#  South Asia Institute: "Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity" Book Launch and Exhibition 

 



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 **April 16, 2015** 

 04:00PM - 04:00PM EDT 

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 **Harvard University Loeb House**  



 

 



 

**Thursday, April 16, 4:00 pm**  
  **Harvard University Loeb House**

Over fifty Harvard professors, students, administrative staff, and medical practitioners made the pilgrimage to Allahabad, India, to the Kumbh Mela site in 2013, to analyze issues that emerge in any large-scale human gathering. *The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral MEGACITY* book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at Harvard.

Welcome: **Tarun Khanna**, *Director, Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School*

Remarks: **Drew Faust**, *President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University*

**Panel Discussion: One Harvard: Working Across Disciplines**

**Diana Eck**, *Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, FAS; Member of the Faculty of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School*

**Tarun Khanna**, *Director, Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School*

**Jennifer Leaning**, *François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights*

**Rahul Mehrotra**, *Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design*

Reception and book sale to follow.

*Space is limited. Please RSVP to Meghan Smith, <meghansmith@fas.harvard.edu> and plan to arrive early.*



 

 



 

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