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Health in South Asia

The SAI Symposium on April 26-27 brought together global experts with deep research, implementation and policy experience to learn and find new modes for global exchange. Follow up from the Conference is available here.

 

Global Submissions of Innovative Design Solutions for Health Care

The South Asia Initiative welcomed submissions of ideas, creations and inventions at the “Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World” Symposium. Click here to see the submission exhibit and read submitted abstracts.

 

 

 

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South Asia Initiative May 2012 Events

SOUTH ASIA WITHOUT BORDERS SEMINAR SERIES

POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2012

Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not

Prasannan Parthasarathi, Associate Professor, History Department, Boston College
Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy; Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies

SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE STUDENT SEMINAR

Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 1-3:00 pm

Big Ideas: Conversations with the South Asia Initiative's Graduate Student Associates

RELIGION, MEANING AND BELIEF IN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETIES
“Social Justice in Islamicate South Asia: Ismat Chughtai’s Cosmopolitan Struggle”
Sadaf Jaffer, Doctoral Candidate in the Indo-Muslim Culture program at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
“Producing Islam - Belief, Practice, & Politics at an Islamic Seminary (Madrasa) in Pakistan”,
Bilal A. Malik , Ed.D. candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
“Muhibb Allah Ilahabadi: A Seventeenth Century Sufi, and Why Every South Asianist Should Care About Him”
Shankar Nair, PhD candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion
“Rethinking the Role of Religion in Premodern South Asia”
Harpreet Singh, PhD candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion

LAND, LAW, URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA
“Urbanization without cities: Land conflicts along inter-urban highways in India”
Sai Balakrishnan, PhD Candidate in Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design
“A Socio-Legal History of the Right to Property in India”
Namita Wahi, S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School

Belfer Case Study Room, S020, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA

Friday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m.

An Elusion Called Justice - Struggling with an Enigma

A Talk on the Struggles of the Tribal Peoples of Andhra Pradesh and the Story of Samata
Ravi Rebbapragada, Executive Director, Samata
CGIS K 262, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
Presented by the Harvard India Student Group
Sponsored by the South Asia Initiative

 

CO-SPONSORED EVENT

Monday, May 7 at 1:30 - 5:45 pm

State Capacity and Local Governance: China and India Compared

A roundtable organized by the Harvard-Yenching Institute and co-sponsored with the Asia Center, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and the South Asia Initiative
Lower Level Seminar Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Harvard University

This roundtable brings together a group of distinguished scholars of China and India (Prasenjit Duara, Mark Frazier, Huang Yasheng, Devesh Kapur, Tarun Khanna, Prerna Singh, Kellee Tsai, and Lily Tsai) to consider some of the major political problems and perils facing the Asian giants today. How do the world’s two biggest countries compare in terms of their ability to manage and mollify their often unruly citizens? How well does each of them cope on the ground with such enormous challenges as poverty and inequality, popular protest, ethnic conflict, and environmental degradation? How effectively do central and local governments coordinate, complement, or contradict one another in meeting these challenges? Can China and India’s relative successes and shortcomings shed light on prospects for democratic versus non-democratic governance in the twenty-first century?

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ENGAGE WITH PAKISTAN AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND IN LAHORE & ISLAMABAD THIS SUMMER.

Taught by Maggie Ronkin.
This is the only 'live' U.S.-based video con course linking students with Pakistani experts, advocates, and change-makers.
Traditional and non-traditional students are welcome.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN
South Asian Studies SAST S-140. Cross-listed in Anthropology and Government
June 25 to August 10, 2012
Apply at: www.summer.harvard.edu
Students in Pakistan are welcome to join in Lahore.

INTENSIVE INTRODUCTORY HINDI
Harvard Summer School

Taught by Naseem A. Hines, Full Course 8 Credits

This course is an introduction to the most widely spoken language of South Asia. In a single semester of seven weeks the Intensive Hindi course aims to cover the equivalent of one entire year of Hindi language instructions compassing all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

The students are introduced to the Devanagari script. Conventional teaching materials are supplemented by film clips and songs from contemporary Indian cinema and television. For all the seven weeks the student lodges at one of the dormitories and dining is at one of the most beautiful dining halls at Harvard. Students who prefer to live off campus have that option. Credits earned for this course can be applied towards one year of foreign language instructions at University level. For more information please visit: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/

Evidence for Policy Design Research Associate Position Openings in Pakistan and India

The Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at the Center for International Development at Harvard University is a research program that promotes the use of rigorous evidence to inform the design of public policies in low-income countries. Led by Rohini Pande and Asim Khwaja, this research group engages with governments and local organizations to identify key questions in international development, uses economic theory to design policy responses and evaluates these via large field-based experiments.

EPoD and our network of researchers are currently seeking full-time Research Associates to support their research in India and Pakistan. Start dates vary according to position, with most start dates occurring early summer 2012.

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Hindi-Urdu Summer Program 2012, Columbia University

The Hindi-Urdu Program in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University, one of the leading centers for the study of South Asia in the country, will offer Intensive Hindi-Urdu courses at elementary and intermediate levels in Summer 2012. More Details


Summer Opportunties with Swaniti Initiative

Opportunities for graduate students to participate in fellowship programs in Uluberia, West Bengal to diagnose issues in electricity supply in the rural interiors of India and Shimla, Himachal Pradesh to develop a labor-market strategy that would enhance the existing labor market skill set and create a favorable macroeconomic environment for industry.
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Cambridge, MA Internship Opportunity with Nanobiosym

Nanobiosym, an emerging global nano-biotech company, is commercializing cutting-edge nano-bio based technologies that address global healthcare needs in both developed and developing world markets. They are looking for interns in their Cambridge office.

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