood Creation Project Webinar Guriqbal Singh JAIYA, Director-Advisor to the Executive Director, WIPO Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 5:30pm to 7:00pm IST (8:00am to 9:30am EST) Register here. This webinar will address: Differences between copyright, GI, trademark, and costs of certification Business advantages conferred by intellectual property certifications What kinds of handicrafts/handlooms products […]

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Webinar: Social Enterprises in India: Some Guiding Principles for Scale and Impact

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Fri, Apr 29, 2016 from 10:00am — 11:00am

Livelihood Creation Webinar 7:30pm to 8:30pm IST (10:00am to 11:00am ET) Tarun Khanna, Director, Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School Please register here. Social Enterprises in India have been increasingly playing a transformative role in solving a number of issues in a sustainable manner. Their contribution is visible in areas as […]

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Windows and Mirrors: Reflecting on Recent Architecture In South Asia

WHEN
Sat, Mar 19, 2016 - Sun, Mar 20, 2016

VENUE
CSMVS Museum, Mumbai

ADDRESS
CSMVS Museum, Mumbai
159-161 Mahatma Gandhi Road
Fort, Mumbai - 400023, Maharashtra, India

Special Conference Q+A: The state of architecture in India This two-day conference on architecture in South Asia is being held in partnership with the Tata Trusts, The South Asia Institute (SAI) at Harvard University and Vinod & Saryu Doshi Foundation. Renowned architects from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives and India will participate […]

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Field Notes: Best Practices for Documentation of Handicrafts in the Field

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Fri, Feb 19, 2016 from 07:30am — 08:30am

Livelihood Creation Project Webinar Dr. Vandana Bhandari, Professor and Dean (Academics) at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi Indian handicrafts are a vast and important, but rapidly-disappearing aspect of Indian society and culture. While a range of handicraft organizations have been at the forefront of introducing consumers to traditional handicraft techniques and skills in […]

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Rohith Vemula, Death of a Dalit Scholar in Hyderabad

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Wed, Feb 3, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Abha Sur, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, MIT Banu Subramaniam, Professor,  Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst  Suraj Yengde, Associate, Dept of African and African American Studies, Harvard University  Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Harvard University. Rohith Chakravarti Vemula was an Indian PhD student at the Hyderabad Central University. […]

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