India
CGIS Hosts Seminar on Defensive Cooperation Between Indian Religious Groups
Researchers gathered for a joint seminar on South Asian politics held by Brown University, MIT, and Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs last Friday.
Panelists Discuss History of Punishment in India at Harvard South Asia Institute Webinar
Three scholars of Indian criminal law presented archival research on the history of punishment in India during a webinar panel Monday morning hosted by Harvard’s South Asia Institute.
Carr Center Fellow Hosts Study Group on History of Marriage Equality in India
In the wake of the Indian Supreme Court’s recent refusal to legalize gay marriage, Nitika Khaitan — a fellow of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Safra Center for Ethics — hosted a study group Thursday on the history of LGBTQ+ rights in India.
HMS-Led Initiative Develops Digital Mental Health Training Platform in U.S. and India
EMPOWER, a Harvard Medical School-based initiative’s digital mental health care training platform, bolstered systems of psychosocial care in both the U.S. and India during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indian Reporter Claims ‘Phishing Attack’ Duped Her Into Believing She Had Been Hired As Harvard Journalism Professor
A well-known Indian TV news anchor claimed on Twitter Friday that she was the victim of a ‘phishing attack,’ which misled her to believe for months that she had been hired as a journalism professor at Harvard.
Womxn's Day GSD
Dr. Vandana Shiva, an Indian scholar and environmental activist, spoke at the 2020 International Womxn's Day Lecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Forty Protest Indian Consul General at Harvard India Conference
Students and workers from across Boston gathered at the Harvard Business School to protest Indian Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty’s speech at the Harvard India Conference on Sunday.
Harvard Affiliates Stage 24-Hour Protest Against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
Under a blue tarp hung between four light poles bedecked with Indian flags, a group of Harvard graduate students and local activists staged a 24-hour protest in Harvard Square on Sunday to mark the 70th anniversary of India’s constitution and decry India’s Citizenship Amendment Act.
Hundreds of Harvard Affiliates Sign Letter Protesting India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
More than 220 Harvard affiliates signed a letter to the Indian government supporting protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and condemning suppression of student protests at Indian universities.
Questions of Travel
Traveling to India for the first time, I wanted to shed the heroic-journey paradigm.
Khurana Selfie
Dean of College Rakesh Khurana takes a selfie with a group of students at an event celebrating Holi on Sunday.
Harvard Moves To Open Three New Offices Abroad
Harvard has authorized the opening of three new offices abroad in Cape Town, Beijing, and Mumbai, which would join the 16 existing international offices.
Panel Highlights Philanthropy Models Across Nations
The United States and India have much to learn from each other about the development of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility, panelists said at a discussion Tuesday.
Raunak 2014
Dance teams from over fifteen colleges in New England participated in Raunak 2014, an intercollegiate South Asian dance showcase produced by the South Asian Dance Company.
Minister Jairam Ramesh
Indian Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks in the Kalb Seminar Room at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for the Nuclear Power and Climate Change in India seminar on Tuesday. This seminar was sponsored by the Project on Managing the Atom.
Minister Jairam Ramesh
Indian Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks in the Kalb Seminar Room at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for the Nuclear Power and Climate Change in India seminar on Tuesday. This seminar was sponsored by the Project on Managing the Atom.
Minister Jairam Ramesh
Indian Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks in the Kalb Seminar Room at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for the Nuclear Power and Climate Change in India seminar on Tuesday. This seminar was sponsored by the Project on Managing the Atom.
Minister Jairam Ramesh
Indian Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks in the Kalb Seminar Room at the Kennedy School of Government for the Nuclear Power and Climate Change in India seminar on Tuesday.
Fellow Discusses India’s Biometric Identification Projects
Malavika Jayaram, a visiting fellow at the Berkman Center For Internet and Society, spoke about India’s new identification systems and the privacy concerns surrounding them at a luncheon discussion Tuesday.
IIT Bombay To Be First Indian Institution To Join edX
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, agreed to join the edX consortium Tuesday, marking the virtual learning platform’s first expansion into India and its seventh into Asia.
Student and Faculty Researchers Reflect on Trip to Hindu Festival
Last month, more than 50 Harvard researchers traveled to Allahabad, India, to study the Kumbh Mela, a two-month-long religious affair that attracts tens of millions of visitors to a rotating location in India every three years.
Cleaning Europe, Gandhi's Death, and Locked Lectures
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.