WHEN
Wed, Sep 23, 2026 from 05:30pm — 06:30pm, IST
VENUE
Online on Zoom
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute India Office
Join us for the event “Evaluating Crop Insurance as Climate Policy.” This webinar explores how crop insurance can help farmers manage growing climate risks, drawing on research from flood-prone communities in Odisha.
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Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 05:00pm, ET
VENUE
CGIS South, S153
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute Cambridge Office
Global institutions and the Paris Agreement set a high bar for global climate action, requiring countries to make Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to keep global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The gap between promises, commitments, and the actual state of climate action outcomes is visible and widely reported. Can AI close the gap between climate pledges and real-world outcomes? This seminar explores AI’s potential for Climate action accountability.
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Wed, Feb 11, 2026 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, IST
VENUE
Online on Zoom
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute India Office
Join us for a webinar on “Rethinking Nutrition and Food Systems for Planetary Health in South Asia,” hosted jointly by the Mittal Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health–India Research Centre. This webinar brings together leading experts in nutrition, epidemiology, and food policy to examine the relevance, feasibility, and equity implications of planetary health diets in South Asia.
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Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 06:00pm, ET
VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer Case Study Room
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute Cambridge Office
This panel explores how heat is actually experienced in daily life – inside homes, workplaces, and cities. Drawing on perspectives from building science, urban design, and environmental health, Profs. Rajan Rawal and Gary Adamkiewicz will examine how everyday environments shape thermal exposure, behavior, and health. Moderated by Prof. Rahul Mehrotra, the discussion will highlight gaps between measured conditions and lived experience, and consider how design, infrastructure, and policy can better address the growing burden of heat where people live and work.
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Wed, Dec 3, 2025 from 06:30pm — 07:30pm, IST
VENUE
Online
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute India Office
Join us for a webinar on “Beyond the Haze: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Air Pollution.”
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Mon, Mar 31, 2025 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET
COST Free
VENUE
Cambridge - CGIS South, Belfer S020
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute Cambridge Office
Join us for a film screening and discussion with Chitrangada Choudhury, Director and Cinematographer, and Aniket Aga, Associate Director, moderated by Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico, Harvard University.
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Fri, Nov 22, 2024 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S153
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute Cambridge Office
Join us for a presentation on the Thar Desert in North-Western India by Nilanjana Mukherjee, Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Fall 2024, moderated by Robin Kelsey, Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography in the Department of History of Arts and Architecture.
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Thu, Oct 17, 2024 from 01:00pm — 02:00pm, ET
VENUE
Boston – Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Ave (Level 7)
In collaboration with hundreds of workers from the Self Employed Women’s Association, an interdisciplinary team at the Salata South Asia Climate Adaptation Cluster is following hundreds of workers across indoor and outdoor occupations using microsensors, biosensors, and biomarkers. The team is working on quantifying the impact of heat and humidity in the microenvironment that the poor work and live in on their health, well-being, and wages.
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Fri, Sep 20, 2024 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S250
ORGANIZER
Mittal Institute Cambridge Office
Please join us for a session on “Genetics and the Future of India’s Biodiversity” with Indian geneticist Uma Ramakrishnan and L. Mahadevan, Harvard Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
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