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November 15, 2022

Chowdhury Center founder establishes the Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability at IIT-Kharagpur!

IIT Kharagpur is starting a school on Quality and Reliability (Q&R) a first of its kind in India, with the aim to improve the trinity of Process, Planet and People (3P’s) targeting Engineering systems, Human systems and natural systems. with the generous support of distinguished alumnus and Chowdhury Center founder, Mr. Subir Chowdhury. Read more HERE>>>

Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty

Speaker: Scott MacMillan, Director of Learning and Innovation for BRAC USA

Moderator: Sanchita B. Saxena, Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies; Lecturer, Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

November 13, 2022

The Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture for 2017

The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies is thrilled to announce that Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist, Sara Hossain, will deliver the 2017 Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture on February 16, 2017. Event details HERE>>>

November 12, 2022

Monitoring working conditions at factories won’t stop future tragedies

Op-ed in the Globe and Mail, co-authored by Sanchita Saxena, Chowdhury Center Director and Sarah Labowitz of NYU's Stern Center for Business and Human Rights on the failure of prevailing model for addressing poor working conditions in the apparel supply chain. To read more click here >>

Chowdhury Center Awardee wins Prestigious NSF Award

Our 2015 Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies Fellow on Quality of Life in Bangladesh, Yoshika Crider (Energy & Resource Group), is one of 2000 awardees (out of an application pool of 17,000) who has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award for her groundbreaking work on safe water technologies for rural and low income Bangladesh.

November 9, 2022

ISAS Executive Director, Sanchita Saxena on the Chowdhury Center

Our newly launched Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies was recently highlighted by ISAS Executive Director, Sanchita Saxena in The Dhaka Tribune (ARTICLE) as well as in an interview on KPFA's Apex Express (INTERVIEW).

November 3, 2022

NYTimes Op-Ed on Bangladesh's Garment Industry

Much needed analysis by the Chowdhury Center's very own, Sanchita Saxena. Read Dr. Saxena's recent Op-Ed in the New York Times on the impact of US trade policies on Bangladesh's garment factory workers here

October 13, 2022

New Research Underscores the Power of Play-Based Learning

A recent two-year study reveals that one of the greatest goals of early childhood development has been achieved. What’s even more remarkable is that the benefits extend not only to the children but to their parents. That finding holds exceptional promise for communities worldwide.

Climate Resilience in the Global South: Perspectives from South Asia

In Fall 2022, the Institute for South Asia Studies at the University of California, Berkeley launches a multi-year Climate Change Initiative that brings together academic programs and think tanks from across UC Berkeley and in South Asia to foster interdisciplinary research and transformative policy impacts on climate change in the region. Read more about the initiative HERE

September 22, 2022

Mistrust and COVID-19 Among the Rohingya in Bangladesh

A talk by Sadaf Noor E Islam, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, on the health-seeking behaviors of Rohingya refugees living in crowded camps in Bangladesh, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DATE: Thursday, September 27, 2022

TIME: 9am Berkeley | 5pm UK | Calculate your local time