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...Kennedy School of Government is expected to launch an executive program next January in New Delhi to train India??s highest level civil servants. The program, which arose from an initiative by the Indian government to improve their civil service training, will coach members of the Indian government in leadership, policy analysis, and world economic issues. Christine Letts, associate dean for executive education, said that the program offered a great opportunity for the Kennedy School. “India is on the precipice of major contribution to the world and are undergoing a lot of changes in terms...
...have agency, describing them as “wily survivalists.” She posits that as languages get incorporated into cultures, they cease to be “foreign”. In the case of India, Sen says, “English is not a foreign language to India??how Indians speak it and write it, it’s another Indian language.” Sen’s work brings into question the boundaries that are created by terms and definitions, and she appears to relish the rich ambiguity resulting from this blurring of binaries...
...remarks. “They will forge lifelong relationships that over time will change the attitudes of our nation and other nations towards India.”A BUSY SCHEDULEOn March 23, Summers also cut the ribbon for two of the University’s new outposts in Mumbai, India??a Harvard Business School research center and an office for the Harvard South Asia Initiative.And the following weekend brought one of the trip’s highlights, an academic symposium hosted by the Harvard Alumni Association in New Delhi—the first such gathering to take place...
...helm, University President Lawrence H. Summers—in the midst of a week-long sojourn to South Asia—offered the local media a glimpse of his plans to deepen ties with India in his last months in office. In an interview with The Times of India??one of the country’s leading English-language dailies—Summers suggested that the University would increase its exchange programs with the world’s second most populous country. “I want to start programs whereby students from Harvard can study in Indian...
...with the world’s second most populous country, and forge new ones, according to the president’s spokesman, John D. Longbrake. Summers will jet off to India, one of the fastest growing developing nations, this weekend and arrive on Monday to start his busy week. India??s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, will kick off one of the week’s highlights, an academic symposium hosted by the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) in New Delhi. Graduates of all of Harvard’s schools, from 24 countries, will convene there on March...