Adda means a site for collective deliberation in South Asia. This series features panel discussion of important new books written by our colleagues or those significantly involved with the Saxena Center as intellectual interlocutors.

Presentations by PhD Candidates connected to the center.

The Brown-Harvard-MIT Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics approaches some of the big questions of politics, political economy and security, on which the South Asian region offers engaging perspectives.

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Programs planned for and by students.

Online lectures and conversations hosted by the Center for Contemporary South Asia.

The Jindal Distinguished Lecture Series was endowed in perpetuity by Sajjan and Sangita Jindal to promote a serious discussion of politics, economics, social and cultural change in modern India. Many of the lectures have been recorded and their videos can be found by clicking on the event of interest or visiting our video archive.

The South Asia Seminar series is a central interdisciplinary offering of the Saxena Center. This series of public lecutres facilitaties a convergence of figures from accross the lines of academia, civil society, literature, public policy, and journalism to contribute to the discourse on contemporary issues in the region.