Visitors to the Exhibit
The South Asia & the Institute: Transformative Connections exhibit had several visitors between October 2023 - December 2024. These included members of the MIT community (including students, faculty, staff, alumni and their families), friends of MIT and members of the public. Included here are a selection of photos of some of the distinguished visitors to the exhibit.
Two generations of Trikamal Mansukhlal Shah '29, Electrical Engineering (featured in the exhibit) visited Maihaugen Gallery to see the exhibit.
Two generations of family members of Trikamal Mansukhlal Shah '29
Children of Trikamal Mansukhlal Shah '29 and their spouses, with exhibit curators
Family members of MIT Professor Myron Weiner, political scientist and renowned scholar of South Asia, visited the exhibit which featured some of his work. Pictured in the photo are Beth Ben-Avraham and Avital (Tali) Datskovsky, members of the Center for International Studies Prof. Richard Samuels, Prof. Barry Posen and Prof. Reed Ueda, and co-curators of the exhibit Prof. Sana Aiyar and Ranu Boppana ‘87.
Myron Weiner Family visits the exhibit
Avinash Singhal SM ‘61, CE ‘62, SCD ‘64 co-founder of graduate student group, Sangam visited the exhibit. Pictured here with current board members of Sangam, Ranu Boppana ‘87 and Pragnya Govindu class of 2025.
Sangam co-founder and board members visit the exhibit
President Sally Kornbluth visited the exhibit, pictured here with project curators Prof. Sana Aiyar, Ranu Boppana ‘87, Nureen Das.
President Sally Kornbluth pictured with project co-curators
Visit from N.R. Naryana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys.
N.R. Naryana Murthy with exhibit co-curators
N.R. Naryana Murthy and Rohan Murthy with exhibit co-curator
Visit from Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson Biocon Limited, MIT Corporation Member
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw with exhibit co-curators
Kavery Kaul, filmmaker visited the exhibit and is pictured here with Ranu Boppana ‘87.
Kavery Kaul with Ranu Boppana