SAF India Introduction and News

In the media The Hindu - 21st September 2009

The economic dimension of national security

The suggestions made by two former Foreign Secretaries, Shyam Saran and Shiv Shankar Menon, that India should initiate a discussion on a collective security arrangement between the major powers whose bulk of energy and trade flows through the Indian Ocean, is laudable.

News 19th September 2009

Press release from the Institute of Kashmir Studies, Srinagar

The Institute of Kashmir Studies, an organ of South Asia Foundation (SAF), in collaboration with the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies Leh, ladakh organised a 3-day National Seminar.

Testimony 17th September 2009

Rony James Martin

I enjoy the freedom of using just my hands and a few tools to make art.

News Pondicherry, India - 28th August 2009

Nomination of Prof. N.K. Jha , Director, Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asian Regional Co-operation, Pondicherry University

The M.A. (South Asian Studies) program has started with 20 students, following the names of 12 SAARC students who joined the Madanjeet Singh Centre (MISARC).

News The Independet, Dhaka, Staff Reporter - 18th July 2009

Two Bangladeshi young journalists have been awarded the SAF-Madanjeet Singh scholarship

Two Bangladeshi young journalists have been awarded the SAF-Madanjeet Singh scholarship for the one-year postgraduate course on New Media Stream at the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) in Chennai, India.

Conference Pondicherry, India - 3rd June 2009

MoU between 'SAF' and the University of Pondicherry for the establishment of MISARC

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pondicherry University and the South Asia Foundation (“SAF”), for the establishment of Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (MISARC) at Pondicherry University.

Conference 23rd March 2009

SAF-India Cultural Committee meeting to prepare a South Asian Theatre Festival, New Delhi

In the wake of terrorist attack in Mumbai, it was proposed by a number of theatrical groups, both in India and Pakistan, to jointly hold a number of theatre festivals in East Punjab.

News 20th March 2009
News Pondicherry University - 20th March 2009
Testimony 4th December 2008

BNU Third Convocation, testimony

As we go to our third Convocation tomorrow, I am thinking about what the scholarships from you have meant.I am forwarding you the message I received today from Rony James Martin, who graduated this year.