Faculty Grant Recipients
LMSAI offers research and travel grants for Harvard faculty working in fields related to South Asia to promote South Asian studies across the University, and to stimulate interdisciplinary research
2016-2017 Faculty Grants
Asad Ahmed, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Inside the Law: Patriarchy, Criminality and Women’s Sociality in Lahore
Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Is this Protection? Report Dissemination in India
Jinah Kim, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Garlands of Visions: Painted Palm-leaf manuscripts and the History of Indian Painting 1100-1500
Sai Balakrishnan, Graduate School of Design
Trading Sky: Transfer of Development Rights in Mumbai
Shankar Ramaswami, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Souls in the Kalyug: The Politics and Cosmologies of Migrant Workers in Delhi
2015-2016 Faculty Grants
Anne Becker, Harvard Medical School
Global Mental Health Education in Bangladesh
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Michael Callen, Harvard Kennedy School
Dynamic Inconsistency and Government Service Delivery:
A Field Study in Pakistan
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Jonathan Ripley, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Classical Tamil Summer Seminar
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Ryan Draft, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard-Bangalore Science Initiative
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Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School
Nurturing Youth Leadership in Nepal
Aditi Hazra, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Understanding cancer etiology, improving risk assessment and prevention of breast cancer in India
David Henderson, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Psychological Impact of ‘Offences Relating to Religion’ on Religious Minority Groups in Pakistan
Asim Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School
Rebuilding the Social Compact: Urban Service Delivery and Property Taxes in Pakistan
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Anne Monius, Harvard Divinity School
The Study of Medieval Jain Literary Styles
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2014-2015 Faculty Grants
Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School
Champions project
Richard Delacy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Politics, Pleasure, and Culture Production: Writing about Hindi Fiction in Post-Liberalization South Asia
Jinah Kim, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Garlands of Visions: Painted Palm-leaf manuscripts and the tantric vision practices in medieval South Asia
Rahul Mehrotra, Graduate School of Design
Urban India Atlas and South Asian Cities Project
Aman Faculty Grants
SAI awards Aman Grants to faculty for work in fields related to Pakistan:
Shawn D’Andrea, Harvard Medical School
Mass casualty incident and disaster response and preparedness capacity building for medical first responders and emergency department personnel in Karachi, Pakistan
Tarun Khanna, Director, SAI; Harvard Business School
Research on Use of Mobile Technology in Pakistan
Jennifer Leaning, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Meeting Disaster Risks in Karachi, Pakistan
Rahul Mehrotra, Graduate School of Design
Contemporary South Asian Cities Project