In-Region Podcasts
India In-Focus
The Mittal Institute’s podcast series, “India In-Focus,” in collaboration with The Times of India, brings one-on-one discussions between faculty and experts from Harvard right into your home. Listen to prominent speakers discuss the latest transformative research and pivotal breakthroughs that have the potential to change how India conducts business, creates new ideas, and tackles pressing social, technological, and environmental challenges.
With a variety of topics ranging from science, education, and the arts to public health and social entrepreneurship, the podcast provides both broad and niche subjects for anyone with a curiosity and desire to learn more about cutting-edge research across numerous disciplines.
Creating Safe Environments for Migrating Children
Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Drawing from her harm prevention research relating to child protection, Professor Bhabha argues that the state has an obligation to create a safe environment and provide for the basic needs of migrant children. She also touches on the importance of access to education in countering intolerance and exclusion in regards to her work with the Rohingya community in Bangladesh.
Access to Quality STEM Education in Conflict-Affected Regions
Dominic Mao, Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies (CPB/MCB), Harvard University
Dr. Mao, who received his own early education in Manipur — a state in northeast India that remains under political conflict — shares his insight on the role of cross-cultural mentorship in dispelling preconceived notions and how to open doors to new opportunities for students from these regions.
Dynamics of Infrastructure Development in Northeast India
Raile Rocky Ziipao, Assistant Professor, Central University of Punjab; 2017-2018 Raghunathan Family Fellow, The Mittal Institute, Harvard University
Professor Ziipao shares his insight on the infrastructural deficit in the conflict-ridden state of Manipur. He further talks about how infrastructural development can become a means to enable trade, creating markets that dilute the boundaries between varied ethnic groups and connect people.
Neuroscience and the Development of Human Sight
Pawan Sinha, Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Professor Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain’s visual system develops. Professor Sinha and his team at Project Prakash provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and study how their brains learn to interpret visual data.
Naoroji and the idea of 'Swaraj'
Dinyar Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
Professor Patel talks about how Naoroji developed the idea of swaraj during his 50-year political and nationalist career, which included groundbreaking economic research on Indian poverty, engagement with emancipatory movements around the world, and becoming the first-ever Asian elected to British Parliament.
Significance of the Sikh Period
Nadhra Shahbaaz Naeem Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Professor Khan talks about the significance of the Sikh period as the last episode of centuries old indigenous art and architectural tradition before annexation of the Punjab by the British in 1849 that changed, among other things, the visual culture of the Punjab forever.