SAF News

News 1st July 2015

Award of Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarships for the Joint Master’s Degree Programme with KU & JMI

Award of Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarships for the Joint Master’s Degree Programme with University of Kashmir, Srinagar and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, commencing August, 2015

News Kashmir, J&K, India - 28th June 2015

Recounting Kashmir By SAF Scholar Mr Mohammad Zakaria

It has been one year since I have come and stayed in Kashmir. During the past one year, Kashmiri society, culture, beauty and nature have become expressible. I realized books and newspaper are inadequate to know something. The more we travel the more we come near to the reality....

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France - 22nd June 2015

Appointment with UNESCO Director General Ms Irina Bokova

Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, kindly took a few minutes from her busy schedule to have a conversation with Ms France Marquet, Trustee of South Asia Foundation & Madanjeet Singh Foundation.....

News Paris, France - 22nd June 2015

SAF representative to UNESCO France Marquet attended Ceremony for the unveiling of the statue of Lord Buddha, Apostle of Peace

News Paris, France - 19th June 2015

SAF representative to UNESCO France Marquet attended First International Day of Yoga, celebrated at UNESCO Headquarter

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France - 19th June 2015

SAF representative to UNESCO Ms France Marquet attended the meeting on Youth and the Internet on 16-17June, 2015

News Mali - 25th May 2015

UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize winner, Mr Ibrahim Ag Idbaltanat, honored in Mali

The Malian Ministry of National Reconciliation, in collaboration with the UNESCO office in Bamako, celebrated at the TUMAST Cultural Center on May 11, the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence awarded in 2014 to Mr. Ibrahim Ag Idbaltanat...

News Venice, Italy - 25th May 2015

New Dean of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art, Lahore (UMISAA) at the “la Biennale di Venezia”

Mr Rashid Rana the new Dean of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Art (UMISAA) is present at the “la Biennale di Venezia “ (Venice biennial).....

News Mali, - 24th May 2015

Tolerance and Non-Violence: Mr Ibrahim Ag Idbaltanat, winner of the 2014 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize, honored in Mali

This prestigious award, named after the Indian writer, artist and diplomat Madanjeet Singh, was awarded to Mr. Ibrahim Ag Idbaltanat for his outstanding contribution to peace building and conflict resolution among the different groups of Malian society, through dialogue and non-violence...

News UMISAA, BNU, Pakistan - 22nd May 2015

Farewell Party at UMISAA

Farewell party in the UMISAA girls hostel which is an annual ritual ! The theme was 'Toga Night".