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Winter Session 2018: Finding and Funding International Opportunities for Undergraduates

WHEN
Thu, Sep 28, 2017 from 04:00pm — 05:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Join Harvard area studies centers and the Office of Career Services at an information session about Wintersession opportunities during the January break for Harvard undergraduates. Questions? Please email: ocs_summerfunding@fas.harvard.edu https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/wintersession-2018-info

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“Aadhaar, India’s Biometric, Unified Payment Interface and the India Stack: Technology at Scale for Development” with Nandan Nilekani

WHEN
Mon, Sep 25, 2017 from 05:30pm — 06:45pm

VENUE
Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard

ADDRESS
Emerson Hall, Harvard Yard
Room 305
25 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA

A talk by Nandan Nilekani, former Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and founder of Infosys. Discussant: Tarun Khanna, Director, South Asian Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School

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Book Talk: India’s Wars: A Military History 1947-1971

WHEN
Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:15pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

A book talk on India’s Wars: A Military History 1947-1971 Dr. Arjun Subramaniam, Asia Center Fellow; former Faculty Member, National Defence College, New Delhi; retired Air Vice Marshal, Indian Air Force Chair/Discussant: Professor Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University An Asia Center Fellows Seminar; co-sponsored by the South Asia Institute, […]

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Qissebaazi: A Multilingual Storytelling Orbit Directed by Danish Husain

WHEN
Thu, Sep 21, 2017 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

COST   Free

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Danish Husain is a poet, actor, filmmaker and theatre director – he is one of the people who have helped revive the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, and is a columnist with India Today’s opinion website Daily O.

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Water by Deepa Mehta

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Fri, Sep 8, 2017 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

Join us for a screening of Deepa Mehta’s acclaimed film Water (2005; 115 min.), part of the Elements trilogy. Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi’s rise to power, the story begins when eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia’s feisty presence affects the […]

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Understanding India’s New Approach to Spatial Planning and Development

WHEN
Fri, Sep 8, 2017 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

A South Asia Institute Urbanization Seminar Series: “Understanding India’s New Approach to Spatial Planning and Development” Sanjeev Vidyarthi Author; Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, The University of Illinois at Chicago Moderated by Rahul Mehrotra Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of […]

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