ABOUT US ADMINISTRATION
MISSION The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) engages faculty and students through interdisciplinary programs to advance and deepen the teaching and research on global issues relevant to South Asia.
Tarun Khanna
Director, SAI & Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, HBS
Meena Sonea Hewett
Executive Director
Nora Maginn Program Manager
Meghan Smith
Teri McGuane Staff Assistant
Communications and Outreach Coordinator
GOALS As a catalyst and bridge between Harvard faculty and the region, the South Asia Institute’s goals are to: • Facilitate scholarly exchanges among Harvard faculty and students, international South Asia specialists, visiting academics, and public figures from South Asia.
IN REGION STAFF
• Sponsor lectures and conferences at Harvard and in the region by distinguished academic, governmental, and business leaders whose work contributes to a better understanding of the challenges facing South Asia.
Namrata Arora
Associate Director, SAI Mumbai Office, India
Payal Narain
Program Consultant, SAI Delhi Office, India
Fuad H. Mallick
SAI Partner, BRAC University, Bangladesh
Sana Mahmood
Program Consultant, SAI Karachi Office, Pakistan
• Bring knowledge from South Asia to Harvard by supporting faculty and students with grants for research, study, and service learning. • Build a community of stakeholders committed to building scholarship on South Asia at Harvard and in-region.
SAI STUDENT COORDINATORS
FOUNDERS CLUB Syed Babar Ali, AMP ‘73 Purander Das Jo Forman and Mark Fuller, AB ‘75, MBA ‘78, JD ‘79
Mariam Chughtai
Ed.D. Candidate, HGSE, Fall Semester
Mitul Daiyan
MTS Candidate, HDS, Spring Semester
Sreeja Kalapurakkel
Undergraduate, Harvard College, Fall Semester
Meera and Vikram Gandhi, MBA ‘89, ExEd ‘00 Mala Haarmann, AB’91, MBA ‘96 Anuradha and Anand Mahindra, AB ‘77, MBA ‘81 Karen AB ’82 and Sanjeev Mehra, AB ‘82, MBA ‘86 Victor Menezes Arif Naqvi Chandrika and Dalip Pathak
Abigail Russo
Ed.M Candidate, HGSE, Fall Semester
Erum Sattar
SJD Candidate, HLS, Fall Semester
Justin Stern
PhD candidate, GSD, Spring Semester
Sribala Subramanian and Arvind Raghunathan, Chair, SAI Founders Club Rajiv and Anupa Sahney
FINANCE TEAM SHARED WITH OTHER ASIA RELATED CENTERS
Gaurav Swarup, MBA ’80
Susan McHone
Arshad Zakaria, AB’85, MBA ’87
Director of Finance and Administration
6 South Asia Institute
Kathryn Maldonis Finance Associate
Karen Christopher
Finance and Administrative Associate