{"id":59293,"date":"2024-07-12T06:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu\/?p=59293"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T20:49:54","slug":"students-and-fellows-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu\/2024\/07\/students-and-fellows-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Year Look Back: Students and Fellows Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This summer, we are reflecting on the people and programs that made headlines at Harvard over the past academic year. Our second highlights the work of our fellows and Harvard students. Through their research scholarship, internships, and initiatives, this exceptional group is contemplating challenges and opportunities facing South Asia.<\/p>\n
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ANU K. 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title_text=”IMAAN MIRZA” url=”https:\/\/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu\/2024\/03\/imaan-mirza\/” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1.3em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n IMAAN MIRZA ’25<\/strong><\/span><\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/17.png” alt=”Sal Parsa” title_text=”Sal Parsa” url=”https:\/\/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu\/2024\/02\/student-group-spotlight-afghanistan-caucus-at-the-harvard-kennedy-school\/” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” 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<\/span><\/strong><\/a>EXPLORES THE MIGRATION OF CATHOLIC NUNS FROM KERALA TO PERU<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/strong><\/span><\/a>QUESTIONS HOW EDUCATION IMPACTS DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL MOBILITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/strong><\/a>STUDIES THE POLITICS OF THE INDUS RIVER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/strong><\/a>RESEARCHES POPULAR POLITICS OF 1940’S BOMBAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
SPEAKS ON WATER ACCESS AND MARGINALIZATION IN SOUTH ASIA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
CONSIDERS THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND LEGACY OF THE INDUS VALLEY <\/p>\n<\/div>\nLMSAI Arts Fellows<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
USES DRAWING, FILM AND WRITING TO EXPLORE THE ECOSPHERE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
CONTEMPLATES GENDER AND SEXUALITY THROUGH VISUAL ART<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
CAPTURES THE DIVERSITY OF URBAN AND RURAL INDIA THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
EXPLORES SOUTH ASIAN IDENTITY THROUGH VISUAL ART<\/p>\n<\/div>\nStudent Profiles<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
EXPLAINS HOW FOOD WASTE VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
SHARES A TRAVELOGUE OF A MUMBAI DESIGN STUDIO TRIP<\/p>\n
REFLECTS ON DESIGNING AND CO-CURATING THE HUM SAB EK EXHIBITION<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
EXPLORES THE INTERSECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN DESIGN<\/p>\n
RESEARCHES THE COMPLEX LANDSCAPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN INDIA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
STUDIES THE PAKISTANI LEGAL SYSTEM THROUGH INTERNSHIP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
CO-ORGANIZES THE AFGHANISTAN CAUCUS AT HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n