Cover Credit:
THE MUD BORN MOON
Acrylic, oil, gold leaf & brass on board
13 x 24.5 inches (33 x 62 cm)
Amra Khan, Visiting Artist Fellow 2024
Arts Program Report
July 2023 – June 2024
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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
PROGRAMS
Scholars
Atul Bhalla, Distinguished Climate Artist in Residence 8 - 9
Visiting Artist Fellowship 11 - 23
VAF Alumni Interview 24 - 25
Platforms Mapping Color in History 26 - 29
The State of Architecture in South Asia 30 - 33
Exhibitions 34 - 37
GOVERNANCE 38
Letter from the Chair
Another wonderful year of arts at the Mittal Institute has featured talented Visiting Artist Fellows, inspiring exhibitions, and an engaging architecture conference!
In Fall 2023, the Mittal Institute hosted photographer Cop Shiva and visual artist Garima Gupta from India. Cop Shiva’s series “Street As Studio” captures the resilience of Bengaluru’s migrants. Garima Gupta’s “a/muse/um” documents a decade in wildlife markets across Southeast Asia. Similarly, last spring, the Mittal Institute welcomed two artists from Pakistan, Amra Khan and Waleed Zafar. Amra Khan’s paintings explore queer identity in Lahore’s underground culture. Waleed
Zafar examines South Asian identity and racial politics through archival imagery. You can learn more about their work and their time at the Mittal Institute in the pages of this book.
Connecting deeper with our Visiting Artist alumni, the Mittal Institute presented its first virtual exhibition, “Crossing Many Seas,” featuring works by Sudipta Das and Ishita Chakraborty, past recipients of the Visiting Artist Fellowship. This exhibit symbolized the journeys undertaken by individuals across the physical and metaphorical, navigating the complexities of migration, identity, and belonging. Viewers embarked on a deep and reflective journey of exploration and discovery.
On the Cambridge campus, the Mittal Institute co-sponsored a major exhibition, “HUM SAB EK” (We Are One), which emerged from Dr. Satchit Balsari’s research on the pandemic’s impact on the 2.9 million-strong Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India. The exhibition showcases the women’s responses and resilience, and, after Harvard, will travel to the Clinton Global Initiative in NYC and the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C.
Another major arts initiative this year was a landmark architecture conference, “Architectures of Transition –Frameworks and Practices in South Asia,” led by Prof. Rahul Mehrotra. The three-day conference, hosted
by the Mittal Institute’s India office, brought together architects from the region to reflect upon the breadth of work undertaken in South Asia and provided a space for architectural discourse and innovation.
In the fall, we hosted Atul Bhalla as the Mittal Institute’s Distinguished Climate Artist in Residence, who engaged with faculty and students and presented his work documenting urgent climate change issues in South Asia.
We look forward to hosting the fall 2024 VAF, Saurav Ghimire from Nepal, and the next cohort in spring 2025; we are also planning to have our 2025 Distinguished Artist Fellow, Naiza Khan from Pakistan, on campus in 2025!
It is a pleasure to welcome new members to the Arts Council: Bharti Malkani and Gaurav and Falu Shah.
We look forward to what we have planned for the upcoming year and to your engagement with the Institute. We are very grateful for your support and hope to see you on campus in the year ahead!
Warm regards,
DIPTI MATHUR Chair, Mittal Institute Arts Council
SCHOLARS Distinguished Climate Artist in Residence
Atul Bhalla, a professor of visual art at Shiv Nadar University in New Delhi, India, is a visionary conceptual artist whose work explores urgent environmental concerns. His work delves into the intricate relationship between urban waterscapes and their inhabitants and is both evocative and insightful.
Bhalla’s installations, photography, and video works illuminate the environmental and social issues surrounding water distribution, regulation, and pollution in New Delhi. His acclaimed series, “Have You Ever Seen the River?” reflects his profound engagement with the city’s waterways, transforming research into poignant artistic expressions. As the Mittal Institute’s 2023 Distinguished Climate Artist in Residence, Bhalla delivered a public talk on the series and a seminar titled, “On the Edge.”
With solo exhibitions at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and international venues like SepiaEYE, New York, and the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome, Bhalla’s impact is far-reaching and inspires audiences to contemplate the interconnectedness of environment and art.
“My practice attempts the political through the poetical, exploring water as a repository of history, meaning, and myth.”
— ATUL BHALLA
NOTES - A | 2024 24 x 36 inches | Archival Pigment Print
Atul Bhalla
FALSE CLOUDS | 2024
60 x 90 inches | Archival Pigment Print
Atul Bhalla delivers a public lecture, “Have You Ever Seen the River?” during his residency at the Mittal Institute.
Prof. Jinah Kim in discussion with Atul Bhalla on his talk on water as a repository of history, meaning, and myth.
SCHOLARS Visiting Artist Fellowship
In fall 2023, the fellowship spotlighted two dynamic Indian artists: Cop Shiva and Garima Gupta. Cop Shiva’s series, “Street as Studio,” captivated audiences with its vivid portrayal of migrants in Bengaluru, juxtaposing their harsh realities with their dreams. Garima Gupta’s “a/muse/um” offered a poignant narrative through drawings and texts, documenting a decade spent in wildlife markets across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Her work vividly captures themes of loss, migration, desires, and ecological fragility.
Spring 2024 saw the arrival of Pakistani artists Amra Khan and Waleed Zafar. Khan’s paintings delve into the complexities of identity and gender. Her series, “The Vermilions,” explores Lahore’s underground queer culture with vibrant acrylics, while “Ecce Homo” examines machismo’s performative aspects through religious, mythological, and socio-economic lenses. Waleed Zafar’s work intricately pieces together the historical and cultural tapestries of South Asia, using archival imagery and photography to explore caste systems, colonial ethnography, and migration. His art is a profound investigation into South Asian identity and racial politics.
The Visiting Artist Fellowship not only provides the artists a platform to deepen their practice but also fosters a rich cultural exchange, enriching Harvard’s community with diverse perspectives and powerful narratives from South Asia.
Visiting Artist Fellows Waleed Zafar (left) and Amra Khan (center) present their work in April 2024, moderated by Prof. Jinah Kim (right).
(From l to r) Hitesh Hathi, Mittal Institute Executive Director; Sneha Shrestha, Arts Program Manager; Visiting Artist Fellows Garima Gupta and Cop Shiva; Prof. Jinah Kim, in October 2023.
Amra Khan A Force of Artistic Exploration
AMRA KHAN is an interdisciplinary visual artist from Lahore, Pakistan. With a distinction in painting from the National College of Arts, Lahore, and a stint at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Khan’s artistic journey is as diverse as her medium expertise— oils, acrylics, and miniature painting.
Khan’s series, “The Vermilions,” captures Lahore’s underground queer culture through gritty, vibrant acrylics, and depicts intimate, theatrical settings with protagonists in moments of playful yet poignant self-expression. “Ecce Homo” contrasts with its exploration of machismo through oil paintings of muscular, self-assured figures in lush, ambiguous gardens, adorned with symbols of religious and socio-economic significance.
“My practice explores the bipolarity of the binary, the dichotomies of gender, sexuality, intimacy, social conditioning, and the impact of religion.”
With three solo shows and numerous national and international exhibitions— including the Lahore Biennale and ARTROOMS London—Khan continues to push boundaries and provoke contemplation through her art.
Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
THE MUD BORN MOON | 2020
13 x 24.5 inches | Acrylic, oil, gold leaf & brass on board
MAAR-KHOR | 2022 (top left)
16 x 13 inches
Acrylic on linen canvas | Series ‘The Vermilions’
TEACHER PREACHER | 2018 (bottom left)
48 x 48 inches
Oil on canvas | Series ‘Ecce Homo’
SUREELI SAKHIYAN | 2021 (bottom right)
30 x 48 inches
Acrylic on canvas | Series ‘The Vermilions’
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
MAJAZI KHUDA | 2021
72 x 30 inches
Oil on canvas | Series ‘Ecce Homo’
STABAT MATER | 2023
72 x 30 inches
Acrylic and mix media on canvas
Waleed Zafar
Reconstructing Identities through the Lens
WALEED ZAFAR, an artist and curator based in Lahore, Pakistan, deftly navigates the intricate web of South Asian identity through his lens. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts from Beaconhouse National University, Zafar merges photographic and archival research to unravel the layers of socio-political and historical influences shaping contemporary identities in South Asia.
His recent works, showcased at notable venues like the Lahore Biennale and the India Art Fair, delve into the intersections of caste systems, colonial histories, and migration. Through a meticulous examination of archival imagery and modern photography, Zafar’s art illuminates the complex networks of identity that inform the region’s current political and social landscape.
“Looking into racial politics in South Asia, my work explores the idea of identity through archival imagery and photography.”
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
ETHNOGRAPHIC FORMAT (top)
2021
24 x 60 inches
Digital Print
NOW WHERE DO THEY STAND? 1 -5 (pages 15-17) 2023
15 x 20 inches
Digital Print
Garima Gupta
Mapping Ecological Narratives
Based in New Delhi, India, GARIMA GUPTA is an artist and researcher whose work delves into the overlooked themes of ecological decay and migration. Her art serves as a visual and textual exploration of the fragments of our ecological crises, transforming them into compelling narratives of loss, longing, and imagination.
Gupta’s recent series, “a/muse/um,” offers a poignant reflection on her decade-long investigation into the illegal wildlife trade across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This collection of drawings and texts captures the intersection of ecological urgency and human experience, presenting a vivid portrayal of the intricate relationships between commerce, conservation, and cultural attachment.
“For nearly a decade, I have been foraging micro-stories of illegal trade in wildlife as a means to build a multifaceted narrative from the ground up.”
Her practice, showcased in solo exhibitions such as “a/muse/um” at Tarq, Mumbai, and group shows across global venues including the Dhaka Art Summit and the Museum of Modern Art, Poland, invites viewers to reconsider the fragmented realities of our natural world. Gupta’s work, housed in the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, is a crucial dialogue on the precarious balance of our ecosphere.
PRIDE OF BULOLO | 2020
x 16.6 inches
Lightbox with Graphite on paper
UNIPAMORL | 2020
9.8 x 8.3 inches | Graphite on paper
HELLO DARLING! (003) | 2020
13 x 9.3 inches | Graphite on surgical glove wrapping sheet. Inside a lightbox
Cop Shiva
Capturing Urban Intimacy
COP SHIVA, a former Indian Police Service officer turned acclaimed photographer, brings a unique perspective to the art world. Relocating from a village in Karnataka, India, to the state’s capital city, Bengaluru, Shiva’s dual journey in law enforcement and art has been transformative. His work, “Street as Studio,” juxtaposes the gritty reality of Bengaluru’s migrants against the city’s vibrant murals.
In this compelling series, Shiva transforms urban landscapes into stages for intimate portraits. Using the city’s municipal murals as backdrops—vividly depicting heritage, gods, and exotic scenes—he crafts poignant visual narratives. These artworks capture the contrast between migrants’ harsh realities and the city’s romanticized portrayals, creating a dialogue between the everyday and the aspirational.
“As a policeman and as a photographer, I have sought intimacy through the lens of my camera, which has become a receptacle and a record of the everyday lives of the city’s resident migrants who have come here in search of a livelihood.”
Represented by Gallery Sumukha and Art Heritage Gallery, and recognized with the Sovereign Asian Art Public Award 2023, Shiva’s photographs are a striking testament to the fragmented yet hopeful experiences of Bengaluru’s migrant community.
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University STREET AS STUDIO | 2012-ONGOING Bengaluru, India (pages 21-23)
VAF Alumni Interview
Aman Kaleem on the Intersection of Art and Technology
AMAN KALEEM, a 2018 Mittal Institute Visiting Artist Fellow alumna, is a filmmaker from New Delhi, India, who specializes in integrating emerging technologies with artistic mediums for storytelling. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Design Engineering from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kaleem engages with unconventional materials, including imperfect datasets, deep learning algorithms, the kinetics of human movement, the interplay of light and shadow, the organic growth patterns of moss, the quantification of sentiment, and the intricacies of machine learning. Her art installation, “Precipitation of Life,” is permanently installed at MIT.
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
Tell us about life since your VAF experience. What drove you to continue your studies at Harvard, and can you share more about your Master’s focus?
Aman Kaleem (AK): My time with the Visiting Artist Fellowship sparked a deep interest in the symbiosis between art and technology, especially through my work with the Harvard Innovation Lab. This led me to explore unconventional materials like imperfect datasets, deep learning algorithms, and the kinetics of human movement in my Master’s studies. My thesis is a multi-disciplinary project at the nexus of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and brain-computer interface technology. It transforms auditory inputs into visual representations of memories, piecing together forgotten fragments of daily life into visual narratives that confront the amnesia of our everyday existence.
You have also been busy on the artistic front. Can you share more about the film you released?
AK: Girls is a sci-fi film from the MIT Media Lab that pioneers the use of artificial intelligence in creating photorealistic environments and characters within a gaming engine. The film has garnered international acclaim, winning 12 awards
at 18 film festivals, including the Madrid International Movie Awards and the Swedish International Film Festival. This project represents a significant leap in film aesthetics by merging generative models with gaming technology, crafting an immersive narrative that marks the dawn of a new era in cinema.
How did the VAF experience in 2018 influence your career path, and what advice would you give to artists beginning their career?
AK: The Visiting Artist Fellowship was transformative, pushing the boundaries of my practice. It introduced me to non-traditional materials and innovative methods, influencing my approach to art. Discussions at the MIT Media Lab on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), virtual reality, and cryptocurrency broadened my perspective on art and technology’s evolving intersection. My exhibition at Harvard, “Shaping the Ordinary
through Love and Dreams,” deepened my understanding of art’s universal applicability and recontextualization within new mediums.
Art, in its true form, is about permitting oneself to create—something I’ve wrestled with and continue to do. In the early stages of my career, I often muted my expression, preoccupied with what was considered “good,” or what would resonate with others. With time, my perspective has shifted, focusing on what I feel compelled to create. I advise cultivating that inner narrative, refining it, and letting it guide the creative process without hesitation or fear.
PLATFORM
Mapping Color in History
Mapping Color in HistoryTM (MCH) is a searchable, open database for historical research on pigments in paintings.
Mapping in Color in History (MCH) is a digital research platform that brings together the scientific data drawn from existing and on-going material analyses of pigments, especially in Asian painting, to put them in a historical perspective. MCH is led by Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, Department of History of Art + Architecture, and Professor of South Asian Studies, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University.
A major component, MCH-India, focuses on collaborative research on historical pigments in India to enhance the understanding of the global history of color and pigments. By deploying the MCH Mobile Heritage Lab for site-specific research in museums and archives in India, it collects valuable data on historical pigments and promotes research-based conservation practices. Initially established through the Tata-Mittal Institute grant in late 2019, the lab has expanded through additional faculty research grants from the Mittal Institute.
The project addresses misconceptions about historical pigments by compiling object-based pigment analysis data, ensuring precise historical research. For instance, it challenges assumptions such as every blue pigment in medieval Indian painting being ultramarine; the MCH database shows that the more common blue colorant found in medieval Indic manuscript painting (pre-1600 CE) is indigo. The project is multidisciplinary, combining scientific analysis with humanistic research through digital humanities tools.
MCH-India fosters multilateral, international collaborations, exemplified by the historic partnership with the Asiatic Society, Mumbai, which concluded in spring 2024, setting the framework for further on-site research in India and beyond.
Professor Jinah Kim with her History of Art and Architecture (HAA) colleagues and students of HAA100r sophomore excursion seminar to India view historically important manuscripts in the Asiatic Society, Mumbai (including a dated illustrated paper manuscript of the Aranyakaparvan), which have been analyzed and rehoused in the context of the MCH-India project by Anjali Jain, MCH India Research Manager.
Photographer: Marin Gray
The team analyzed five historically important manuscripts. Following the initial analysis conducted in 2022-2023, detailed analytical reports were submitted to ASM. Condition reports for the manuscripts were prepared, and preservation measures were implemented with ASM staff, who were trained in rehousing techniques. Additionally, pigment samples were collected from a traditional painter’s workshop in Jaipur, leading to collaboration with the Harvard Art Museum Straus Center for pigment analysis and resulting in one poster and one peer-reviewed journal publication, with two more pending.
Learn more about the Mapping Color in History project below:
“MCH is trying to help people appreciate the connection between art and science and bridge the two disciplines”
— JINAH KIM, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR, MAPPING COLOR IN HISTORY (MCH)
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
High resolution photography of an illustrated folio from the Aranyakaparvan manuscript at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai using the MCH Mobile lab documentation camera setup.
Photographer: Anjali Jain
examines an illustrated folio of the Aranyakaparvan manuscript at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Studying handmade paper in transmitted light helps document chain lines and inclusions in the paper, which helps to understand its manufacture.
Anjali Jain (MCH India Research Manager)
PLATFORM
The State of Architecture in South Asia
The project explores fundamental questions about the research and practice of architecture in South Asia, a region undergoing numerous transitions.
The State of Architecture in South Asia is a multi-year research initiative anchored by the Mittal Institute and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), supported by the South Asia Graduate School of Design Student Group and the Architecture Foundation, India. Led by Rahul Mehrotra, John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; Devashree Shah, GSD ’23; and Pranav Thole GSD ’23, the project examines how architecture reflects the region’s transitions and addresses issues like public agency, architectural education, and equity, with a focus on architecture in the public realm. It values both intra- and inter-generational dialogues, using a structure that includes lectures, conferences, podcasts, publications, and a traveling exhibition to ensure a comprehensive exploration of architectural issues within a temporal context.
In December 2023, the “Architectures of Transition: Frameworks & Practices in South Asia” conference was held in New Delhi, which brought together over 40 academics and practitioners, and attracted over 400 attendees. The conference created a forum for architects to reflect on the breadth of work undertaken in the South Asian region. It explored questions around the agency of architecture, through dialogue between theoreticians, academics, and practitioners. It also reflected upon the breadth of work undertaken in South Asia collectively, bridging the gap that exists between academia and practice.
A traveling exhibition showcasing emergent architectural practices in South Asia was also launched at the conference, designed to expand on insights from the lecture series, book, and conference. It began in New Delhi and is set to travel to several cities across India and other South Asian countries.
The conference also included the launch of the book, Architectures of Transition: Emergent Practices in South Asia. The book was curated and edited by State of Architecture in South Asia project leaders Rahul Mehrotra, Devashree Shah, and Pranav Thole, and catalogs 41 emergent architectural practices in South Asia that display a rigorous engagement in the making of architecture, landscape, and infrastructure in the public realm.
Watch the conference here:
Traveling Exhibition at India International Center, New Delhi.
Emergent Practices in South Asia Publication.
Emergent Practices in South Asia Publication.
“The hope is that the ecology of practitioners and network of peers created through this sharing of ideas in this forum might lead to cross-pollination of concepts and methodologies in addition to critique and reflection among the next generation of practitioners in the region.”
RAHUL MEHROTRA, JOHN T. DUNLOP PROFESSOR IN HOUSING AND URBANIZATION, HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
“Architectures of Transition: Frameworks & Practices in South Asia” conference participants,
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
New Delhi, December 2023.
Traveling Exhibition at India International Centre, New Delhi.
Attendees of the “Architectures of Transition: Frameworks & Practices in South Asia” conference, December 2023, hosted by the Mittal Institute’s India office.
2023-24
Exhibitions
Crossing Many Seas: Virtual Exhibition Featuring Visiting Artist Fellowship Alumni
MARCH 29 – APRIL 30, 2024
About the Exhibition:
This virtual exhibition presented the works of two alumni of the Mittal Institute’s Visiting Artist Fellowship program, Ishita Chakraborty and Sudipta Das. Curated by New Delhi-based curator and scenographer Reha Sodhi, the exhibit symbolizes the profound journeys undertaken by individuals across physical and metaphorical seas, navigating the complexities of migration, identity, and belonging.
“When we look at memory, we always see memory through a document, photograph, or some form of paper. So, I use a similar material that has that power. Using paper, I try to bring all the emotions we all feel and at the same time my personal situation as well as the situation of my surroundings through my work.”
— SUDIPTA DAS (VAF ‘20)
Sudipta Das Ishita Chakraborty
“I am interested in listening. I listen to people’s stories and try to inscribe them on paper by scratching them. They are like scars – scars of loss, longing, and trauma that people have gone through.”
ISHITA CHAKRABORTY (VAF ‘20)
HUM SAB EK (We Are One) Multimedia Exhibition
APRIL 15 - AUGUST 20, 2024
About the Exhibition:
In spring 2024, the Mittal Institute hosted HUM SAB EK (We Are One), a multimedia exhibition that highlighted the experiences and response strategies of women in India’s informal sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. This immersive exhibition stemmed from research in Gujarat, India, led by Prof. Satchit Balsari, Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Researchers, in collaboration with the Self Employed Women’s Association
(SEWA) in India, surveyed over 1,000 households and captured 30 hours of oral testimonies. The exhibition, which featured 12 installations of visual graphics, videos, photographs, and art, was created by an interdisciplinary team of graduate students from across Harvard. It illustrates how art can illuminate the struggles and resilience of marginalized communities during crises, making their stories resonate globally. HUM SAB EK (We are One) will travel to the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C., and to Europe and India. The oral histories will be archived at Harvard’s Countway Library.
About the Panel Discussion:
The HUM SAB EK exhibition launch on April 15, 2024, featured a talk by SEWA member Kapilaben Bhailalbhai Vankar and SEWA Executive Director Reemaben Nanavaty, moderated by Sarita Gupta from the Ford Foundation. Kapilaben shared the hardships faced by informal workers during India’s COVID-19 lockdown and Delta wave, highlighting SEWA’s community response and the philosophy of an “economy of nurturance” that ensured food security, education, and
livelihoods. This showcased SEWA’s successful efforts in building resilient communities. Following that, Prof. Satchit Balsari and Prof. Rishi K. Goyal discussed the integration of arts and humanities in public health research, emphasizing the value of qualitative approaches.
Watch it here:
Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard University
The HUM SAB EK curatorial team with panel speakers at the launch of the exhibition at Harvard University.
The 12 installations of the exhibition combine graphics, videos, photographs, artifacts from the lives of SEWA workers, a 16-foot-long textile created by SEWA members in India, and an 80-phone-unit digital display. Photos by Kris Snibbe/Harvard University
The exhibition has attracted numerous visitors from Harvard and beyond, including faculty, members of the Mittal Institute’s Steering Committee, donors, and individuals from prestigious public and private institutions.
