South Asia Initiative, Harvard University Newsletter

South Asia Initiative, Harvard University

The South Asia Initiative

1730 Cambridge Street

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Cambridge, MA 02138

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Tel. 617-496-4862

Fax. 617-496-0854

Email. sainit@fas.harvard.edu

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Ask President Kalam!

There is still time to enter your question of Dr. Kalam for next Wednesday's student organized event, "Leadership, Youth, and Global Engagement:

Insights from India's 11th President"

to be held at Austin North, Harvard Law School campus.

You can vote on other's questions or ask your own through this link.

Last days of applications being accepted-

Apply now to be the next Babar Ali Fellow

The Babar Ali Fellowship, a program which began in 2010, places foreigners to work in Pakistan for a one-year period.

Applications are being accepted now for the 2012 Babar Ali Fellow, and will be announced in October, with a start date of January 2012.

More details about the Fellowship and application instructions can be found here.

The Babar Ali Fellow will work as a Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of LUMS (equivalent to the president of an American university). As a Special Assistant, the Fellow's portfolio will be diverse, ranging from fostering linkages with international universities to overseeing transformative initiatives in the university's administration.

Fellows will also work at the Babar Ali Foundation, a philanthropic organization that funds and runs projects in a variety of sectors, including education, culture preservation, nature conservation and women's issues.

Upcoming SAI Events...

Urbanization South Asia Without Borders Kalam Mahindra Poster

Visit our website for larger poster images.

TONIGHT: Urbanization Seminar Series

Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 6:30 pm

Are Indian Cities 'Global'? Assessing Recent Research on

State, Space and Citizenship

Gavin Shatkin, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

University of Michigan

Chaired by Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Piper Auditorium, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

TOMORROW: South Asia without Borders Seminar Series

Friday, September 23, 2011 - 4 pm

Early Roman Contacts with South Asia

Dr. S. Suresh, State Convener, INTACH, Tamil Nadu, India and Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, National Trust for Historic Preservation and University of Maryland

Chaired by Richard Meadow, Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

NEXT WEEK: Annual Harish C. Mahindra Lecture

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 5 pm

Empowering Three Billion

Distinguished Guest, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India

Chaired by Tarun Khanna, Director of SAI & Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School

Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Science, Technology and India's Policy:

Energy, Nuclear Power, Space, and IT

Distinguished Guest, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India

Join Dr. Kalam in a discussion about how the Diaspora can better engage in the process of enhancing research and higher education in India.

Maxwell Dworkin 115, Harvard SEAS Campus (near 25 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 6 pm

Leadership, Youth, and Global Engagement:

Insights from India's 11th President

Distinguished Guest, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India

Chaired by Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University

Austin North, Harvard Law School campus, Cambridge, MA

For more details, visit our website

Samosa Welcome Social and "I am Kalam" Screening

South Asia Initiative and Harvard Pakistan Student Group

HKS Professor Shahab Ahmed (back left) talks with Namrata Arora, SAI Associate Director, Mumbai office, while Meena Hewett, Associate Director of SAI Cambridge talks with students.

Samosa Social

Over 50 students gathered on Tuesday evening for a welcome back social, hosted by the Harvard Pakistan Student Group and the South Asia Initiative.

The Harvard Pakistan Student Group is the first University wide student group for students both from and interested in Pakistan, and the South Asia Initiative is their administrative unit.

Students were also given the opportunity to screen the film, "I am Kalam," a film about a young boy who finds inspiration to seek an education in the messages of the President, in anticipation of Dr. Kalam's visit to campus next week. A review of the film can be found here.