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Wed, Mar 25, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
SAI Special Event Tanvi Madan, PhD Fellow, Foreign Policy Director, The India Project The Brookings Institution Shivshankar Menon, Former Indian NSA and Foreign Secretary Chair: Nicholas Burns, Sultan of Oman Professor of the Practice of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Cosponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the WCFIA Fellows Program. Supported by the Hindustan Times and the South […]
More InfoA one day seminar to explore new developments in curriculum development and implementation by state, civil, and the academic community. Participation by invitation only. Hosted by Harvard South Asia Institute Gender Violence Project, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University and Population Foundation of India. More about the Harvard Gender Violence Project.
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Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 06:00pm, ET
Dinyar Patel, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Harvard University, SAI Graduate Associate Today, Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) is primarily identified as an early economic thinker, a leader of the moderate wing of the Congress, and the first Indian elected to the British Parliament. This standard school textbook description, however, does little justice to the “Grand Old Man of India,” […]
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Tue, Dec 9, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
This is an orientation for students who are traveling to South Asia during Winter Session 2015, and will include travel tips and logistics, health and safety information, cultural introduction, and will provide an opportunity to meet other students who will be in the region. Food will be served! All Harvard Students traveling to South Asia […]
More InfoSAI Photo Exhibit On Display in the CGIS South Concourse from Nov. 5, 2014 – Jan. 31, 2015. Open Mondays-Thursdays 7am – 9pm; Fridays 7am – 7pm Capturing South Asia: Interview with Pablo Bartholomew Coded Elegance, by Pablo Bartholomew, is a series of ethno-anthropological photographs of tribes and people of the hills and valleys of Arunachal […]
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Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 01:00pm, ET
Join IndiaGSD for an illustrated lecture looking at projects in the realm of culture and heritage interpreted through an effective scenography. Siddhartha Das (designer – scenographer, New Delhi) will present his own projects including those for the historic Jal Mahal, Jaipur; an art museum complex, J D Centre of Art, Bhubaneswar;Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Museum Rietberg, […]
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Tue, Nov 18, 2014 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
SAI Special Event This event seeks to explore challenges and successes of private and corporate philanthropy in South Asia in a comparative lens to philanthropy in the US. What are the enabling factors in the US that promote philanthropy? How do these compare to India’s enabling factors? For example, India is the first country to […]
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Wed, Nov 5, 2014 from 12:00pm — 02:00pm, ET
Shridhar Venkat, CEO, Akshaya Patra Foundation; Eisenhower Fellow The Akshaya Patra Foundation is the world’s largest NGO-directed school meal program, feeding 1.4 million children every day. To advance its vision that “No child in India will be deprived of education because of hunger”, the Foundation operates out of 22 locations throughout India, serving almost 11,000 […]
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Tue, Nov 4, 2014 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
SAI Arts Initiative Seminar Pablo Bartholomew, Photojournalist Discussant: Bridget Corbett Hanna, Post-Doc, Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University In December 1984, a gas leak at the Union Carbide Factory, now owned by Dow Chemicals, caused the death of thousands of inhabitants of Bhopal and incapacitated the living who have […]
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Wed, Oct 8, 2014 from 06:00pm — 09:00pm, ET
Cultural/Social Events, Arts, Special Event, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
A group show called South Asia Exchange: An exhibition exploring contemporary dialogue about South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, including social justice, pop culture, industry, the environment, food, music, and how they come into play with the idea of exchange. Exhibit duration: October 6 – October 14, 2014 Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 6 […]
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Fri, Nov 14, 2014 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Seminar James Manor, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Committee on the Study of Religion, FAS, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies This talk will examine certain key implications of a monumentally important trend, […]
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Thu, Oct 30, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
SAI Education Seminar Tara Beteille, World Bank Chair: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School This paper provides a detailed account of how the system of teacher transfers operates in large parts of India. It presents evidence to suggest that teacher transfers form the bedrock of a patronage-based low-accountability school system. Politicians need teachers because teachers are […]
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