In this issue:
- Call for 'Education in Action' Submissions
- Register for SAI's Education Symposium in New Delhi
- Internship Spotlights:
BRAC, Dhaka Center for Law & Policy, Lahore - AIPS Fellowships Deadlines
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Funding Opportunities:
The American Institute of Pakistan Studies has announced these deadlines for their fellowship competitions for graduate and post-graduate scholars:
AIPS Short-Term Fellowships:
Submission deadline: January 1, 2012 (Only US Nationals may apply)
AIPS/HEC Dissertation Workshop
Call for Proposals:
Submission deadline: January 15, 2012
AIPS Regular Fellowships:
Submission deadline: February 1, 2012 (Currently, only US Nationals may apply)
For more details please visit the AIPS web site: www.pakistanstudies-aips.org
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Happy Holidays from the South Asia Initiative
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Submit your organization's work in South Asia for display at 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
An exhibition of 'Education in Action' will be showcased at the symposium. We invite your submissions highlighting innovative approaches to increasing access and quality of education in South Asia. For more details and to submit, please click here.
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Summer 2012 SAI Internship Spotlight: BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee)
 BRAC is a development organization based in Dhaka dedicated to the alleviation of poverty by empowering the poor to bring about positive change in their own lives. BRAC's approach encompasses services in areas of education, health care, social and economic empowerment, finance and enterprise development, human rights and legal aid, agriculture and food security, as well as environmental sustainability and disaster preparedness.Image from the BRAC blog
BRAC is offering two unique positions for Harvard students this summer: Social Innovation Lab Intern and Health Programme Intern.
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Summer 2012 SAI Internship Spotlight:
Center for Law & Policy
The Center for Law and Policy, based in Lahore, Pakistan, is an institute for the study of national and international legal and policy issues and to translate those studies into solutions, strategies, and decision making tools. The Center undertakes and facilitates research on various areas of local and global concern, and, collaborating with Pakistani and foreign law professors, judges, practitioners, and policy makers, offers a credible and prominent platform for rigorous and substantive analyses and deliberations. The Center is looking for up to three research assistants to work on one of three projects: conducting research on the status and rights of non-Muslims in Pakistan; researching the role of religion in Pakistani legal system; or conducting research on challenges to policing in Pakistan. **Please note, this opportunity is available to undergraduate students with Pakistani citizenship, and widely to all graduate students.
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