The Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University, wishes our friends and supporters a new year filled with peace and happiness! Our offices will be closed from December 22, 2017 to January 2, 2018, during which time there will be no newsletter.
Dr. VijayRaghavan, Secretary of India's Department of Biotechnology, will give the Keynote SAI Address, "The Study and Practice of Bio Sciences in India", at the B4 Valedictory event on Saturday, December 23, 2017 in Bangalore.
"I am a product of two very substantial migrations: my grandparents, young and barely literate, moved to East Africa in the early 20th century. My parents went to the UK, years later. These are not simple transitions."
As part of the Nepal Studies Program, Leonard van der Kuijp will lead a conference exploring the spread and development of Buddhism in the India-Nepal-Tibet corridor. The conference will take place at Social Science Baha, Patan Dhoka on January 5, 2018.
On December 13, 2016, as part of SAI's Livelihood Creation Webinar series, Professor Marty Chen had a conversation with home-based worker, Sudhaben.
Home-based workers represent a significant share of urban employment in some countries, particularly for women, and especially in Asia.
