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...simply unacceptable that students at Harvard should lack academic opportunities of any sort, particularly those necessary to study a region of increasing global importance. The South Asian Studies Initiative (SASI), a student-led coalition, has exhaustively documented student interest in and dissatisfaction with South Asian Studies; in 2005, SASI undertook a comprehensive survey in which 126 students from a variety of concentrations and backgrounds participated. The survey showed that academic interest in South Asia, particularly from undergraduates, was on the rise, while Harvard resources were inadequate not only in fulfilling students’ demand but also in comparison...
...Despite extensive coverage in the student press, as well as the unanimous endorsement of the Undergraduate Council in November of 2005, the SASI survey and subsequent survey have gone largely ignored. Most of the bill’s recommendations, including increased faculty searches and appointments, as well as student representation in the Sanskrit department, SAI, and Standing Committee for South Asian Studies, remain unfulfilled. Most troubling, however, has been the administration’s failure to provide students with a concrete, time-based action plan for developing South Asian Studies at Harvard...
...know Chaucer and Beowulf, I wouldn’t feel so bad if my colleagues were also forced to learn about great South Asian writers like Salman Rushdie.”The issues brought up in the seminar were closely related to the recent South Asian Studies Initiative (SASI) bill passed two weeks ago by the Undergraduate Council. The bill called for more South Asian course offerings, visiting professors, and student involvement in the department.Many students offered suggestions on how to make the courses and program more accessible to undergraduates. “Coming into the College, I didn?...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) passed a resolution supporting the South Asian Studies Initiative (SASI) with a nearly unanimous vote Monday night. The resolution calls for the expansion of South Asian Studies at Harvard with a growth in course offerings, visiting professors, and student involvement in the department. Former South Asian Association (SAA) Co-President Vinod E. Nambudiri ’05, a co-author of the resolution, said the rising number of South Asian languages and related Core courses offered at Harvard reflects students’ increasing interest in the region. “Harvard has the potential for being...
Attendees also discussed the results of a recent SASI survey of 126 Harvard undergraduates that they say demonstrated limited resources—including a lack of classes in the area and the absence of a well-organized plan of study—hampering students’ ability to pursue South Asian studies...