Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Time: 6.00 – 7.30 pm IST / 8.30 – 10.00am EST Register via Zoom This panel unpacks challenges facing the fight against dis/misinformation in India, the role that newsrooms, social media giants and tech companies can play in facilitating fact-checking efforts, and the future of fact-checking in a country […]
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Date: July 11, 2022, 5:30 to 7:00 pm IST/ 8:00 to 9:30 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 is being held to mark World Population Day. The webinar will focus on […]
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Fri, May 6, 2022 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
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Register to join the Bridging the Gulf talk As part of our South Asian Politics Series, organized with Brown University and MIT, Prof. Nikhar Gaikwad (Columbia University) will present on the social impact of migration in a globalized world. Prof. Pia Raffler (Harvard University) will serve as the moderator. Nikhar Gaikwad is an Assistant Professor […]
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Recent political upheaval in Pakistan–one of the world’s youngest democracies and a nuclear-armed state–has led to many questions about how the crisis happened and what’s next for the country. This panel will discuss the current situation and how it got there, the rise of political populism both in Pakistan and beyond, and what it means for the democratic and nation-state model.
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As urban populations have exploded across South Asia, trash has become a mounting issue for municipalities. In Delhi, the Ghazipur landfill made headlines as it neared the same height as the Taj Mahal.
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Mon, Apr 18, 2022 from 09:00am — 10:30am, ET
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India’s contemporary relationships with countries in Africa are being reimagined at a time when China’s multi-dimensional engagement with the region has deepened significantly. There is a need to examine these developments from diverse, cross-sectoral perspectives and go beyond the linear narratives.
More InfoRegister here to join the Talk. 12:00 pm – 1 pm ET Join us for a book talk with Roselyn Hsueh, Temple University Associate Professor of Political Science and author of the forthcoming “Micro-Institutional Foundations of Capitalism: Sectoral Pathways to Globalization in China, India, and Russia” (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Hsueh will discuss how her book’s […]
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Date: April 7, 2022, 6:00 to 7:30 pm IST/ 8:30 to 10:00 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 Health Systems Transformation Platform and is being held to mark World Health Day. This year, the theme for World Health […]
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Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 03:00pm, ET
Register for the Decarbonizing India’s Energy Economy talk Speaker: Professor Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University and Chair of the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment India, the second most populous country on the planet, has enormous energy demands. It is investing billions in renewable power, with the goal of […]
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Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 05:30pm, ET
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Register for this event Each year, the Mittal Institute’s Visiting Artist Fellowship welcomes mid-career artists from South Asia to Harvard’s campus to engage with Harvard faculty and students, to participate in art exhibitions, and to perform research using Harvard’s intellectual resources to further their art practice. On Tuesday, March 29th, the Mittal Institute will host […]
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Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 06:30pm, ET
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Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design
HYBRID EVENT Wednesday, March 23, 6:30 pm EST In-person: Piper Auditorium at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Harvard i.d. holders only) Join us at 6:00 p.m. for samosas Livestream: Online viewing at GSD event page here The period of 1950 to 1980 saw exemplary examples of architecture in the South Asian region, some of […]
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Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 09:30am, ET
Register for Session 3 of our “Post-Pandemic: Driving Inclusive Growth” Seminar Series In a region containing over half of the world’s population and key global powers such as China and India, the pandemic has caused massive shifts in healthcare, economics, and education that affect billions. This series aims to catalyze research on what steps can […]
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