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Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 06:30pm
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Gund Hall, Room 111
What would our cities look like if they were designed by the people who would ultimately use these spaces? Following their reception of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the UIA (International Union of Architects) Award in 2022 for their work by the river Naboganga, in Jhenaidah city, Bangladesh, Kabir and Suhailey of Co.Creation.Architects discuss how designers can enhance collective experiences in the build environment by engaging with people and nature as a driving force for design and architecture.
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Tue, Sep 26, 2023 from 04:00pm — 07:00pm
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Batten 301, Harvard Business School
India Stack is digital public infrastructure that mediates the flow of people (through digital identity), money (UPI), and information. The newest part—mediating the flow of information—happens through Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA). DEPA is now enabled in India through the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP). The two acts have ushered in techno-legal regulation for both personal data and aggregate datasets, used in Machine Learning and AI. India is the first country to adopt this approach. Techno-legal regulation for personal data formalizes informed consent in a revocable, auditable, purpose-limited, and storage-limited way. It gives agency to the citizens and empowers them to improve their livelihoods.
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Wed, Sep 27, 2023 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm
Come hear from our climate faculty and students about our newly launched research initiatives focused on climate adaptation in South Asia, and learn about how you can contribute!
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Thu, Sep 28, 2023 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm
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Harvard University Center for the Environment, Room 429 (26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138)
2023 has seen a new wave of climate extremes causing disruptions and displacement throughout the world, from heat and wildfires in North America and Europe to unprecedented flooding in Greece, Libya, and Hong Kong. Novel data sources and methods for analyzing human population dynamics and health impacts during extreme weather events are opening up new perspectives on the scale and speed of change, the dimensions of humanitarian response, and the possible futures of vulnerable communities.
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Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 10:30am —
Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 06:00pm
COST Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is required.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Join an international group of scholars for a two-day symposium presenting new scholarship around the themes explored in the exhibition Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE. The keynote lecture is presented by Gregory Schopen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles. Free with Museum […]
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Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 06:30pm
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Harvard Kennedy School
Sherry Rehman is the former Federal Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan.
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Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 02:00pm —
Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 04:30pm
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Seminar Hall 1 & 2, India International Centre (Main Building), New Delhi, and on Zoom
Organized by the Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard University in collaboration with National Translation Mission, CIIL, Mysore, the conference aims to study South Asia through the themes of translation, geography, and memory and place translation within the framework of the geographical settings in which knowledge and power were transacted. The conversations during the two-day conference will unravel the intertwined narratives of land, conquest, memory, and translation as found in the textual traditions of the subcontinent. The conference will also contribute to an understanding of translation as a key tool in studying the evolving geographies and ecologies of South Asia.
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Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 06:30pm
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Asia Society, New York
Three Iconic Directors: Gurinder Chadha, Deepa Mehta, and Mira Nair The Bhenji Brigade: Viewpoints IN-PERSON Wed 11 Oct 2023 6:30 – 10 p.m. 725 Park Ave. (at 70th St.) New York, NY 10021 Buy tickets here Join us for this Viewpoints program bringing together three iconic directors of world cinema: Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding), Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), and Deepa […]
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Fri, Oct 20, 2023 from 11:00am — 12:00pm
The Mittal Institute brings to you a book discussion on ‘Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir’s Last Pandit Prime Minister and his English Wife’ with authors Lila Bhan and Siddharth Kak.
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Sat, Oct 21, 2023 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm
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WCC 1019, Harvard Law School
A Conversation with D. Y. Chandrachud LL.M. ’83 S.J.D. ’86, Chief Justice of India’s Supreme Court Please join the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession for a conversation between D. Y. Chandrachud, chief justice of India’s Supreme Court, and David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, on the […]
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Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 12:15pm
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WCC1010, Harvard Law School
Speakers: Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Senior Advocate, Rajya Sabha MP Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Jindal Global University
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CGIS South, Room S153
For a period of 1800 years from 600 BCE to 1200 CE, India dominated global higher education, with at least seven major centers – Taxila, Nalanda, Valabhi, Vikramshila, Odantapuri, Jagaddala, and Somapura, spanning the breadth of the Indian […]
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Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:00pm
Speaker: Pradeep Chhibber, University of California, Berkeley This event is part the Seminar on South Asian Politics, co-hosted by Brown University, MIT, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University
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Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:00am
The Mittal Institute invites you to a webinar on the ‘History of Punishment in India’. Eminent panelists include Adaner Usmani, Sebastian Spitz, Himanshu Agarwal, and Rohit Sharma. More details to follow soon!
