India - South Asia Studies Networks


Alumni Registry

  • Batchmates
    http://www.batchmates.com/
    [An online registry of worldwide alumni with a special section for India alumni, which is organized by state.]

Australia

  • South Asia Net at the University of New England
    http://www.une.edu.au/~arts/SouthAsiaNet/san.htm
    [Web-site sponsored jointly by the National Centre for South Asian Studies (NCSAS) in Melbourne and the South Asian Studies Association (SASA) of Australia. Includes electronic newsletter of NCSAS, events calendar, and links.]

Canada

  • Canadian Asian Studies Association
    http://www.casa.umontreal.ca/

  • Directory of India Studies in Canada
    http://www.ucalgary.ca/~sici/textsite/tindstudDirectory.html
    The directory is provided by the Shastri Institute. It includes a list of links to Canadian universities and similar institutions that support study of India and South Asia as well as a list of scholars engaged in such study.]

United Kingdom

  • British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)
    http://www.staff.brad.ac.uk/akundu/basas/
    [The largest UK organization for study of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. BASAS publishes a Bulletin and holds an annual conference.]

  • Indology
    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/indology.html
    [An electronic network that provides "Internet Resources for Indological Scholarship" through e-mail discussion, archived texts, and links. Founded by Dominik Wujastyk of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London.]

United States

  • American Academy of Religion
    http://www.aarweb.org
    [A learned society for academic study of religion. For archived e-mail discussion, resources for teaching, and links relevant to South Asia, see the page of the Religion in South Asia unit of the Academy and the RISA Links page.]

  • American Institute of Indian Studies
    http://www.indiastudies.org/hp.htm
    [A major granting agency in the United States for support of travel and study in India. In earlier years, funds were derived almost exclusively from Indian Rupees set aside for repayment of international assistance programs. Now that those funds are all but exhausted, the Smithsonian Institution and other organizations are contributing to the annual budget of the AIIS.]

  • American Oriental Society
    http://www.umich.edu/~aos/
    [Founded in 1842 and the oldest learned society in the US devoted to study of the ancient cultures of the so-called Middle East and Asia.]

  • Association for Asian Studies
    http://www.aasianst.org/
    [The major North American scholarly organization for support of Asian Studies.]

    Conferences

  • Conference on Religion in South India
    http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/RELIGION/crsi/
    [A small group of scholars who have been meeting for many years.]

E-Mail Discussion Lists

  • SASIALIT
    http://is.rice.edu/~riddle/play/sasialit/
    [Subscription and related information about a discussion list devoted to South Asian literature, theory, criticism.]

Resource Links

  • Scholarly Associations on South Asia
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/ScholAssoc.html
    [A well-organized set of links maintained by David Magier at Columbia University in New York City.]

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