SAF News

News UNESCO House, Room IV, Paris, France - 12th October 2016

Mme France Marquet, SAF representative to UNESCO attended an Inaugural Ahinsa Lecture by Dr. Scilla Elworthy

To commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence 2016 the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO & the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development organized Inaugural Ahinsa Lecture ..........

News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris - 3rd October 2016

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended The Education & Gender Equality:The Perfect Partner for development

The 2016 GEM Report's Gender Review was published this week in the run up to International Day of the Girl Child thanks to the support of UNGEI. It shows that education is essential for empowering women to achieve gender equality, which in turn is vital for sustainable development.

News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris - 3rd October 2016

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended Education and Gender Equality: The Perfect Partners for Development

As part of UNESCO’s celebrations of International Day of the Girl Child, an event, co-hosted by UNESCO (Division for Gender Equality and the Global Education Monitoring Team) and....

News Pondicherry University, Chennai - 21st September 2016

Guest Lectures invitation at UMISARC by Prof.B C Upreti, Member, Prime Minister's Eminent Persons Group, Government of India

News Kathmandhu, Nepal - 16th September 2016

First batch of UMCDSRC's passed out

The First bactch of SAF scholars from UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre of Development Studies and Regional Cooperation (UMCDSRC) has sucessfully completed Bachelor Degree in Development Studies from National College, Kathmandu University.

News Thimpu, Bhutan - 13th September 2016

Cop In My City is an initiative of CliMates by Mr Sunil Sapkota, UMCSAFS Scholar

Cop In My City is an initiative of CliMates (an international youth think and do tank)by Mr. Sunil Sapkota, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Centre for South Asia Forestry Studies (UMCSAFS)scholar. Cop In My City aims to bridge the gap between climate change negotiations aka COP (Conference of Parties) and youths.....

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France - 8th September 2016

Mme. France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended UNESCO International Literacy Prizes award ceremony

Since 1967, UNESCO International Literacy Prizes have rewarded excellence and innovation in the field of literacy. Over 475 projects and programmes undertaken by governments, non-governmental organizations and individuals ....

News UNESSCO Headquaters, Paris, France - 6th September 2016

Mme. France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended a Workshop & live demo of traditional crafts of India

News Srinagar, Kashmir - 6th September 2016

Mr. Khan Touseef Osman Completes PhD from UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies

Mr. Khan Touseef Osman From Bangladesh has been awarded Ph.D by Kashmir University after successfully completing his research at UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies (UMIKS), Srinagar. The SAF Family congratulate the UMIKS team and Mr Khan on this achievement.

In the media Colombo, Sri Lanka - 6th August 2016

Task force to provide counselling to missing persons’ families

A psychosocial support task force, which will introduce a range of services to families of missing persons and others in Sri Lanka who suffer from post-conflict trauma,