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SAI Event Topic : Education

A Conversation with Shridhar Venkat

WHEN
Wed, Nov 5, 2014 from 12:00pm — 02:00pm

VENUE
Larsen Hall 106

ADDRESS
Larsen Hall 106
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138

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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Powerplay: Teacher Transfers in India

WHEN
Thu, Oct 30, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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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The future of Indian Higher Education: Four case studies

WHEN
Tue, Sep 30, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

Education Seminar Pramath Raj Sinha, Founding Dean of the Indian School of Business and a founder of Ashoka University Chair: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School “Everyone knows Indian Higher Education is a mess. Proposals for its transformation abound, but things continue to go from bad to worse. Despite the doom and gloom, there are […]

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The Brittle Forge: Higher Education and India’s Human Capital

WHEN
Tue, Feb 18, 2014 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Education Seminar Devesh Kapur,  Associate Professor of Political Science, Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India, and Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania Chair: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Higher Education in India is going through profound changes, not […]

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The State and the Market in the Delivery of Primary Education in India: Theory and Evidence

WHEN
Fri, Apr 4, 2014 from 02:30pm — 04:30pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel K031

ADDRESS
CGIS Knafel K031
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Education Seminar Karthik Muralidharan, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego Chair: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Cosponsored with the Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics (Brown Watson Institute, Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and MIT Center for International Studies)

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Educators for Teaching India Conference

WHEN
Fri, Apr 4, 2014 from 09:00am — 04:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Women in India: Negotiating Tradition and Modernity Keynote Speaker: Harleen Singh, Associate Professor of Literature, Women’s and Gender Studies, and South Asian Studies, Brandeis University Closing speaker: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School and Director of the Harvard South Asia Institute   Established in 2008, Educators for Teaching India (EFTI) is a group […]

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India Changing: Searching and Supporting Innovation Insurgents

WHEN
Tue, Oct 22, 2013 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
Harvard Kennedy School, T-301, Taubman Building (Third Floor)

ADDRESS
Harvard Kennedy School
T-301, Taubman Building (Third Floor)
79 John F. Kennedy St
Cambridge, MA 02138

Professor Anil Gupta, founder of the Honey Bee Network, will deliver a talk titled “India Changing: searching and supporting innovation insurgents.” The talk will focus on the ecosystem of inclusive innovations emerging in India, with global implications. There will be examples from five focii of innovations: children, tech students, informal sector, professionals and public systems.

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Attaining Education for All : How do India and China compare?

WHEN
Fri, Oct 4, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

Education Seminar Abhimanyu Singh, Director and Representative, UNESCO Office Beijing Discussant: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Cosponsored with the Asia Center Modern Asia Seminar While much international attention has been paid to the recent rapid rise of China and India in  economic terms, there has been relatively little focus on their […]

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The Rebirth of Education

WHEN
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Education Seminar Series Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School Discussant: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School  Cosponsored with the International Education Policy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most […]

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