Aniket Bhavthankar, an alumni of SAU, who is now with the think tank Society for Policy Studies as a Research Assistant writes about the possibilities that a ‘Regional Satellite’ can bring about. On Aug 3, 2014, while addressing the parliament of Nepal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first foreign leader to address Nepal’s Constituent …

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New Delhi: South Asian countries should come out of their cocoons and try to find the solutions to the challenges facing the region together. The countries could do with more cooperation in the field of education too, said Prof. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman, Pakistan Higher Education Commission during a special lecture at South Asian University, New …

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Nilanjana Sen writes about Regional Integration through the Education route. This nicely articulated piece appeared on South Asia Monitor, an online publication of Society for Policy Studies. For long we have attempted to understand South Asia by standing in the wrong shoes. We often display cultural insensitivity since a perspective from the west tends to …

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The South Asian University is a noble step towards regional consciousness JUL 18 – Twenty-nine years into its existence, there is very little to rejoice about the formation of Saarc apart from the fact that it still exists. Only 17 Saarc summits have been held so far, even though it is supposed to take place …

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  Shariful Islam, an MA International Relations student who got passed out last a couple months ago from South Asian University wrote an Opinion piece for the the Financial Express, Dhaka You can read the full article Modi & South Asian Cooperation by clicking HERE    

A piece by Dr. Prbhash Ranjan, Asst. Professor, SAU in The Hindu on July 28, 2014 The stand-off between Delhi University and the University Grants Commission reflected an ad-hoc, callous and arbitrary approach toward higher education in India The deadlock between the University Grants Commission and Delhi University over the national education regulator’s directive to …

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