SAF India Introduction and News

In the media Special Correspondent, The Hindu - 5th July 2008

South Asian Centre for Journalists Reporting Conflict inaugurated

The South Asian Centre for Journalists Reporting Conflict (SCJRC), a joint venture of the Press Institute of India (PII) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was inaugurated here on Friday.

Testimony 5th June 2008

Acknowledgement by Rony James Martin, a Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship (India) from the School of Visual Arts, BNU, Lahore

In the media 2nd June 2008

India's outlook on junoon in kashmir

Despite staying in the same hotel, it proved hard to pin down Salman Ahmed-the lead singer and guitarist of the Pakistani Sufi rock group Junoon-for an interview.

News 27th May 2008

Visit to one of the SAF-PPERA schools in Gandharbal, Kashmir

In the media The Asian Age - 27th May 2008

Pratibha says Kashmir is embodiment of compassion

Invoking Kashmir's revolutionary poet Gulam Ahmed Mehjoor, President Pratibha Patil on Monday asked its "gardeners (people) to create the glory of spring and make the flowers bloom and the birds sing again". She said Kashmir was rightly called rishiwaer or the abode of rishis as it embodies love, tolerance and compassion.

News 27th May 2008

Hum Bhe Kuch Hein ('We are also somebody')

Experiences of the young women awarded the SAF/University of Jammu Scholarship, by Salma Ali

News 26th May 2008

Inauguration of the Institute for Kashmir Studies by Her Excellency H.E. Shrimati Praibha Patil, President of India

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for Kashmir studies (UMIKS) has been established under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 21st August 2007, between SAF and the University of Kashmir. It is the latest of the eight institutions of excellence which SAF is in the process of establishing in SAARC countries. In addition to group scholarships, it will offer fellowships to academics and professionals to undertake research, publish books, journals, working papers and bulletins, as well as organize national and international conferences, seminars of “Kashmiriyat” in a broader historical and worldwide context

In the media Riyaz Wani, The Indian Express, Srinagar - 26th May 2008