Balsari Lab

Team

The exhibition has been co-designed and developed by Harvard graduate students in collaboration with members of the Self Employed Women's Association.

This project reflects the collaborative work of an interdisciplinary team. Members of the Self Employed Womens Association graciously contributed their time, videos, digital artifacts from the pandemic, and oral testimonials.

The exhibition’s creative direction and design were led by Dr. Satchit Balsari and Hiteshree Das. Photography was by Mitul Kajaria. Vishwesh Surve, together with 50 SEWA members, crafted the 18 ft × 9 ft hand-embroidered tapestry.

Video compilations and montages for the interactive 80-phone display were produced by Robert McCarthy and Deepak Ramola. Data visualizations were developed by Karthik Girish and Shariq M. Shah, Felipe Gonzalez Casabianca and Robert Meade. Curatorial text contributed by Dr. Satchit Balsari and Kartikeya Bhatotia.

The website and digital curatorial companions were developed by Joe Nallen, with program support from Shubhangi Bhadada.

Our Team's Work

This project reflects the collaborative work of an interdisciplinary team. Members of the Self Employed Womens Association graciously contributed their time, videos, digital artifacts from the pandemic, and oral testimonials.

The exhibition’s creative direction and design were led by Dr. Satchit Balsari and Hiteshree Das. Photography was by Mitul Kajaria. Vishwesh Surve, together with 50 SEWA members, crafted the 18 ft × 9 ft hand-embroidered tapestry.

Video compilations and montages for the interactive 80-phone display were produced by Robert McCarthy and Deepak Ramola. Data visualizations were developed by Karthik Girish and Shariq M. Shah, Felipe Gonzalez Casabianca and Robert Meade. Curatorial text contributed by Dr. Satchit Balsari and Kartikeya Bhatotia.

The website and digital curatorial companions were developed by Joe Nallen, with program support from Shubhangi Bhadada.

Satchit Balsari
Satchit Balsari Team Lead
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Hiteshree Das
Hiteshree Das Co-curator, Design Lead
Masters in Design Studies (Public Domain) '25, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Team

Abhishek Bhatia
Abhishek Bhatia Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kartikeya Bhatotiya
Kartikeya Bhatotiya Research
Harvard Kennedy School
Karthik Girish
Karthik Girish Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Robert McCarthy
Robert McCarthy Technology
Harvard College; Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences
Joe Nallen
Joe Nallen Design
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
Deepak Ramola
Deepak Ramola Films
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Selmon Rafey
Selmon Rafey Technology
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
Bettina Wyler
Bettina Wyler Communications
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute

Advisors

Lori Gross
Lori Gross
Associate Provost for Art and Culture, Harvard University
Rahul Mehrotra
Rahul Mehrotra
John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Doris Sommer
Doris Sommer
Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Supported By

Dan Borelli
Director of Exhibitions, Harvard Graduate School of Design

William Boles
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Shariq M. Shah
Harvard Graduate School of Design

We thank our colleagues from across Harvard and India for their counsel:

Mihir Bhatt, Caroline Buckee, Bettina Burch, Amit Dave, Mark Elliot, Lori Gross, Tarun Khanna, Jennifer Leaning, Mitul Kajaria, Ally Mathan, Nathan Melenbrink, Sabrina Lynn Motley, Heather Mumford, Joseph Nallen, Emily R. Novak Gustainis, Ravi Sadhu, Kathy Schoer, Caleb Shreve, Vishwesh Surve, Michael Vortmann, Chase Van Amburg, Rich Wolfe, and the teams at CGIS, Makepeace, and the Mittal Institute in Delhi and Cambridge.

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