South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
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The South Asia Initiative

1730 Cambridge Street

4th Floor

Cambridge, MA 02138

USA

 

 

Tel. 617-496-4862

Fax. 617-496-0854

Email. sainit@fas.harvard.edu  

 

 

Student Opportunities:

Last days to apply! Deadline, Monday, Dec 12.

 

Asia Center Grants for Winter Recess Projects

 

The Asia Center is offering new grants of up to $1,500 for projects in East, South, and Southeast Asia, that will take place during the winter recess 2011-2012.

 

Eligible projects include, but are not limited to research, language study, internships, and volunteer work. Preference is given to projects that tie into the student's academic work at Harvard. 

 

 Deadline:

Monday, Dec 12, 2011.

Application:

Please submit a one-page proposal and budget to Jorge Espada at jespada@fas.harvard.edu.

Opportunity in India - January 2012

 

If your plans for J-term 2012 will put you in India, consider this opportunity to be a stenographer and an attendee at 'Making Democracy Real,' January 8-12 in Maharashtra State.

 

For more details on the event and to apply, click here.

 

TODAY: December 8, 2011 at 4pm

 

The FXB Center at Harvard presents a conversation on

 The Social and Political Cost of Inaction

with Amartya Sen, Harvard University

and Anthony Lake, UNICEF

Facilitated by Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University

 

Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

RSVP to crc@hsph.harvard.edu 

  

The 2011 FXB Conference is hosted in collaboration with:

 

- UNICEF, Gender, Rights and Civic Engagement Section, Division of Policy and Practice 

- The Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University

- The Swedish International Development Agency 

- The Committee on African Studies, Harvard University

- The South Asia Initiative, Harvard University

- The Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Studies, Harvard University 

- The Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

- The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

- The Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School 

Save the Date!
for the SAI Education Symposium: 
 

Higher Education in South Asia:  

Enhancing Quality and Access through Innovative Solutions

Welcome by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust 

 

DATE: Monday, January 23, 2012 

TIME: 2:30pm-6 pm
LOCATION: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
 

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Please join us at the South Asia Initiative symposium, "Higher Education In South Asia," January 23, 2012 in New Delhi. With a focus on gathering multiple perspectives, this event will assemble leaders from the academic, government and private spheres to discuss innovative approaches being adapted to enhance quality and increase access to higher education across the region.   

 

An exhibition of 'Education in Action,' will be showcased at the symposium. We invited your submissions highlighting innovative approaches to increasing access and quality of education in South Asia. For more details and to submit, please click here.  

Spotlight on 'Teach for India,' a Summer 2012 SAI Internship site.
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Teach for India (TFI), modeled after Teach for America, is a nation-wide movement launched in India in the year 2009.  Today, there are more than 400 Teach for India fellow teachers teaching more than 16,000 students in government and low-income private schools in 3 different cities across India and the organization is rapidly growing its base.

 

Vipul ShahaVipul Shaha, a SAI intern currently pursuing his Master's in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was part of the first TFI cohort, and served as a Grade 3 and 4 class-teacher at a low-income private school in Pune in western India. Talking about his experience, Vipul says, "Teaching turned out to be a journey of self-transformation and the most fulfilling thing I have ever done."

  

Learn more about SAI Summer 2012 internship opportunities here.