Friday, June 13, 2013
SAI welcomes Payal Narain as Delhi Program Consultant
Payal Narain has joined the SAI team, and will consult on SAI programs in Delhi. Payal's experience ranges from capacity building, education and awareness programmes, business promotion for rural and economically weaker section of society with a focus on women entrepreneurship and skill development. Payal has worked as Project Manager at The Wildlife Protection Society of India on community rehabilitation, and awareness and education, and other wildlife projects. Read more of Payal's bio here.
Payal is currently coordinating a SAI event on July 12-13 on Gender Justice, Criminal Law, and Curricular Reforms Conference and a One Harvard, Young Harvard event for students and alumni on July 18, as well as supporting our student interns and researchers who are in Delhi this summer. 
SAI Summer Activities

From neuroscience to gender justice to films screenings and alumni gatherings across South Asia, SAI has an exciting summer planned both on campus and in the region. Check out our website for more details, and continue to check the website throughout the summer as events are added.

Alum from Dhaka receives the Harvard Kennedy School Rising Star Award

HKS Rising Star Award

At the recent Harvard Kennedy School reunion, three graduates were presented with alumni awards, including Ejaj Ahmad MPP 2008 who received the Rising Star Award for founding the Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center.

 

A native of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Ahmad founded Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (bylc), the country's first leadership institute, with the vision of creating an inclusive, tolerant, and just society by training the next generation of home-grown leaders. bylc's international, award-winning program-Building Bridges through Leadership Training (bblt)-was conceptualized at hks. It unites youth from diverse educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, equips them with leadership skills, and engages them in service-oriented projects in local communities to address Bangladesh's most urgent developmental needs. Read more from here.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
Harvard Asia Quarterly: Call for Papers 
The Harvard Asia Quarterly is are currently seeking submissions for their Summer 2013 issue, themed "Asia's Security Future - National Strategies and Regional Institutions." Articles related to security, in both historical and modern contexts, are all welcome. More information here.

 

FutureWorks Job Opportunity in Delhi 
FutureWorks, a leading education consulting firm, is seeking a 'Student Relationship Officer.' More details available here. 
 
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