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Annual Cambridge Symposium: Science and Technology – The Future of South Asia

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Fri, May 3, 2024 from 09:00am — 05:00pm, ET

VENUE
Belfer (S020), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Poster Cambridge Symposium 2024

Please join us for our Annual Cambridge Symposium, the Mittal Institute’s flagship event. The full-day convening brings together scholars, practitioners and audiences to discuss, debate and dissect major South Asian themes from an interlocking variety of perspectives. This year’s symposium will focus on “Science and Technology: The Future of South Asia.” The event is free and open to the public.

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Illness to Wellness to Well-being: Views from the C-Suite

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Tue, Jan 9, 2024 - Fri, Jan 12, 2024, ET

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New Delhi - Jan 9, 2024
Mumbai - Jan 12, 2024

ORGANIZER

The event aims to discuss how well-being is promoted in companies and the challenges and opportunities in taking an integrated approach to well-being. Prof Vish will share findings from his study with C-Suite leaders followed by a fireside chat with a leading Indian industry leader.

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Recalibrating Sustainability: Living with a Changing Climate

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Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 05:30pm, ET

VENUE
Tsai Auditorium S010, CGIS South (Concourse), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

This lecture is a keynote event of the workshop on ‘Adapting to Climate Change in South Asia and West Africa’ organized by the Harvard Climate Research Clusters on the Gulf of Guinea (Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea) and South Asia (Climate Adaptation in South Asia),  in collaboration with the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, and the Salata Institute at Harvard University.

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Transforming Education: The Story of Pratham Education Foundation

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Mon, Oct 2, 2023 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

VENUE
Gutman Library Conference Room G-1-2-3 (6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, 02138)

poster on transforming education with pratham education foundation

Transforming Education: The Story of Pratham Education Foundation Register here to join the discussion! This event is organized by Harvard Graduate School of Education and is a panel discussion led by Professor Dr. Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education, with Dr. Rukmini Banerji (CEO, Pratham Education Foundation) and Dr. Madhav […]

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Raga Revelry: A Journey Through India Classical Music with Padma Shri Malini Awasthi

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Sat, Sep 30, 2023 from 03:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

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JCR, Winthrop House, 32 Mill St, Harvard College

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Raga Revelry is a documentary that immerses viewers in the world of North Indian classical music. Through heartfelt performances, interviews with legendary musicians, and joyful camaraderie. Raga Revelry transports viewers to the center of Indian culture, and unfolds the rasa, or soul of this music. Join us for a screening and discussion with filmmaker Shreedevi […]

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Book Talk with Lila Bhan and Siddharth Kak

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Fri, Oct 20, 2023 from 11:00am — 12:00pm, ET

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Online on Zoom

The Mittal Institute brings to you a book discussion on ‘Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir’s Last Pandit Prime Minister and his English Wife’ with authors Lila Bhan and Siddharth Kak, and moderated by Natasha Warikoo, Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts University. CLICK TO WATCH THE EVENT! Date and […]

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South Asia in Translation: Geography, Memory, and Textuality

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Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 02:00pm, ET —
Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 04:30pm, ET

VENUE
Seminar Hall 1 & 2, India International Centre (Main Building), New Delhi, and on Zoom

Organized by the Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard University in collaboration with National Translation Mission, CIIL, Mysore, the conference aims to study South Asia through the themes of translation, geography, and memory and place translation within the framework of the geographical settings in which knowledge and power were transacted. The conversations during the two-day conference will unravel the intertwined narratives of land, conquest, memory, and translation as found in the textual traditions of the subcontinent. The conference will also contribute to an understanding of translation as a key tool in studying the evolving geographies and ecologies of South Asia.

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The Climate Crisis with Senator Sherry Rehman, Former Federal Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan

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Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 06:30pm, ET

VENUE
Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School

Senator Sherry Rehman is Chair of the Climate and Environment Caucus of the Senate of Pakistan, former Federal Minister of Climate Change, first woman Opposition Leader in Senate of Pakistan, Vice President of Pakistan Peoples Pakistan.

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