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Lessons of a temporary city
The Maha Kumbh Mela, an eight-week Hindu festival held every 12 years in India and the largest human gathering on the planet, ended three weeks ago. Already, the tent city that had sprung up to...
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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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HarvardX course closes in on global view
For Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and director of the South Asia Institute, aspiring entrepreneurs could learn a lot from the Kumbh Mela. Held every 12...
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Shaping problem-solvers
“The existing system in many developing countries is not working for the masses, so almost by definition you need entrepreneurship,” Tarun Khanna said of the social and economic issues facing India,...
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A powerful convergence
Every 12 years, where the Ganges meets the Yamuna River in Allahabad, India, a city of millions appears, made entirely of just six things: canvas, corrugated metal, bamboo, nails, screws, and rope. It...
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Innovation and immersion overseas
New Delhi, Bangalore, Paris, Tbilisi, Vienna, Dakar, Freiburg. Harvard summer students will have the option of classes on three continents through six new summer-abroad programs being developed and...
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Mittal family gift expands opportunities for South Asia engagement
For more than a decade, the South Asia Institute at Harvard University has funded faculty research and student study across the region, and built a global academic community committed to better...
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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 grad hopes to help take on one of Ghana’s biggest challenges
This is the first in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. From a rural town in the south of Ghana to his time at Harvard University, one thing has been a constant for...
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What’s the future for health care in India?
With almost 11 million cases and more than 150,000 deaths, India is among the nations hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Asian giant has also taken an economic hit, its gross domestic product...
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