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NEW DATE | Fireside Chat with Lakshmi Puri, Author of “Swallowing the Sun” and former UN Assistant Secretary-General

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Tue, Nov 19, 2024 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

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Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School

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The India Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School and the Mittal Institute invite to you a fireside chat with Lakshmi Puri, Former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, to discuss her critically acclaimed and best-selling novel, Swallowing the Sun.

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A Conversation with Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal

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Fri, Sep 27, 2024 from 04:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

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Hybrid – JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge; and via YouTube live stream

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A Conversation with Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal

Join us for a conversation with Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal; a wide-ranging discussion that will touch on the current state of governance and development in Nepal, the response to climate change, and relationships with India, China, and the United States.

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Transforming Governance through Youth Innovation and Social Enterprise: Insights from Nepal

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Thu, Sep 19, 2024 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – Harvard Kennedy School, R-G-21 Neustadt

Dr. Pukar Malla Harvard Talk Program Poster

Join the Himalayan Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School for a talk by HKS alum Dr. Pukar Malla. He is a community organizer, leadership coach, and policy entrepreneur and will speak on “Transforming Governance through Youth Innovation and Social Enterprise: Insights from Nepal.”

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Illness to Wellness to Well-being: Views from the C-Suite

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Tue, Jan 9, 2024 - Fri, Jan 12, 2024, ET

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New Delhi - Jan 9, 2024
Mumbai - Jan 12, 2024

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The event aims to discuss how well-being is promoted in companies and the challenges and opportunities in taking an integrated approach to well-being. Prof Vish will share findings from his study with C-Suite leaders followed by a fireside chat with a leading Indian industry leader.

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Transforming Education: The Story of Pratham Education Foundation

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Mon, Oct 2, 2023 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

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Gutman Library Conference Room G-1-2-3 (6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, 02138)

poster on transforming education with pratham education foundation

Transforming Education: The Story of Pratham Education Foundation Register here to join the discussion! This event is organized by Harvard Graduate School of Education and is a panel discussion led by Professor Dr. Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education, with Dr. Rukmini Banerji (CEO, Pratham Education Foundation) and Dr. Madhav […]

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Spring 2023 GSA Showcase

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Tue, May 9, 2023 from 10:00am — 12:00pm, ET

 

The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute Graduate Student Associate (GSA) Showcase is a chance for the diverse, prestigious and interdisciplinary Graduate Student Associates to share with the Mittal Institute Community their research, what they have been working on this semester, or highlighting past fieldwork they have done. GSAs will present with a separate […]

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Private insurers as purchasing intermediaries in publicly financed health insurance: Lessons from India’s Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

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Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 05:00pm, ET

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CGIS South S250, 1730 Cambridge ST

India launched the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) in 2018 to provide cashless healthcare coverage for hospitalization to the poorest 40 percent of the population. The scheme forms an important component of the country’s journey towards universal health coverage. In this presentation, the institutional structures associated with the organization of purchasing arrangements in the PMJAY will be examined, with a focus on comparing the performance of government trusts versus private insurance companies[…]

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Art, Affect, Archive: Udaipur’s Monumental Monsoon Moods, 1700-1900

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Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 05:30pm, ET

Udaipur’s eighteenth-century painters, more so than their earlier counterparts, exponentially stretched the affective potential of pictorial moods. They circulated images and ideas about flourishing places beyond and between objects commissioned within courts and bazaars. In the wake of British colonial ambitions, their pictures suggest counterfactual realities within moods of plenty that work against narratives of scarcity and inadequacy.

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Journey of an Exile Tibetan Leader: From Harvard to Dharamsala

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Wed, Mar 8, 2023 from 04:15pm — 06:00pm, ET

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S010, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

Lobsang Sangay is a Senior Visiting Fellow at East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School. He was a democratically elected Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration and served two terms (2011-21). Lobsang completed his BA and LLB from Delhi University. He did his LLM ’95 and SJD ‘04 from Harvard Law School and received Yong K. Kim’ 95 Memorial Prize for excellence in dissertation and contributions to the understanding of East Asia at the Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, akin to track III, he organized seven rounds of meetings/conferences between Tibetan, Western and Chinese scholars most notably, the first ever meeting between HH the Dalai Lama and 25 Chinese scholars and students.

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Spirits of the Himalayas: A Conversation with the Artist and Curator

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Mon, Mar 6, 2023 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

Tsherin Sherpa, artist John Henry Rice, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Chaired and Moderated by Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University Tsherin Sherpa’s work is currently on […]

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Persuading (the low-spending) state governments to focus their limited resources on areas of maximum impact

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Mon, Dec 12, 2022 from 07:30am — 09:00am, ET

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Webinar

Persuading (the low-spending) state governments to focus their limited resources on areas of maximum impact  Date: December 12, 2022, 6:00 to 7:30 pm IST/ 7:30 to 9:00 am ET Register here to join the Talk. Live Stream the Talk on YouTube.   The webinar is a joint Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System event with the Population Foundation of India (PFI) and […]

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