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Silencing India’s Daughter

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Thu, Mar 26, 2015 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

6:00 – 7:00 PM Documentary Screening 7:00 – 8:00 PM Panel Discussion Lakshmi Iyer, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Diane Rosenfeld, Lecturer on Law and Director of the Gender Violence Program, Harvard Law School Beena Sarwar, Editor, Aman ki Asha, Jang Group Pakistan; former Nieman Fellow and Fellow at the Carr Center for Human […]

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Beyond Harvard

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Mon, Mar 9, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Student Event Rahul Bose, Actor, Director & Social Activist Chair: Richard Delacy, Preceptor in Hindi and Urdu, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University  Welcome by Rakesh Khurana, Dean of Harvard College Described as the ‘Indian art house icon’ by TIME magazine, Rahul Bose won Best Actor, Singapore Film Festival, and Best Debut Director (second prize), for ‘Everybody […]

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India Conference at Harvard

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Sat, Mar 7, 2015 - Sun, Mar 8, 2015, ET

The India Conference at Harvard is one of the largest India conferences in the US. It is hosted at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School by the graduate students of Harvard University. The conference will bring together business leaders, entertainment professionals, government officials, philanthropists, and many other leaders to engage in a conversation […]

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Explore Careers in South Asia (Panel & Mixer)

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Thu, Mar 5, 2015 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm, ET

Harvard undergraduates: Have you ever thought about working in South Asia, but aren’t sure what opportunities exist, what it would be like, or how to begin? Enjoy food from the region and hear from panelists who have worked in a variety of sectors in South Asia! After the panel, stay for an informal mixer, where […]

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Pakistan: From Crisis to Crisis

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Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 04:15pm, ET

10th Annual Asia Center Tsai Lecture Asma Jahangir, Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan; Partner, AGHS Law Associates; former President, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan; former Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chair: Arthur Kleinman, Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University; Professor of Medical Anthropology and Professor […]

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Innovative Solutions to India’s Healthcare Problems

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Tue, Feb 24, 2015

SAI San Francisco Series Event Speakers Piya Sorcar, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, TeachAIDS, representatives from USAID, and Tarun Khanna, Director, Harvard University South Asia Institute, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School, will discuss the current ecosystem surrounding India’s healthcare system, and avenues that should be further explored for identifying worthwhile investments in healthcare. While […]

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CANCELLED: Summer Grant Information Session

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Tue, Jan 27, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

This event has been cancelled.    Please visit our Summer Grants page for frequently asked questions. Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities, including research and internship grants, and ask any last minute questions about the application process. Summer Grant Applications Deadlines: All Graduate Grant Applications: February 13, 2015 All Undergraduate Grant Applications: February 9, […]

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The Life and Times of Dadabhai Naoroji

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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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Harvard-US India Initiative Annual Conference

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Fri, Jan 9, 2015 - Sat, Jan 10, 2015, ET

The Harvard India Initiative 2015, co-sponsored by SAI, hopes to foster targetted dialogue and academic critique on India’s future. This conference is bringing together 450 of the brightest young minds from across the world and India in the hopes of creating a tradition of research-focused policy-making in one of the most vibrant democracies and economies […]

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Ambassador Richard Olson: The future of US-Pakistan relations

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Thu, Dec 11, 2014 from 08:00am — 09:45am, ET

Richard Olson, US Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Chair: Nicholas Burns, Sultan of Oman Professor of the Practice of International Relations, HKS In a breakfast discussion with  R. Nicholas Burns, HKS, Ambassador Richard Olson will reflect on his experience heading one of the largest US embassies in Islamabad and his views on the US-Pakistan relationship. Ambassador Olson […]

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India’s Maoist Insurgency Challenge

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Fri, Nov 21, 2014 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

Joint Sem­i­nar on South Asian Politics Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament; Former Minister of Environment and Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress party, is an Indian economist and politician. Since June 2004, Ramesh has been a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of […]

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Summer Grant Opportunities Open House

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Wed, Nov 19, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities from 2014 SAI grant recipients. Learn about the various types of grants, the application process, how to write an appropriate budget for a summer in South Asia, and enjoy some delicious South Asian food. For more details on SAI grants, click here. 

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