A Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leader Development

1. A Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leader Development July 30 – August 3, 2012 INTRODUCTION

2. Opening Session Agenda • Opening • Greeting and Agenda • Participant Introductions • Background on Harvard University and SAI • Overview of the Program and Introduction to workshop sessions

3. A Brief Overview of Harvard University • Harvard was established in 1636 by the “Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay colony.” It was modeled after Cambridge University, England and named after its first benefactor: John Harvard, a minister. • “To advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministry to the Churches.” • Harvard University grew from one school and 9 students to an enrollment of more than 6,700 undergraduates and over 14,500 professional and graduate students in one college and 10 graduate schools. • Some statistics: • About 2,100 (non-medical) faculty • An additional 11,000 medical school faculty • Total real estate is 5,076 acres • Over 323,000 living alumni

4. A Brief Overview of Harvard University • Seven US Presidents attended Harvard College: • John Adams • John Quincy Adams • Theodore Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Rutherford B. Hayes • John Fitzgerald Kennedy • George W. Bush • Over 40 Nobel Laureates

5. Harvard University Map

6. The South Asia Initiative at Harvard University Students Faculty Community Engaging faculty and students through interdisciplinary programs to advance and deepen the teaching and research on global issues relevant to South Asia.

7. The South Asia Initiative at Harvard University SAI Steering Committee David Bloom School of Public Health Business School Asim Khawja Kennedy School of Government Nicholas Burns Kennedy School of Government Parimal Patil Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tony Saich Kennedy School of Government Rahul Mehrotra Graduate School of Design Tarun Khanna Business School John Briscoe School of Engineering and Applied Sciences School of Public Health Diana Eck Faculty of Arts and Sciences David Barron Law School Venkatesh Narayanamurti School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Kennedy School of Government Jennifer Leaning School of Public Health Medical School Diana Sorensen Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fernando Reimers Graduate School of Education William Kirby Faculty of Arts and Sciences Business School RohiniPande Kennedy School of Government

8. The South Asia Initiative at Harvard University Events at Harvard Spearheaded by faculty from across the University, SAI’s Seminar Series and Conferences seek to broaden and deepen scholarship in areas of: Global HealthPakistanSocial EnterpriseSouth Asia Without Borders UrbanizationWater & Climate Change Book Talks & Film Events (from left): Tarun Khanna, HBS/SAI, Arthur Kleinman, HMS/FAS/Harvard Asia Center, Paul Farmer, HMS/Partners in Health, and Devi Shetty, Founder Of NarayanaHrudayalayaHospital at the 2012 SAI annual symposium: Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World

9. The South Asia Initiative at Harvard University Events at Harvard Dr. A. P. J. Kalam, 11th President of India, delivered SAI’s annual Mahindra Lecture on September 27, 2011. Dr. Kalam also participated in an event at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and a student event at the Harvard Law School During his time at Harvard, Dr. Kalam visited six laboratories and was given overviews on topics ranging from nanometer technology to molecular physics

10. The South Asia Initiative at Harvard University Harvard Faculty and Students in the Region • 34 Partner Organizations offering Internships to Harvard Undergrad and Graduate Students for Summer 2012 • 58 students received funding from SAI to participate in internships and conduct research on or about the South Asia region. 4 Harvard students (2 graduate students from HKS and HLS, and 2 undergraduates) accompanied John Briscoe, Professor at HSPH and SEAS, to Pakistan in Summer, 2011 Under Briscoe’s direction, the students researched inter-provincial water issues, including discussion of current legal and institutional framework for water allocation that exists in Pakistan

11. Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leader Development Workshop Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Innovation at Harvard University Leadership Knowledge Transfer University Museums Participant Centered Learning Adult Development Libraries in the 21st Century Liberal Arts Education Library operations & services Innovating Medical Technologies Outcomes & Opportunities University Admissions Scholarly Research & Policy Setting Cultural & Religious Literacy: On Campus & Online University Fundraising & Development Research in Social Sciences Universities as Change Agents Global Studies in K-12 and Universities

12. Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leader Development Workshop Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Innovation at Harvard University Leadership Knowledge Transfer University Museums Participant Centered Learning Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Adult Development Libraries in the 21st Century Liberal Arts Education Library operations & services Innovating Medical Technologies Harvard Innovation Lab Knowledge and Library Services Baker Library Harvard Business School Outcomes & Opportunities University Admissions Scholarly Research & Policy Setting Cultural & Religious Literacy: On Campus & Online University Fundraising & Development Widener Library Research in Social Sciences Universities as Change Agents Global Studies in K-12 and Universities Bill Fitzsimmons, Harvard College Admissions and Financial Aid Deirdre Leopold, HBS Admissions and Financial Aid Paul Keenan, Senior Associate Dean and Director of Development

13. Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leader Development Workshop Schedule VishViswanath, Harvard School of Public Health Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Innovation at Harvard University Leadership Knowledge Transfer University Museums Participant Centered Learning Parimal Patil, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Adult Development Libraries in the 21st Century Jorge Dominguez, Vice Provost for International Affairs Liberal Arts Education Library operations & services Innovating Medical Technologies Tarun Khanna, HBS and SAI Michael Shiner, Harvard Graduate School of Education Ali Asani, Faculty of Arts and Sciences University Admissions Scholarly Research & Policy Setting Cultural & Religious Literacy: On Campus & Online University Fundraising & Development Outcomes & Opportunities Conor Walsh, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Laurence Winnie, Harvard Academy for Area and International Studies Dustin Tingley, Assistant Professor of Government Charles Stang, Associate Professor of Early Christian Thought Merilee Grindle, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Research in Social Sciences Universities as Change Agents Global Studies in K-12 and Universities Deborah Cunningham, Primary Source

14. SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE at Harvard University http://southasiainitiative.harvard.edu/