South Asia Initiative, Harvard University Newsletter

South Asia Initiative, Harvard University

In this Issue

Final Deadline for SAI Grant funding: Friday, February 17.

'South Asia Week' Upcoming Events

Zalmay Khalizad, Feb 16

Nirupama Rao, Feb 17

Kamal Bawa at HUCE, Feb 16

HPAIR panel with SAI Associate Director Meena Hewett, Feb 20

Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya at Harvard Divinity School, Feb 23

News from the Development Plan Workshop 2 for Greater Mumbai

Radcliffe Research Partnership Opportunities

Radcliffe Research Partnership

Radcliffe initiated the Radcliffe Research Partnership (RRP) program as part of a commitment to increase opportunities for undergraduates to work with current Radcliffe fellows. It matches undergraduates (junior partners) with scholars or creative artists (senior partners).

Projects mirror the interdisciplinary nature of the Radcliffe Fellowship Program, including topics in science, public policy, gender studies, the humanities, and the arts.

There are two current opportunities with Prof. Nassar Rabbat of MIT on Early Islamic Urbanism and The Story of Islamic Architecture.

For more details and to apply, please contact Sharon Lim-Hing.

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Funding Deadline for Research Grants and Internship Opportunities: Friday, February 17!

Common collection day is Friday, February 17, by 3pm, for all undergraduate applications. Bring materials to CGIS South, Room S030, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA.
Graduate applications should be submitted to the SAI offices, CGIS South, 4th Floor.

Upcoming 'South Asia Week' Events:

Co-sponsored with the India-South Asia Program and Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School

TODAY, Thursday, February 16, 4:15pm

Afghanistan: To end a war

Zalmay Khalizad, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations

Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Ground Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Friday February 17, 10:30am

An India-U.S. Partnership with People at the Core
Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the United States

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Community Event Today, February 16, 5:00pm

Global Change, Biodiversity, and Poverty: Insights from the Himalaya

Kamaljit S. Bawa, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Upcoming Community Event

Monday, February 20, 11:30am

The South Asia Initiative: A Social Enterprise for Knowledge Creation

Meena Hewett, Associate Director, South Asia Initiative

CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
HPAIR 2012 conference logo

A social enterprise panel given as part of the HPAIR 2012 Harvard Conference: Cross-Cultural Connections: Weaving New Silk Roads, Ms. Hewett will discuss the challenges and opportunities in scaling up the efforts of connecting Harvard to the region, identifying the importance of building a multidisciplinary faculty and student effort to effectively understand and address the problems of the region.

Upcoming Community Event

Friday, February 23, 7:15pm
Infinite Compassion: A Talk at Harvard Divinity School
Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya, Director of the MA Center, San Ramon, California
Sperry Room, Harvard Divinity School, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

A talk about compassion and service in work and stu Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya, HDS event

dy presented by Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya, a disciple of Amma the Indian saint; humanitarian; and founder of the NGO Embracing the World. Sponsored by the HDS South Asia student group.

Reception to follow.

Please contact HDS South Asia for further event details.

News from The Development Plan Workshop for Greater Mumbai, held February 15, 2012, in Mumbai

The South Asia Initiative (SAI) in partnership with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (HGSD) and the Urban Design Research Institute (URDI), co-organized 'Planning for Mumbai - the Development Plan Workshop for Greater Mumbai 2014-2034' and was held at the former Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai, India.

The aim of this workshop, led by Prof. Rahul Mehrotra of Harvard's Graduate School of Design, was to share the process of the preparation of the Development Plan for Mumbai with relevant stakeholder groups and will involve academics, government officials, and leaders in the business community. Panelists spoke on three broad topics - Transportation, Governance, and Urban Form, and were chaired by Shirish Patel, C Attendees at Mumbai Planning Event yrus Guzder, and Rahul Mehrotra, respectively.

Over 200 guests from the design, planning, business, and community activism sectors were in attendance. (See right.)

Immediately following the workshop, a private reception, co-organized by SAI, HGSD, UDRI, and sponsored by Sunteck Realty, was held at the Joss Restaurant at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai.