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Research, Language and Internship Grants
from The Mittal Institute Year in Review 2021-22
by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University
STUDENTS Research, Language and Internship Grants
The Mittal Institute supports the work of undergraduate and graduate students focused on deepening their academic engagement with issues facing South Asia through our grants.
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Student grant awards were made possible by generous contributions from Mukesh Prasad, Syed Babar Ali, and the Arts Council.
The Mittal Institute provides funding to students for their pursuit of research, language studies, or internships focused on South Asia during the winter and summer recesses.
Winter 2021 Grants
Nariman Aavani PhD Candidate in Comparative Study of Religion Hindu Engagement with Rumi's Mathnawi in Mughal India (India)
Manasa Acharya Master in Urban Planning, 2023 Internship with Community Design Agency, an architecture firm focused on informal settlements (India)
Arielle Bernhardt PhD Candidate in Economics The Local Transmission of Gender Norms: Evidence from India
Nikhil Dharmaraj Harvard College, 2023 Internship at The Caravan magazine (India) Ronak Jain PhD Candidate in Economics An Economic Inquiry into Begging and Street Vending: Evidence from India (India)
Pankhuri Jha Master in Public Administration, 2022 Spending for Health: A State-level Analysis of Health Spending in India (India)
Heer Vipul Joisher PhD Candidate in Molecular and Cellular Biology Impact of Menopause on the Quality of Life of Working Women in India (India)
Nosher Ali Khan Harvard College, 2024 Exploring Burushaski Music in the Burusho Diaspora (Pakistan)
Shrinkhala Khatiwada Master in Urban Planning, 2023 Internship at Daayitwa with Nepali Planning Commission to propose the addition of an Urban Green Infrastructure Department in Nepal’s cities
Shruthi Kumar Harvard College, 2024 The Power of Ancient Indian Knowledge: Documenting Health and Tradition in Rural and Urban Societies
Aaran Patel Master in Public Policy, 2022 Policy Analysis Exercise on Municipal Climate Governance in Mumbai (India)
Vaishnavi Patil PhD Candidate in Art and Architecture Documenting the Mother-child Goddess Imagery in South Asia (South Asia)
Aeshna Prasad Graduate School of Design, 2022 A Case for Incremental Urbanism (India)
Shaharyar Zia PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Arabic Online Tutoring Sessions
Summer 2022 Grants
Nithyani Anandakugan Harvard College, 2023 "Off the Record": Tracing Stories of Sri Lankan Tamil Migrants to the United States, 1983 - 1995 (Sri Lanka)
Victoria Andrews PhD Candidate in the History of Art and Architecture Study of Advance Classical Tibetan
Aniket De PhD Candidate in History United States of India: Imperial Federation and Anticolonialism in South Asia (South Asia)
Leren Gao Master of Theological Studies, 2023 Summer Sanskrit Intensive (Virtual) Abhinav Ghosh PhD Candidate in Education Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: Examining the Reformatting of Education in India (India)
Nosher Ali Khan Harvard College, 2024 Internship in economic policy at the Commissioner's Office, Gilgit, Pakistan (Pakistan)
Vaishnavi Patil PhD Candidate in Art and Architecture Internship in the Department of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (USA)
Ana Luiza Penna Rocha Miranda PhD Candidate in Population Health Sciences Associations between Responsive Caregiving and Maternal Empowerment in Rural Pakistan (Pakistan)
Pariroo Rattan PhD Candidate in Public Policy Digitizing Difference: Subjecthood and the Making of the Modern Indian Social Contract (India)
Aneesa Roidad Harvard College, 2025 Pashto Language Study Program at the University of Wisconsin (USA)
Ravi Sadhu Master in Global Health and Population, 2023 How Resilience Shapes Mental Health Outcomes of Indian Adolescents at Sangath, Goa (India)
Arshaya Sood Master in Design Studies, 2022 Internship at World Resources Institute, Mumbai (India) Seton Uhlhorn PhD Candidate in South Asian Studies Popular and Personal Cannons: Multilingual Poetry Notebooks in Kashmir (India)
Kristen Zipperer PhD Candidate in Anthropology The Politics of Purity: Democratic Transformation in Nepal's Southern Borderland (Nepal)
Student Organization Grants
The Mittal Institute offers grants to undergraduate and graduate student organizations for projects relating to either individual countries or spanning the region of South Asia. Mittal Institute grants also support student events that have an academic focus and Harvard faculty involvement, as well as social events, such as concerts, mixers, and holiday celebrations.
Select student organizations and events funded and partnered with in 2021–22 include:
— Harvard Dharma — Pakistani Student Association — South Asian Association — South Asian Americans in Public
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