The South Asia Institute at Harvard has grown, intellectually, by leaps and bounds, and has engaged dozens, if not hundreds, of students, alumni, faculty and other well-wishers in Boston and in South Asia, thanks to the efforts of an amazing team. Do take a look at South Asia Institute: Year…
India’s Finance Minister, Hon P Chidambaram delivered a lecture co-sponsored by the South Asia Institute and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard on April 16, 2013. The FM spoke about what he referred to as the inevitable rise of the East, saying that the structural fundamentals were in place for…
I engaged with some excited and eager youngsters at BITS campuses earlier today, at their request. I think they had audiences at…
I am interacting with BITS via videoconference this April 8th. Here’s the agenda for my talk. Title: The essence of entrepreneurship in emerging…
Can a New 3D printing technology save us from collapsing buildings in poor countries? Here are some lessons from California for Tanzania.…
We’ve all heard how technology is rapidly changing the way we communicate with one another. But what isn’t always mentioned is the…
The simplest things can have dramatic effects. Look at this much viewed video about a campaign around tea in Norway to reduce distrust between communities…
One wag criticized me for suggesting that this is the Big Data Kumbh in a previous blog post. I’m not sure why…
Between 2000 and 2010, the population of Delhi burgeoned from 15 million to 22 million while Shanghai’s population swelled from 14 to…
I teach a very fun class at Harvard these days, that brings together scientists, data folks, economists, philosophers, businesspeople and design gurus,…