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Whither Secularism and Pluralism? A discussion with Shashi Tharoor, Sugata Bose and Diana Eck

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Fri, Feb 13, 2026 from 12:15pm — 01:15pm, ET

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WCC 1023 Classroom, Harvard Law School

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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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The Lancet Commission on a Citizen-Centred Health System for India: Report Launch

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Wed, Jan 21, 2026 from 09:00am — 05:00pm, IST

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India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

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The public launch of the report of the Lancet Commission on a Citizen-Centred Health System for India on January 21, 2026 in New Delhi marks the culmination of a multi-year effort to synthesise evidence and outline reform pathways for a health system that is equitable, forward-looking, and accountable to India’s citizens. The event will be in hybrid format.

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A Space Between Selves | VAF Alumni Exhibition

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Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 06:00pm, IST — Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 08:00pm, IST

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Art Heritage Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

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Art Heritage and The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University present “A Space Between Selves,” an exhibition of artworks by Mittal Institute’s three former Visiting Artist Fellows—Cop Shiva, Pattabi Raman, and Sunanda Khajuria—whose practices reflect a deep engagement with identity, transformation, and cultural hybridity.

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Centricity of Operative Care to Health Systems

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Tue, Nov 11, 2025 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, IST

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Online on Zoom

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Join us for a webinar on “Centricity of Operative Care to Health Systems” that brings together leading experts to explore how strengthening operative care can advance resilient, equitable, and sustainable health systems worldwide.

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Postcolonial Science on Display: Science, Technology, and Nation State in Indian Science Museums

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Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 05:30pm, ET

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CGIS South, S250

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Dr. Rose Sebastian’s postdoctoral project proposes to analyze the national science museums in independent India as sites of display and dissemination of a distinctively postcolonial policy and culture of science. This interdisciplinary project aspires to bring together the analytical approaches of Cultural Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS). It extends the concepts of postcolonial hybridity and ambivalence to cultures of science, and analyzes the co-production of the technoscientific and the political in postcolonial India from an STS framework.

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The Discourse of Modernity in India: Ethnography with Children & Policy Analysis

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Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 12:00pm, ET

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CGIS South, S250

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Speaker: Nita Kumar, Brown Family Professor of South Asian History, Claremont McKenna College. Moderator: Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

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Moral Vaccination: Ideas and Institutions in the Control of Contagion in China and India

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Wed, Oct 15, 2025 from 12:00pm — 01:15pm, ET

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Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street

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Join Prerna Singh, Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar.

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NEW DATE! Digital Health and AI in Indian Healthcare

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Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 05:30pm, ET

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CGIS South, S050

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This seminar will cover ICMR’s focus on how digital health and AI address key challenges in India’s healthcare delivery system—particularly those arising from underutilized primary care centers and overburdened tertiary hospitals. ICMR has developed over 100 national digital data systems. Building on this foundation, Dr. Singh will introduce MIDAS and MIDAS 2.0as quality frameworks for AI-ready datasets, outline integration opportunities with Harvard’s Dataverse (including differential privacy), and share a vision for automated primary health centers. 

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