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SAI Event Type : Conferences and Symposiums


Globalization and Sustainability of Bangladesh Garment Industry

WHEN
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 from 08:00am — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Bangladesh Development Conference 2014  Read the report from the event. The objective of this year’s conference is to explore the linkages among development, garment sector and health and safety issues in Bangladesh.  It will highlight the actors and factors that impinge on this linkage at national and global levels. The deliberation will explore how the […]

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Poverty and Development in South Asia

WHEN
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm

VENUE
Charles Hotel

ADDRESS
Charles Hotel
1 Bennett St
Cambridge, MA 02138

SAI Mahindra Lecture Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Founder and Chairperson of BRAC Introduction: Martha Chen, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; International Coordinator of the global research-policy-action network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing Sir Fazle was born in 1936 in Bangladesh. He was educated both at Dhaka and Glasgow universities. He was a professional […]

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Harvard India Conference

WHEN
Sat, Feb 15, 2014 - Sun, Feb 16, 2014

VENUE
Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School

ADDRESS
Harvard Business School
100 Western Ave.
Boston, MA 02163

Harvard Kennedy School
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Join us at the 12th edition of the India Conference at Harvard to exchange powerful ideas, kindle new partnerships, question the status-quo and push your peers and yourself to shape your idea of what India in the 21st century stands for. The theme of this year’s conference is India, Turning the Page: Prospects and Paradoxes and speakers include Pawan Munjal, CEO of Hero Corp; Gen V.K. Singh, Former Chief of the Indian Army; Barkha Dutt, Group Editor, NDTV; Aruna Roy, Political and Social Activist; Ambassador Shyam Saran, Bollywood Director Shakun Batra and many more. Panel topics cover a wide range of interests such as Tourism and Hospitality, Global Implications of Indian politics, the LGBT rights movement, Women interaction in the corporate world and the Future of impact investing in India, among others.

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Design for Urban Disaster: Response – Resilience – Transformation Conference

WHEN
Mon, May 5, 2014 - Wed, May 7, 2014

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

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

Cosponsored with Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Oxford Brookes University School of Architecture; Harvard University South Asia Institute; Habitat for Humanity; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Harvard Humanitarian Initiative www.designforurbandisaster.com  

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South Asia Regionalism: Workshops on Shared Challenges, and the Way Forward

WHEN
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 - Fri, Apr 25, 2014

VENUE
Charles Hotel

ADDRESS
Charles Hotel
1 Bennett St
Cambridge, MA 02138

SAI Annual Symposium As part of its Annual Symposium, SAI is hosting a series of workshops on April 24 and 25 to highlight ongoing faculty research projects supported by SAI. Thursday, April 24, 2014: Mobile Technology, 8:30 am – 11:00 am Disasters and Mental Health, 11:15 am – 1:45 pm The Contemporary South Asian City, […]

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The Contemporary South Asian City Conference

WHEN
Thu, Jan 9, 2014 - Sun, Jan 12, 2014

This conference will bring together a multidisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners to explore new frontiers in research on the contemporary South Asian city. South Asia includes some of the largest and fastest-­‐growing urban agglomerations in the world today, all of which are growing increasingly interconnected with the larger regional and global economy. Equally relevant is […]

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Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference 2013

WHEN
Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 08:00am —
Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 04:00pm

VENUE
Harvard Kennedy School, Center for International Development

ADDRESS
Harvard Kennedy School
Center for International Development
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference is a major forum in development economics. NEUDC has organized annual conferences in development economics since 1967. The location and sponsorship of the annual NEUDC conference usually rotates among the organizing institutions: Boston University, Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, Williams College and […]

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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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South Asian Studies: Pasts and Futures

WHEN
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm

VENUE
Harvard University
Loeb House

ADDRESS
Harvard University
Loeb House
17 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
02138

Harvard South Asia Institute 10th Anniversary Celebration Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley Introduction by Tarun Khanna, Director, South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School Reception to follow

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