Why do infectious diseases emerge where they do? What makes them spread so quickly? Where do we look for the next one?
Our world is connected more than ever before by global travel and trade, by technology and by our microbes. Join us for a discussion that examines the connections between human, animal and environmental health, and discover how specialists in India and around the world track and respond to disease outbreaks.
The exhibition is part of an ongoing project at the Harvard Global Health Institute that aims to raise awareness about the factors contributing to infectious disease epidemics.
Ashish Jha
Dean for Global Strategy
K.T. Li Professor of Global Health
Director, Harvard Global Health Institute
Kayla Laserson
Adjunct Lecturer of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Preetha Rajaraman
U.S. Health Attaché for India and Regional
Representative for South Asia, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Office of the Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
Former Director, Operation Asha
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Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 06:00pm
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Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 08:30pm
In September 2018, following a long and arduous battle by rights activists, India’s Supreme Court voted to strike down Section 377 of the Penal Code, a piece of legislation from the colonial era that criminalized sexual acts considered “against the order of nature”. The Mittal Institute has invited two of the most prominent anti-Section 377 campaigners – and key architects of the legal challenge – to campus, for a discussion about the importance and impact of the Supreme Court’s decision.
Panelists:
Menaka Guruswamy is BR Ambedkar Research Scholar and Lecturer at Columbia Law School. She also practices law before the Supreme Court of India.
Arundhati Katju is a JSD candidate at Columbia Law School and also an advocate practicing at the Supreme Court of India.
Moderator:
Jacqueline Bhabha is FXB Director of Research, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:00pm
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Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 01:30pm
Join us for our ongoing India Seminar Series to discuss the growing challenge of Water Fluorosis, in a discussion titled, ‘Tackling Fluorosis: Innovative technology as a solution to the spreading health crisis’
There are about 66 million people in India suffering from toxic levels of fluoride in their drinking water, these are mostly poor people in rural communities in dry / arid area that must depend of groundwater as their drinking water source. Fluoride is a vicious toxic ion in the sense that it affects and attacks the poor far more aggressively that it affects those nutritionally better off. It also is very effective in ruining the lives of very young people who then suffer from serious bone deformation (skeletal fluorosis) and its harmful economic, social, and psychological effects.
The panelists for this discussion include,
– Dr. Andrew Z. Haddad- ITRI-Rosenfeld Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
– Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy- Founder and CEO, Sattva Consulting
– Dr. Sunderrajan Krishnan- Executive Director, INREM Foundation
To RSVP write to mittalinsitutedelhi@fas.harvard.edu and confirm your presence at the event.
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 06:00pm
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Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 08:00pm
Sat, December 23, 2017 from 02:00pm - 05:00pm
On December 11th, the Boston Bangalore Biosciences Beginnings (B4) program formally inaugurated the Workshop on Genomic Applications in Healthcare & Translational Research, co-hosted by Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University and Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB). The intensive two-week workshop includes daily lectures and hands-on sessions, culminating in a valedictory event featuring a key note by Dr. VijayRaghavan (Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, India.) The valedictory event will take place on Saturday, December 23, 2017.
Valedictory Event Schedule
2:00 – 2:30pm | Key note: The Study and Practice of Bio Sciences in India
By Dr. VijayRaghavan, Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, India “The study and practice of bio sciences in India”
2:30 – 4:00pm | Panel Presentation: Impact of B4 program
Professor Venkatesh N. Murthy, Harvard University (moderator)
Parvathi M. Sreekumar, B4 Fellow
Gayatri Ramakrishnan, B4 Fellow
Ramya Purkanti, B4 Fellow
Aditya Murthy, Indian Institute of Science
4:00 – 4:10pm | Closing Remarks
By Professor N. Yathindra, Director, Institute
of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
4:15 – 5:00pm | Reception
The event will take place at the IBAB Auditorium.
Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
Biotech Park, Electronics City Phase I
Bengaluru 560 100, India
Tel: 080-285 289 00, 080-285 289 01, 080-285 289 02
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Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 02:00pm
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Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 05:00pm
Contested Realities: India’s Environmental Movement and the Politics of Change
Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
December 4, 2017, 5:00PM-7:00PM
Emerson Hall, Room 105, 25 Quincy Street
ABSTRACT
The Indian environmental stories that are making international headlines are the ghastly air pollution and the nation’s inability to control filth, garbage and sewage that are overwhelming its cities, rivers and fields. The other narrative linking India to the rest of the world is that India is the major villain in climate change. I ask, can India can beat the pollution game by following the trajectory of the western world? Won’t capital and resource-intensive methods of environmental management simply add to the burden of inequality, and so to unsustainability? Also, is India the villain or the victim in international climate politics? Are there lessons in India for the global community in its fight against climate change? I will discuss how democracy and dissent must work together so that the environmentalism of the poor dictates the politics of change. Not just change in India, but change in the world.
PANEL
Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Archibald Cox Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Program, Harvard Law School
A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Harvard University
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sunita Narain is a writer and environmentalist. In 2016 she was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people. In 2005 she was awarded the Padma Shri (a top civilian state prize) by the Indian government. She also chaired the Tiger Task Force at the direction of the Prime Minister, to evolve an action plan for conservation in the country after the loss of tigers in Sariska. She has received the World Water Prize for work on rainwater harvesting and for its influence in building paradigms for community-based water management. She was a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Climate Change and the National Ganga River Basin Authority. She has been with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in New Delhi since 1982. She is currently director general of the Centre, treasurer of the Society for Environmental Communications, and editor of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth.
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Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 05:00pm
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Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 07:00pm
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 4:15 p.m.
ASIA RESPONDS TO TRUMP IN ASIA
Chair: Karen Thornber, Victor and William Fung Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Moderator: Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
Ronak Desai, Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, India and South Asia Program, Harvard Kennedy School
William Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University; Director, Harvard China Fund
Sophie Lemière, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University; Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
Tae Gyun Park, Kim Koo Visiting Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Professor of Modern Korean History, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
S020, Belfer Case Study Room, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Podcast of Panel
Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Korea Institute, Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Reischauer Institute, U.S.-Japan Program, and Weatherhead Center for International Studies
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Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 04:15pm
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Thu, Nov 30, 2017
October 12 – October 15, 2017
Harvard South Asia Institute is proud to co-sponsor the biennial American Council for Southern Asian Art Symposium. ACSAA symposia serve as opportunities to meet colleagues, reconnect with mentors and graduate school cohorts, and share one’s current research with the field. From senior scholars to graduate students, ACSAA symposia are one of the primary ways ACSAA members gather and support one another, share ideas with a group of like-minded colleagues, and participate in the ACSAA community. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Boston/Cambridge, MA!
ACSAA 2017 Organizers
Jinah Kim, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture
Laura Weinstein, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
About the ACSAA
The American Council for Southern Asian Art (ACSAA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study and awareness of the art of South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayan regions. In addition to periodic symposia, usually held every two years, ACSAA pursues these goals through various projects, including its annual bulletin, bibliographies, a color slide project, a microfiche archive and outreach materials. Since its incorporation in 1967, ACSAA has grown from its original fifteen members to an organization of some three hundred individuals and institutions. ACSAA is formally affiliated with the College Art Association (CAA) and the Association of Asian Studies (AAS).
For more information about this conference, please visit our website: https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/acsaa2017/
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Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 04:00pm
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Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 12:15pm
COST: $50-$180
