Working for herself so she can work for the community
How do you celebrate getting into Harvard with your family, if your family has no real concept of Harvard? That was the situation for Layli Uddin, who will be getting her degree in international...
View ArticleKSG, Quadir award prize for innovations in Bangladesh
The lives of rural people of Bangladesh can be improved by utilizing absentee-owned fallow land more effectively and by employing the vitamin-rich fruits and leaves of the now ignored moringa tree....
View ArticleNobel laureate Yunus gives Wiener Lecture
On Oct. 13, economist and microfinancing pioneer Muhammad Yunus stood in front of a cheering capacity crowd at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. One year earlier, to the day, he had received the 2006...
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Challenges, solutions for South Asia
South Asian nations long beset by problems that demand global attention — poverty, poor health, and unrest — are increasingly places where solutions are being developed and where technology enables...
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India, front and center
Over the past several years, Harvard University has been ramping up its involvement in India and South Asia, a trend exemplified by Harvard’s South Asia Initiative. Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo...
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Business as a force for change
Muhammad Yunus built a multibillion-dollar bank — and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 — on a simple idea: Poverty need not be permanent. “All human beings are entrepreneurs, with no exceptions...
View ArticleSAI offers grants for research, language study
Since its inception in 2003, the South Asia Initiative (SAI) continues the long tradition of collaboration between Harvard and South Asia. Learning from South Asia and contributing to its development...
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Next step for South Asia Initiative
In response to the South Asia Initiative’s demonstrated commitment to the advancement of South Asian studies and programs, the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost at Harvard have...
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Bridging the gap, digitally
One recent morning, Karthik Ramanna, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School (HBS), sat down in a virtually empty Harvard conference room and prepared to explain...
View ArticleSAI offers ‘feet on the street’ experience
Since its inception in 2003, the South Asia Institute (SAI) has continued the long tradition of collaboration between Harvard and South Asia. Learning from South Asia and contributing to its...
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Clues to cholera resistance
Researchers have long understood that genetics can play a role in susceptibility to cholera, but a team of Harvard scientists is now uncovering evidence of genetic changes that might also help protect...
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The bright side of Pakistan
The initial idea was a lecture by a noted Harvard design professor and a quiet discussion with a small group of interested local partners. By January, however, the event had grown into a three-day...
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Weapons for battling viruses
It is a deadly virus, killing more than half the people it infects. It originates in bats, crossing into humans who come in contact with them. It first causes fever, as do many other ailments, leaving...
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Harvard scholars take fresh look at the Partition of British India, which...
The birth of Hindu-led India and Muslim-ruled Pakistan in 1947 from what had been British India was horrifically violent, the start of a religious conflict in which millions died and millions more fled...
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Harvard researcher tracks clonal raider ant to Bangladesh
Ants are among the most damaging invasive species in the world, and several types have been spread by human activity around the world. Learning more about these ants and their original natural habitats...
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Tracing Amartya Sen’s journey from colonial India to Nobel Prize and beyond
Life stories from Drew Faust, Howard Gardner, Annette Gordon-Reed, Martin Karplus, Toshiko Mori, Steven Pinker, E.O. Wilson, Paul Farmer, and many more, in the Experience series. Coming from a long...
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