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"Think Global Act Local" - A talk by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Director, Harvard South Asia Institute, Harvard University
Monday, August 12, 2019, 03:15am
Lecture / Reading / Talk
Lecture / Reading / Talk
About the talk
The Talk will touch Dr. Kumar’s thought on developing global outlook through education and yet how best we can serve our country. The Talk will give some examples from the U.S.A. to explain how Americans have global outlook and yet they act locally. He would also explain how some of these individuals retain US as their base for individual and Nation’s growth and yet they are able to touch the lives of people all across the world. He will also share his own experiences where he is using his global outlook and learning for strengthening Public Education in India.
Author’s Profile:
Sanjay Kumar currently serves as the India Country Director of The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University. It is an entity dedicated to connecting the University with all the countries of South Asia, prompting two-way intellectual exchange and knowledge creation.
Prior to this, he was involved at leadership positions with SEWA Movement for about two decades that organizes poor self-employed women workers in the informal economy in India. Handling twin task of establishing SEWA in Delhi and overseeing the work of SEWA Bharat, National Federation of SEWA organizations, as its Director, he led several programs including advocacy, microfinance, livelihoods, waste-management, government linkages and skills for youth, to name a few.
As a keen photographer, his inspiring images on the lives of women workers in India was exhibited at the House of Commons, London and other locations.
He is voluntarily leading Edjustice People’s Campaign to rejuvenate the state-run educational institutions.
He has been also writing Op-eds on social issues in the National Dailies.
Sanjay Kumar holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, a Masters in Political Science from University of Delhi, and a Mid-Career Master’s in Public Administration as a Mason Fellow from the Harvard Kennedy School. Alongside, he also holds an exhaustive PG diploma in ’Social Security for the Poor’ from ISS, The Hague.
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