Governance
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Aditya and Megha Mittal (UK)
Lakshmi and Usha Mittal (UK)
KP Balaraj, MBA ’97 (India), Chair, Advisory Council
Sumir Chadha, MBA ’97 (USA), Chair, Advisory Council
Dipti Mathur (USA), Chair, Arts Council
Tarun Khanna (USA), Faculty Director, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chairs:
KP Balaraj, MBA ’97 (India)
Sumir Chadha, MBA ’97 (USA)
Aditya and Megha Mittal (UK)
Lakshmi and Usha Mittal (UK)
Syed Babar Ali, AMP ’73 (Pakistan)
Kushagra Nayan Bajaj (India)
Lucinda Bhavsar MBA ’97 (USA)
Kuntala Das and Bharat Das ’08, s/o late Purandar Das (USA)
Mark Fuller ’75, MBA ’78, JD ’79, and Jo Froman (USA)
Meera Gandhi (USA)
Vikram Gandhi, MBA ’89, ExEd ’00 (USA/India)
Mala Haarmann ’91, MBA ’96 (UK)
Rajiv Kothari OPM '14 (USA)
Anuradha and Anand Mahindra ’77, MBA ’81 (India)
Dipti Mathur (USA)
Karen ’82, and Sanjeev Mehra ’82, MBA ’86 (USA)
Victor Menezes (USA)
Chandrika and Dalip Pathak (UK)
Chandni and Mukesh Prasad ’93 (USA)
Sribala Subramanian and Arvind Raghunathan (USA)
Rajiv and Anupa Sahney (India)
Gaurav ’96 and Falguni Shah (USA)
Vimal MBA ’02 and Punyashree Shah (USA)
Parul and Gaurav Swarup, MBA ’80 (India)
Tom Varkey MBA ’97 (USA)
**Jasvinder Khaira and Monica Vaughan-Khaira (USA)
Osman Khalid Waheed ’93 (Pakistan)
Arshad Zakaria ’85, MBA ’87 (USA)
**New in FY 2023/24
ARTS COUNCIL
Faculty Director: Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art and Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University (USA);
Chair: Dipti Mathur (USA)
Arts Program Advisors: Shanay Jhaveri (USA),
Meena Sonea Hewett (USA)
Archan Basu ’93 and Madeline Jie Wang ’97 (USA)
Poonam Bhagat (India)
Anurag Bhargava (India/USA)
Radhika Chopra MPP ’96 (India)
Sunil Hirani (USA)
**Bharti Malkani (USA)
Chandrika Pathak (UK/India)
Pinky and Sanjay Reddy (India)
Omar Saeed (Pakistan)
Sana Rezwan Sait (USA)
Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani (Bangladesh)
Shilpa Sanger (USA)
Gaurav and Falguni Shah (USA)
Osman Khalid Waheed ’93 (Pakistan)
FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE
Nadeem Elahi MBA ’01 (Pakistan)
Namita Luthra and Anil Shrivastava AB '90, MBA '96 (USA)
Usha and Diaz Neesamoney (USA)
Anwarul Quadir Foundation (USA)
INDIA ADVISORY BOARD
Aditya and Megha Mittal (UK)
Lakshmi and Usha Mittal (UK)
Gobind Akoi GMP ’10 (India)
KP Balaraj MBA ’97 (India)
Sumir Chadha MBA ’97 (USA)
Radhika Chopra MPP ’96 and Rajan Anandan (India)
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
FACULTY CABINET
Chair: Tarun Khanna, Faculty Director; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
Martha Chen, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Asim Khwaja, Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art and Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Jennifer Leaning, Senior Research Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights; Professor of the Practice at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Rahul Mehrotra, John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Venkatesh Murthy, Raymond Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School
Parimal G. Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Committee on the Study of Religion; Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
FACULTY STEERING COMMITTEE
* includes members of Cabinet
Ali Asani, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies; Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University
Satchit Balsari, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
**Caroline Buckee, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
**Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Member of the Faculty of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School
**Mashail Malik, Assistant Professor, Department of Government
Durba Mitra, Carol K. Pforzheimer Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute; Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
**Sanjay Saini, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
**Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ajay Singh, Senior Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education, Harvard Medical School; Director, Master in Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation (MMSCI) Program
Pawan Sinha, Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and in African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Kristen A. Stilt, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
Conor Walsh, Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, John A. Paulson Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Muhammad H. Zaman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
**New in FY 2023/24
MITTAL INSTITUTE ADMINISTRATION
Tarun Khanna, Faculty Director; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Hitesh M. Hathi, Executive Director
Mirela Vaso, Director of Finance and Administration
Carlin Carr, Assistant Director of Programs and Outreach
Monika Setia, Associate Country Director, Harvard Global Research Support Centre India
CAMBRIDGE
Shubhangi Bhadada, Research Fellow; Project and Research Director, Lancet Citizens’ Commission
*Kartikeya Bhatotia, Climate Fellow
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