South Asia Foundation Conferences
Vidya Shah, the young musician member of the Culture Sub-Committee of the SAF-India Advisory Board
Presented at a Seminar organized by INTACH and Nakshband Educational Trust, IIC.
15th March 2008, New Delhi, India
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SAF Cultural Committee Meeting
4th March 2008, New Delhi, India
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Minutes of the Meeting of SAF-India Advisory Board
19th January 2008, New Delhi, India
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Meeting at the Ministry of Women Affairs, Kabul, to organize an exhibition of Afghan women painters.
22nd March to 5th April 2008,
Madanjeet Singh Institute of Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage, Kabul
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SAF Meeting on Media, Publications and SAFDIC
19th November 2007, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
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Conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa)
8th January 2007, Open University of Karnataka, India
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Conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa)
28th - 30th November 2005, Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo
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Meeting at the University of Jammu
September 2005, Jammu
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The vocational training for girls at the Kalamkari College of Education in Jammu includes handicrafts and skills such as tie-and-dye, block printing of textiles, papier mâché, and basket- and toy-making. |
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Certificate distribution of the PPEPERA
(pre primary education programme)
27th September 2005, University of Kashmir, Srinagar
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The ‘Phool Ban Nursery School’ programme is among the most successful SAF initiatives. A number of girls from the remote villages in the Kashmir Valley are selected, trained and then sent back home to give pre-primary education in their communities. One of the Kashmiri girls, Afroza Bano (on my right), receiving training in Srinagar was from the village of Ganderbal, where her community was already building the school where she would teach when she returned home. |
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Meeting at the Beaconhouse National University with the Vice Chancellor, the founder and the students
(recipient of the Madanjeet Singh group scholarship)
10th - 12th February 2005, Lahore, Pakistan
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The SAF Group Scholarship students from Beaconhouse National University with the Vice-Chancellor and the Founder. |
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Function for the distribution of the SAF Madanjeet Singh Scholarship
23rd December 2004, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, West Bengal
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From right to left: Prof. Surabhee Banarjee, Vice-Chancellor of Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata with SAF Founder Madanjeet Singh. |
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Inauguration of the SAF-IGNOU study Centre
16th April 2004, Gurbaksh Singh Auditorium, Preet Nagar, Punjab
Message from UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh, SAF Founder on his 80th birthday, 16th April 2004.
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The event in India was held at the Preet Nagar Cultural Centre, near Amritsar. Some two years ago, I had agreed to the request of Uma, a daughter of Gurbaksh Singh, to fund the construction of the Centre in her father’s memory along with another eminent writer, Nanak Singh.
This rather imposing building, facing a water reservoir, had since been completed. It has two auditoriums, one inside and the other outside, which will be used for cultural performances of folk artists, dancers, singers and dramatists.
At my suggestion, Indira Gandhi National Open University agreed to cooperate with SAF to establish a SAF-IGNOU Distance Learning Centre on one floor of the building to provide education to the deprived youngsters living in villages along the India-Pakistan border.
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SAF Founder; Uma Gurbaksh Singh, Trustee, Gurbaksh Singh Nanak Singh Foundation; Vice-Chancellor IGNOU. It was decide to install more computers at the SAF-IGNOU Distance Learning Centre to enable students in the neighbourhood to come and learn how to use them. |
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From right to left: Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, SAF Founder Madanjeet Singh and Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU with a recipient of the SAF Madanjeet Singh Scholarship (16th April 2004). |
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Meeting of the Chairpersons with the Scouts in Maldives
21st February 2003
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Youth Initiative for Peace
December 2002, Lahore, Pakistan
Attended by representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
After the SAF Cultural Committee meeting in Beaulieu, September 2002, the members recommended SAF support for the Youth Initiative for Peace, for its Cultural workshop in Lahore.
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SAF-UNESCO Regional Conference for the SAARC Countries on Youth in the Contemporary Information Society- Needs, Role & Policies
22nd - 24th November 2002, New Delhi
Attended by representatives of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka together with representatives of UNICEF, UNDP, UNIDO and UNFPA.
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The delegates to the first SAF-UNESCO Regional Conference for the SAARC countries were briefed by Madanjeet Singh in the conference hall of the SAF-India office in New Delhi. Some thirty-five participants attended the Conference, together with representatives of UN agencies and discussed the current situation of youth in the information society. |
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Conference of SAF Sub Committee on Culture
23rd - 25th September 2002, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
Attended by representatives of Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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From right to left: Representative of Nepal, Municipality of Menton, Bhutan, Pakistan, Pakistan, India, Municipality of Menton and Sri Lanka. |
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Conference and training session for all the SAF IT coordinators in Reading
4th - 12th March 2002, United Kingdom
Attended by representatives of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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From right to left: U.K. ATG Trainer; Bangladesh SAF IT Coordinator; Maldives SAF IT Coordinator; India SAF IT Coordinator; U.K. ATG Trainer; Pakistan SAF IT Coordinator; U.K. ATG Trainer; Bhutan SAF IT Coordinator; Sri Lanka SAF IT Coordinator; Nepal SAF IT Coordinator. |
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SAF Media Conference: Second South Asia Media Conference, Media and Peace
1st - 2nd September 2001, New Delhi
Attended by representatives of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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South Asia Foundation Learning Initiative (SAFLI)
Conference of the South Asia Foundation Learning Initiative (SAFLI) attended by representatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
Meeting of the Academic Council of SAFLI
18th April 2004, New Delhi, India
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SAFLI
13th - 14th December 2003, New Delhi, India
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SAFLI Meeting
18th - 19th February 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Inaugurated by the President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the Second SAF General Conference was held in Colombo on 18th February 2003. It began with a pre-recorded video message from UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura. |
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Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Steering Committee, SAFLI
12th - 13th December 2002, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen inaugurated the second SAFLI Steering Committee meeting on 12th December 2002, attended by vice-chancellors of open universities and other institutions in SAARC countries, as well as other delegates. |
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Indian Open Universities VC SAFLI Meeting
24th - 25th November 2002, New Delhi, India
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Minutes of the First Meeting of the SAFLI Steering Committee
28th - 29th September 2002, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
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Eight vice-chancellors of South Asian open universities met at Villa Surya. They formed a steering committee to jointly design courses, thus avoiding duplication of work and costs and developing a spirit of regional cooperation. |
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