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Thu, Dec 14, 2023 - Sat, Dec 16, 2023
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India International Centre
40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Gardens
Lodhi Estate New Delhi
The intent of the conference is to create a forum that helps architects reflect upon the breadth of work undertaken in the South Asia region collectively. The conference will put theoreticians / academics and practitioners in dialogue with each other – bridging the schism that exists between the academy and practice. This is hoped to lead to some productive insights […]
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Tue, Sep 19, 2023 from 03:45pm — 05:15pm
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Location: Room G3, Kresge Building,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston
The explosion of mobile device ownership and advances in cloud computing have allowed the Global South to advance health delivery with digital devices, advanced decision support systems, telemedicine, and genomics. Our panel of scientists, physicians, and academics have been at the forefront of some of the most audacious innovations in healthcare in recent history, including digital health platforms targeting over 500 million India citizens, ICUs in remote settings, wastewater genomic surveillance, and open access clinical databases.
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Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 05:30pm
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CGIS South, Room S050
The Mittal Institute application for winter grants is now open! If you’re a current Harvard student in a degree-program at Harvard (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree candidates are all eligible!) interested in a South Asian research project, internship, or language study program, apply today!
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Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 05:30pm
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CGIS South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge Street
Come celebrate the start of another school year with Harvard’s hub for all things South Asia – learn more about Mittal Institute events and grants, connect with student organizations, and have a bite to eat with members of the Mittal Institute and Harvard community!
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Fri, Aug 18, 2023 from 08:00am — 09:30am
The webinar will feature a distinguished panel of experts from academia, think tanks, industry, and scientific administration. The National Research Foundation is envisioned to strengthen research ecosystem in the country by providing high-level strategic direction for scientific research and supporting collaborations among the industry, academia, government departments, and research institutions.
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Fri, Aug 4, 2023 from 08:30am — 10:00am
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Lecture Hall - 1, India International Center Annexe, New Delhi
Comparative history of democracies tells us that if contested freely, democratic elections are fundamentally open-ended. There can, of course, be dominant parties, which may have the upper hand electorally. But high probabilities do not amount to certainties. The Karnataka Assembly election results have ignited a flurry of questions regarding the larger consequences of the Congress party’ victory. The possibility, if not the inevitability, of a fairly substantial opposition unity may complicate the probabilities further. The index of opposition unity has long been an important factor in India for election analysis. Finally, political analysts have also raised the question of a possible exhaustion of ruling narratives. What narratives are available to political parties dominant for a decade? In short, does persistence in power ensure continuity of rule? In this seminar, we will delve into the emerging possibilities in Indian politics, roughly half a year before some key state elections taking place in December 2023 and the much more significant national elections of 2024. The emphasis will be on probabilities, not certitudes.
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Mon, Jul 10, 2023 from 08:30am — 10:00am
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Lecture Hall - 2, India International Center Annexe, New Delhi
The urban poor frequently have their homes and places of employment demolished or relocated in the lead-up to mega events. In the light of recent evictions, demolitions, and relocations in metropolitan New Delhi, this webinar will focus on the eviction and relocation of people from slum areas in central Delhi to an area between two villages, Savda and Ghevra, about 30 miles outside of Delhi in the lead-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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Wed, May 24, 2023 from 08:00am — 09:00am
The Mittal Institute India Fellowship deadline has been extended! Join us in this information session where you can engage with the current India Fellows and ask them questions.
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Tue, May 9, 2023 from 10:00am — 12:00pm
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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